this was the reply to an e-mail that I sent to BBC Scotland :
Thank you for your comments regarding the coverage of the WSB.
We are very sorry that BBC Scotland's schedule commitments meant we did not carry the first race of the WSB championships yesterday. The advice we were given at the stage of planning Sunday's output was that the event would be featured again in the afternoon. It is most unusual for Grandstand to start as early as 1045, and this very much reduced the options available to us to place the drama omnibuses. Our current coverage of live football most Sundays on BBC1 Scotland reduces the availability of weekend slots for scheduling other output, which is why we frequently have the drama repeats on BBC2. Far from being schedule fillers, the Sunday editions of the "soaps" are for many fans the first and only chance they have to watch the week's episodes, and, once established, the Sunday offering becomes an expectation with that sector of the audience. The BBC cannot assume that everyone owns or has access to a video recorder.
In coming weeks, the Sunday Grandstand pattern appears to revert to its more usual lunchtime start, so we do not currently anticipate any further disruption on BBC Scotland to the Superbikes coverage.
Once again, please accept our apologies that your enjoyment of the event was affected.
Yours sincerely
Tina Kekewich
BBC SCOTLAND
Not actually seeing race one affected my enjoyment of it quite a bit since you ask Tina