Carlos Sainz believes that FOM ought to change its strategy to the System 1 broadcast as a way to “respect the competitors” relatively than “exaggerating” the protection by that includes “celebrities and girlfriends”.
In current days, many followers and consultants have shared their complaints on social media in regards to the lack of protection given by FOM to the battles between drivers on the monitor and the elevated presence of girlfriends and celebrities within the pits. The altering protection reached a head this weekend when a battle between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso within the closing levels of the Singapore Grand Prix was missed, and Sainz's personal on-track dramas did not make the lower.
The Spanish racer has since criticised FOM, which is in control of System 1 tv protection. Within the aftermath of the grand prix, Sainz advised Cadena COPE's El Partidazo that whereas response photographs from family and friends added to the printed, F1 might have now gone too far.
“It is turning into a little bit of a pattern,” he stated. “It will need to have labored for them at one time, that folks discovered it fascinating to see our girlfriends, to see well-known folks on TV, their reactions and so forth.
“I perceive that if there's an overtaking manoeuvre, a really tense second within the race, then displaying a shot of their response is comprehensible. If the manufacturing workforce sees that it has labored prior to now, then they'll do it.”
Nevertheless, for the Madrid native, there's a line that shouldn't be crossed, and that line was crossed in Singapore. Within the race, FOM's strategy meant that followers have been unable to benefit from the comebacks that he and Alonso staged over the race.
Carlos Sainz, Williams
Photograph by: Zak Mauger / LAT Pictures through Getty Pictures
“However so long as you respect the competitors and all the time give attention to the necessary moments of the race, final weekend they did not present any of the 4 or 5 overtakes I made on the finish of the race, nor did they present Fernando's pursuit of Lewis, they missed numerous issues,” Sainz stated.
“So, the opposite stuff is okay, I get it, however you should not miss crucial issues. For me, they even exaggerate a bit by displaying the celebrities and girlfriends.”
FOM responded to the Spaniard's criticism, arguing that it seeks to strike a steadiness between on-track motion and “context moments” displaying the reactions from family and friends.
“We all the time give attention to giving our followers the very best footage of the race and by no means compromise the important thing focus – the racing on monitor,” an F1 spokesperson stated.
“Our workforce does an amazing job of masking a extremely advanced state of affairs with a number of automobiles at totally different factors on a monitor and likewise present nice context moments of the grandstands, excessive profile visitors and the areas we race at. We're all the time in pursuit of excellence and enchancment in what we ship.”
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