Did anyone watch Extreme E then? I watched all the qualifying (3+ hours of it) yesterday and the semi-final races this morning as live streams on youtube and really enjoyed it all. I was wondering how the TV broadcast came across though.... was it just the final with 3 teams driving for 10 minutes? Did it show much of the qualifying etc? I missed it on ITV and had to use a VPN to watch the final on youtube (which was annoying).
It was fun getting to know the drivers, most of whom i was unfamiliar with. The mix of male and female is welcome as it's often the women who have a bit more personality. Only one team over the whole weekend chose not to use their male driver first which was a bit disappointing but it's probably just tactical as there does seem to be quite a speed difference between the guys and girls (understandable as there just aren't female equivalents to Sebastian Loeb or Carlos Sainz...yet).
My favourite bits were Cristina Gutierrez taking over from Loeb on the very first qualifying lap (the first run in anger in the cars for anyone) and driving like a bad-ass, and Catie Munnings getting a flat tire near the start of her lap and continuing to absolutely cane it around the course.
Some of the screen graphics and choice of camera-shots etc. during the racing were just confusing and annoying, i hope that will all settle down a bit as the season continues. Even the commentators didn't really know what was going on at some points. Also, when each race is only 12 minutes long, just show the whole thing, not some crappy highlights, especially if the race contains the most exiting example of wheel-to-wheel racing of the whole weekend (the losers race or whatever it was called). And cutting away from the second driver (usually female) embarking on their lap to interview the first driver (usually male) who has just got out the car was frustrating and can wait until after the race. Its only 5 mins ffs.
But yeah, i enjoyed it and will watch the next one in Senegal at the end of May.
