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Originally Posted by touring fan01
but thats why those series audiences are so small and they dont have any real public profile apart from just 'enthusiasts'. people have to search around trying to find them on the internet.
i think what the previous poster meant is that we are very lucky to have such a big free to air mainstream tv coverage and the big audience numbers it brings because thats what makes the series successful and brings sponsors in.
not forgetting btcc can also be watched live and highlights on web streaming anyway.
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It certainly doesn't make it more accessible being on YouTube, no, but the original statement isn't correct - if you have an internet connection there's a LOT of motorsport you can watch completely for free, you just need to know it's there. With younger audiences moving towards internet based viewing over TV, this will become more accessible and normal as the decades roll by. My kids already completely ignore TV and just use YouTube.
Of course back in the day, these series wouldn't have been on TV anyway. We would never have had full live coverage of all of these series in the 80s, 90s or even 00s. Now not only do we get the coverage, it's all live and almost all free. It's a brilliant time to be a motorsport fan IMO. Sportscar racing has fully embraced the internet age, and BTCC has made the most of TV too.