GT Masters 2021

DrRob · Jun 13, 2021

Guys,

does anybody of you follow and watch the German GT Masters GT3 championship this year?

Last year there was an international stream on YouTube on the ADAC channel. This year a different TV service provider has taken over an the YouTube broadcast is gone.

Do you watch in German language on TV Now, is there an international broadcast I don't know of or did you lose interest in this format (if you ever had any)?

Cheers, Rob

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 · Jun 14, 2021

Hey
I use to watch it still this year. The new tv deal has not helped following it I must say. I am from Germany, but am not at home every race weekend. So I need a replay. Indeed right now it is a struggle, as the TV NOW stream can't be replayed (can it?).
https://www.nitro-tv.de/cms/eigenformate/adac-gt-masters/videos.html does not provide full races I think.
For English commentary: Maybe they needed to save on that...

The "better" tv deal is not great I say. Especially no support races on live tv. Maybe someone else will reply with more information.

Regards
Andi

DrRob · Jun 14, 2021

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 said:
Hey
I use to watch it still this year. The new tv deal has not helped following it I must say. I am from Germany, but am not at home every race weekend. So I need a replay. Indeed right now it is a struggle, as the TV NOW stream can't be replayed (can it?).
https://www.nitro-tv.de/cms/eigenformate/adac-gt-masters/videos.html does not provide full races I think.
For English commentary: Maybe they needed to save on that...

The "better" tv deal is not great I say. Especially no support races on live tv. Maybe someone else will reply with more information.

Regards
Andi

Thanks for the feedback Andi,

I cannot access TV Now with my computer or smartphone for some reason. It just wouldn't let me play any videos. Hence I cannot comment on your question. Also my TV does not offer an App for the platform so practically I don't even know what TV Now really offers. Not a great start.

For the first two races I used the ADAC Motorsport website for the live stream of qualifying. The ADAC website does not store the replay of the qualifying unfortunately, so you either watch it live or you're screwed.

Nitro TV is the worst in terms of advertising during the race. It is amazing how much of the race action you can miss out on during a 5 minute ad break....

Cannot say I am too fond of the German commentary as well.

All in all ... a disaster for the motorsport fan.
Kind of a joke they call themselves "International German GT Championship".

AccAkut · Jun 14, 2021

DrRob said:
Thanks for the feedback Andi,

I cannot access TV Now with my computer or smartphone for some reason. It just wouldn't let me play any videos. Hence I cannot comment on your question. Also my TV does not offer an App for the platform so practically I don't even know what TV Now really offers. Not a great start.

For the first two races I used the ADAC Motorsport website for the live stream of qualifying. The ADAC website does not store the replay of the qualifying unfortunately, so you either watch it live or you're screwed.

Nitro TV is the worst in terms of advertising during the race. It is amazing how much of the race action you can miss out on during a 5 minute ad break....
Cannot say I am too fond of the German commentary as well.

All in all ... a disaster for the motorsport fan.
Kind of a joke they call themselves "International German GT Championship".

RTL Nitro is pretty bad. Tried watching some of the 24h Nür on it when my internet connection had a hickup, but the (even more) clueless commentators and mostly the, dunno how to call it, "violent presentation" made me turn it off fast.

DrRob · Jun 14, 2021

Cheers @AccAkut .

My thoughts exactly! Fortunately there was a YouTube Stream for the N24. Commentary was also better compared to RTL Nitro.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a second choice for GT Masters.

@all:
I haven't seen a list of international Broadcast Stations, so I assume it is not aired outside of Germany?
Any of you potential international viewers have a hint?
So far I'm beginning to think this format is not too popular amongst international motorsport enthusiasts ....

Thanks again! Rob.

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 · Jun 15, 2021

Seems it gets uploaded here:

RTL+

www.tvnow.de

Just search for raceday, GT Masters, TCR and the like in the field in the top middle. Came there as the ADAC replied in Youtube where full coverage had gone.

DrRob · Jun 15, 2021

4 8 15 16 23 42 108 said:
Seems it gets uploaded here:

RTL+

www.tvnow.de

Just search for raceday, GT Masters, TCR and the like in the field in the top middle. Came there as the ADAC replied in Youtube where full coverage had gone.

Thanks for the link. Did not show any live stream on either race weekend for me though, as I indicated in my initial post. May have to check for re-streams.

Steve Redfox · Jun 19, 2021

Das ADAC GT Masters im TV | ADAC GT Masters

Wir bieten Informationen rund um die Themen des Motorsport wie Serien, Wettkämpfe und Events.

www.adac-motorsport.de

A description ( in German ) of all options how to view GT Masters

DrRob · Jun 19, 2021

Steve Redfox said:
Das ADAC GT Masters im TV | ADAC GT Masters

Wir bieten Informationen rund um die Themen des Motorsport wie Serien, Wettkämpfe und Events.

www.adac-motorsport.de

A description ( in German ) of all options how to view GT Masters

Cheers! That should help a few people. Still a sub-par broadcasting setup tho.

Steve Redfox · Jun 19, 2021

DrRob said:
Cheers! That should help a few people. Still a sub-par broadcasting setup tho.

Indeed...you get what you pay for...and less sometimes. Checkout today live action on the internet / utube. Of course, the new DTM is a pale shadow of it's glorious past ( not the last two or three years, but several years back...) Today, it is just another, maybe slightly more aggressive, Sprint variant of the FIA GT3 WCS.... OK, one big difference is there though...DTM is one car - one driver...not a team of drivers on the same car.....But, Gerhard had to find a way to let DTM survive and get at least some support ftom manufacturers. Granted that he managed to do it against strong odds and despite more then unfavourable environmental conditions....safe the planet and Covid, to name the most prominent one.
I foresee a great future for DTM...in Sim-Racing...as it could provide a slightly different set of rules and pushing more a format like in F1. So people can identify themselves more with Heroes and teams then in all the other, more complicated to follow, GT3 formats.....

DrRob · Jun 21, 2021

Steve Redfox said:
Indeed...you get what you pay for...and less sometimes. Checkout today live action on the internet / utube. Of course, the new DTM is a pale shadow of it's glorious past ( not the last two or three years, but several years back...) Today, it is just another, maybe slightly more aggressive, Sprint variant of the FIA GT3 WCS.... OK, one big difference is there though...DTM is one car - one driver...not a team of drivers on the same car.....But, Gerhard had to find a way to let DTM survive and get at least some support ftom manufacturers. Granted that he managed to do it against strong odds and despite more then unfavourable environmental conditions....safe the planet and Covid, to name the most prominent one.
I foresee a great future for DTM...in Sim-Racing...as it could provide a slightly different set of rules and pushing more a format like in F1. So people can identify themselves more with Heroes and teams then in all the other, more complicated to follow, GT3 formats.....

And DTM has a certainly better broadcasting strategy. I could re-stream the whole race(s) via the DTM channel on YouTube just after the live stream. This is a service I came to expect these days.

ServusTV Mediathek didn't work for me. Again, a proprietary solution which does not deliver. I tried several browsers yesterday. Al I got was a "oops, something went wrong" notification....