Hamilton show, much not to be desired today
3/23/2008 4:33 PM
I'm a big red fan, say it up front, anyway, the Malaysian broadcast was terrible. About 30 minutes into it, Varsha apologizes about only showing and only talking about Hamilton by saying, "if we're getting complaints about the broadcast, the pictures we are getting from the telecast is of Lewis Hamilton". I'm sure they had gotten complaints, that's why they said it. I don't care what picture they are getting, they have other monitors, forget about the camera the Malaysian producer is showing, tell us about the other drivers. Rediculous. Kimi R. and Felipe Massa were battling for first, Hamilton was battling for 5th-----he got by the other cars on lap one.
Something happened though; shortly after Varsha apologized, they quit following Hamilton and showed everything. I think the Malaysian producer was told by FI that this is a World Championship, not the Hamilton championship. I can't imagine what the drivers will have to say about this coverage after they watch the replay. European, American and Canadian F1 fans don't give a rat's butt about what color a driver's skin is, few race fans do.
Feel bad for Massa, but Red won, hope you had a Happy Easter.