NOTE TO SIGNATORIES: You may also be interested in signing another petition I'm running at the minute, which calls for Motor Cycle News (UK) to apologise for its attacks on Valentino Rossi and his followers over the past number of months.  You can find it here:   https://www.change.org/p/motor-cycle-news-uk-apologise-to-valentino-rossi-and-his-fans-for-your-inaccurate-and-inflammatory-comments Thanks in advance!

BT Sport's otherwise excellent coverage of MotoGP is being spoiled for many fans by the current commentary team of Keith Heuwen and Julian Ryder.  Although the job of a commentator, by its very nature, is to provide a consistent flow of information, Heuwen and Ryder often take this too far and do not allow for any spaces in that flow that would give the listener time to take in what is being said.  Heuwen, in particular, has a habit of shouting unnecessarily and not allowing Ryder to have the chance to speak.  The pair's incorrect and biased comments at the Sepang 2015 MotoGP, which could potentially have impacted on the viewers' opinions and possibly even the outcome of Valentino Rossi's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, marked an especially low point and had the effect of (a) proving that they are unfit to be commentators and (b) damaging BT Sport's image.

We, the undersigned, therefore call on BT Sport to terminate Heuwen and Ryder's contracts and replace them both for the 2017 season, ideally with Toby Moody, Gavin Emmett (in a promotion from the grid/pit lane team) and Neil Spalding.  The latter, with his extensive expertise in MotoGP technology, would bring a welcome extra dimension to the commentary which has been sorely lacking since the Eurosport days.