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Agreed. It was a good show.

An interesting choice as James Allen's co-commentator on Radio 5 Live — Jaime Algersuari.

Jaime Alguersuari joins BBC Radio 5 Live commentary team - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Goodness knows how...

I presume there is still a co-commentator for the radio coverage to be confirmed.

I agree completely.

Alongside whom, I wonder? Maybe this is where Legard or Allan fit back into the BBC's plans. 5 Live could do worse than Legard, to be honest, as poor as he proved on TV.

Indeed. By a long way the best choice. He ought to have been on live terrestrial F1 coverage long ago.

If it is true about Allen and Legard being considered, what on earth is stopping them going for Ben Edwards, a far, far superior choice to either? I don't understand why he wouldn't be an automatic...

One thing's for sure — if it is him, he will do a solid, professional job. I have never heard him doing anything other. I didn't like his BTCC highlights commentaries when ITV took over the coverage...

My thought exactly!

Oh, and David Croft potentially ending up on Sky is, to me, yet another reason not to watch its coverage. Maybe it's just me, but I cannot bear listening to him.

Sorry — I sort of half-realised you were joking!

Cox or Edwards was really what I was wondering.

Regular current viewers or regular long-standing viewers with memories of previous BBC coverage?

I think it is reasonable to suggest that Wimbledon is more of a 'national occasion' than is the Formula One season, and therefore merits being kept. Plus, everyone has their own favourite sports that...

Only for one year when it wasn't a full World Championship event, though!

Jake Humphrey offers a perfect blend of qualities for a modern-day F1 presenter. He manages to be informal yet...

Quite. It's a commercial transaction and nothing scandalous or illegal — just unpopular.

Not actually true, as far as I know. Doesn't it just open up the possibility of a debate? Fat lot of use it will do in any case.

Can't Cook Pets, Won't Cook Pets, in which a group of celebrities steadfastly refuses to grill a kitten.

The same Met Police, let's not forget, some of whose corrupt officers allowed journalists access to the police national computer — a fact all but unreported in all recent discussion of the subject,...

Or the BBC could concentrate on genuine quality broadcasting, which means retaining as much of its excellent sports coverage, retaining the better minority stations/channels such as 6Music and BBC4...

I could have done without the terribly smug, self-satisfied opening to the programme today. But the commentary was first-rate, save for Brundle apparently labouring under the misapprehension that it...

If only everyone was so courteous in such debates!

Yes, because Brundle himself has said he made no such comments, and that's good enough for me. I find him a rather more believable character than many in F1. And bias, let me remind you, is (almost)...

Yes, really. I have no idea what the comment was that caused offence, though.

You are wrong in that statement. Brundle has spoken in interviews of how they got along fine at Benetton and for some years after, until Schumacher read something negative he thought Brundle had...

In that case — and I disagree with you, having always considered Brundle to be a scrupulously fair commentator — he is hardly unique in holding that view.