F1电视转播未能展现马德里赛道魅力
Edd Straw指出，F1最新赛道马德里赛道在现场观看时令人印象深刻，但在电视转播中却显得平淡，未能充分展现其魅力。
电视画面未能展现马德里赛道的魅力。
在现场观看F1赛车是一件壮观的事情，这一点在FP1期间前往赛道边并在练习赛前半段走访多个观景点时就很明显。然而，在媒体中心通过世界转播画面观看FP2时，它看起来却像是一个完全不同的——更平淡的——场地。
部分原因在于这类'城市'赛道的诅咒。这类设施的特性意味着无尽的围栏和障碍物，偶尔被倍耐力、美国运通等品牌冠名的桥梁点缀，这些主导了在家观看的车迷所看到的画面。同时，在摄像机位方面也几乎没有操作空间，尤其是需要确保它们提供干净的背景，不被一些必要的临时基础设施（如移动厕所）所污染。
这使得展示这条赛道变得困难，尽管它肯定不如铃鹿或斯帕，但它是赛历上非常值得加入的一条赛道。查尔斯·勒克莱尔将其描述为'一条需要投入的赛道'，而这正是车手和车迷对新赛道驾驶挑战所期望的。然而，通常会使体验变得净化和稳定的车载摄像头，被迫承担了主要任务。
能够在赛车运行时近距离接触它们是一种特权——这并不是在争论观众应该欣赏他们看不到的东西。但是，尽管转播存在种种批评，它仍然非常出色（看看30年前的转播就知道进步有多大），在展示F1方面，它是重中之重。你不能为一场首场大奖赛营造兴奋和热情，然后却如此糟糕地展示它。
拍摄不可避免地会产生扁平化效果，这是无法回避的，无论你在到访前看过多少场斯帕的比赛，亲眼看到Eau Rouge陡峭的倾斜时，你的反应总会让你屏息。
这意味着马德里赛道的海拔变化在屏幕上会被削弱。但未能很好传达的是它的毫不留情，在许多地方给车手几乎没有或完全没有犯错余地，而在这些地方，多投入一点就能获得巨大的圈速收益或损失。马德里赛道的这一面应该被所有人体验到，而不仅仅是那些在现场的人。
La Monumental的倾斜弯角就是一个很好的例子。它被构想为墨西哥体育场风格的熔炉，观众挤满弯角，这是一个独特的长弯，一旦出错后果严重——然而在电视上却变得平淡。低角度和不够高的俯拍角度削弱了它的宏伟感。而且赛道的部分区域看起来就像另一个迈阿密/索契风格的场地。
部分原因在于周边环境。它建在IFEMA展览中心内部和周围，顾名思义，这将包括大型展厅及其基础设施。在某些方面，这一点被很好地利用，例如独特的室内车队卡车/工程中心（与外面的接待单元不同）。但它也带来了限制，因为周边环境从根本上说是平淡的。几乎没有什么是能让人尖叫'马德里'的，部分原因是它位于郊区而非市中心。
明年它会有所改善，即使不采取任何有意识的行动——因为马德里赛道将有时间沉淀，会变得更整洁、更干净。摄像机位置和视角将得到优化，这至少应该缩小差距。
这一切都不容易，而且为了很好地展示它，已经投入了大量努力，但也必须认真思考如何更忠实地呈现一条真正为赛历增添独特魅力的赛道。
沥青路线的设计是任何F1新赛道的关键部分，马德里赛道在这方面做得很好，但还可以做更多来向外界展示这一点。
英文原文
Television doesn't do the Madring justice.
It's a spectacular place to watch Formula 1 cars, which was clear from heading trackside during FP1 and visiting various vantage points in the first half of the lap during the session. Yet following FP2 from the media centre with sight of the world feed it looked like an entirely different - blander - venue.
Partly, that is the curse of such 'urban' circuits. The nature of such facilities means endless fences, barriers punctuated only by occasional bridges branded by Pirelli, American Express et al, which dominate what fans at home see. It also leaves little room to manoeuvre when it comes to camera positions in terms of space, especially given the need to ensure they offer clean backdrops that aren't polluted by some of the necessary temporary infrastructure such as Portaloos.
This makes it difficult to showcase a circuit that, while certainly no Suzuka or Spa, is a very worthy addition to the calendar. "A commitment track" is how Charles Leclerc characterised it, and that's exactly what drivers and fans desire from the driving challenge of a new circuit. Yet the onboard cameras, which usually sanitise and stabilise the experience, are forced to do the heavy lifting.
It's a privileged position to be able to get up close to the cars when they are running - and this isn’t about arguing viewers should appreciate what they can't see. But while the coverage is, for all the criticisms, excellent (check out a broadcast from 30 years ago to see how far it has come), it's the alpha and omega when it comes to showcasing F1. You cannot build excitement and enthusiasm for a first grand prix, then show it off so poorly.
There's an unavoidable flattening effect from filming that is impossible to get around, and no matter how many races you see from Spa before you visit, your reaction to seeing the steep incline of Eau Rouge in person will always take your breath away.
This means the elevation change at Madring will be subdued on screen. But what doesn't come over so well is just how unforgiving it is, giving drivers little or no margin for error in many places where there can be big laptime gains, or losses, in committing that little bit more. This side of Madring should be experienced by everyone, not just those on the ground.
The banked corner of La Monumental is a great example. Conceived as a Mexico stadium-style cauldron, where spectators crowd the corner, it is a uniquely long turn with big consequences should things go wrong - yet it becomes flat on TV. The low angle and the not-quite-high-enough elevated angle diminish its grandeur. And parts of the track resemble just another Miami/Sochi-style venue.
Part of that is the surroundings. It's built in and around the IFEMA exhibition centre, which by definition will comprise large halls and their infrastructure. In some ways, this is used well with the distinctive indoor team trucks/engineering hubs (as opposed to the hospitality units, which are outside). But it poses limitations because the environs are, fundamentally, bland. There's little that screams 'Madrid' about it, partly because it's outlying rather than in the city centre.
It will improve next year, even if no conscious action is taken - because the Madring will have had time to bed in, it will be tidier and cleaner. Camera locations and views will be optimised and that should at least close the gap.
None of this is easy and plenty of effort will have already gone into showing it off well, but there must also be some serious thinking in how to present a charismatic circuit that genuinely adds something unique to the calendar more faithfully.
The design of the ribbon of asphalt is the key part of any F1 newcomer, and Madring has done a good job with that, but more can be done to show that to the outside world.
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