I used to write some excitement away about A1GP, the to me still best balanced motor sport race in the world. Now they are racing a stone throw away from me at Eastern Creek, i'm going to share what is killing the fun!!
First of all, not many people are connected with the A1GP in Australia, that is mentally and also a big part is not able to watch it.
How come.. well, in Australia FOX pay-tv has the rights to broadcast A1GP, and although this is a nation vs nation race, only people who pay around $50,- a month to FOXtel are able to watch it.
Who created this problem I dont know, maybe Sheik Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum (former owner and developer of A1GP), was thinking a bit to much in getting his investments covered.. and sold to the highest bidder, who is always is Pay-Tv, or the marketing department of A1GP was only focused on $$$ and not on creating wide spread A1GP lovers and took the bait.. dont know dont care, thing is... now its in the hands of FOXtel they are holding it tight behind their iron curtains.
It is not even possible to watch the race online through A1GP's live feeds, as Australian viewers are not aloud to use this free service, just gues who ordered that.
Just before the race in Australia and the one in New Zealand, there is the minimum of Ads running on the Free To Air TV channels to get the audience at the races themselves, obviously the race tracks get some room to shout and get the boxes filled.
My point is, that FOXtel is killing a what should be a national sport, not only is this hurting the viewers, but also it is hurting the drivers and their opportunities.
So today is the A1GP race on at Eastern Creek, and I wish every team the best but Team NL is obviously my favorite. I could attend this race and I really thought about it.. but nah, its like fueling a fire I can't hold up.. and besides ive got an important birthday to attend.
For the pride of your Nations, ... ow sorry.. only for the FOXtel paying Australians.... start you engines!!