I've owned bikes for 40 years. I love my bikes and all bike racing. The MotoGP era hasn't been my favourite class, although it's produced some fantastic racers, characters and successfully pushed motorcycling technology to some amazing levels that we occasionally get to share on the roads.
This show gave an excellent insight into the MotoGP world. Rather than concentrating on the racing, it shows the background of the new blood and a couple of the older generation.
The 2021 season saw the retirement of arguably the greatest Grand Prix rider the world has ever seen. Rossi made MotoGP his own. This series doesn't cover Rossi's career in huge detail, but in my opinion, covers his retirement excellently. It's not a show all about him but more about the upcoming stars of today, but salutes his farewell perfectly.
The reason I've knocked a couple of points off my rating (nothing gets 10), is because there's one thing that really annoyed me for much of the series.
Whoever decided that the UK version should be dubbed over with absolutely terrible, posh English accents needs sacking (I'm English btw).
Some of the dubbed voices used for the show were diabolical.
Why couldn't the producers at least find voice-over actors with the right accents?
Rossi is Italian. Marquez, Spanish. Quatararo, French. To have Rossi dubbed with an accent like David Beckham just FAILED miserably.
At some point a commentator was dubbed with voice that sounded like a football commentator from the 1940's. It almost forced me to turn it off.
No motorcycle race commentator has EVER sounded like Terry Thomas as far as I remember.
One thing to remember.
TV will never, ever show the speed of how fast race bikes travel.
If you want to see the truth in the flesh, then get yourself to a race.
It doesn't have to be a MotoGP race or even a British championship race. Club races can provide some excellent entertainment but without the glamour. If you really, REALLY want to witness mind-blowing speed and ridiculous motorcycle skills, sell a kidney or 2 and get over to the Isle of Man for the TT or the Manx Grand Prix.
You won't regret it and you'll have the best fun you can have with your clothes on.
This show gave an excellent insight into the MotoGP world. Rather than concentrating on the racing, it shows the background of the new blood and a couple of the older generation.
The 2021 season saw the retirement of arguably the greatest Grand Prix rider the world has ever seen. Rossi made MotoGP his own. This series doesn't cover Rossi's career in huge detail, but in my opinion, covers his retirement excellently. It's not a show all about him but more about the upcoming stars of today, but salutes his farewell perfectly.
The reason I've knocked a couple of points off my rating (nothing gets 10), is because there's one thing that really annoyed me for much of the series.
Whoever decided that the UK version should be dubbed over with absolutely terrible, posh English accents needs sacking (I'm English btw).
Some of the dubbed voices used for the show were diabolical.
Why couldn't the producers at least find voice-over actors with the right accents?
Rossi is Italian. Marquez, Spanish. Quatararo, French. To have Rossi dubbed with an accent like David Beckham just FAILED miserably.
At some point a commentator was dubbed with voice that sounded like a football commentator from the 1940's. It almost forced me to turn it off.
No motorcycle race commentator has EVER sounded like Terry Thomas as far as I remember.
One thing to remember.
TV will never, ever show the speed of how fast race bikes travel.
If you want to see the truth in the flesh, then get yourself to a race.
It doesn't have to be a MotoGP race or even a British championship race. Club races can provide some excellent entertainment but without the glamour. If you really, REALLY want to witness mind-blowing speed and ridiculous motorcycle skills, sell a kidney or 2 and get over to the Isle of Man for the TT or the Manx Grand Prix.
You won't regret it and you'll have the best fun you can have with your clothes on.