BBC Coverage

[52Paddy]

I don't mind having to watch the race late personally (if circumstances can't be avoided). For example, I only watched Monaco yesterday, right before the Canada qualifying session. I would have managed to avoid the result also, but my mate let it slip in work during the week. Fair enough.

If you have Setanta Ireland, the race is live from 1855 - one positive thing about living in Ireland

[christophulus]

Right, I'm going to go and hide in a darkened room until the BBC highlights are up. Hope it's around one hour of great racing and the rest is mindless tedium

[Dave B]

Sky's buildup is pretty much hit and miss, we buffer it and skip through the adverts and boring bits, but I'm still convinced that their race coverage beats the BBC's. If nothing else the picture and sound quality are in a different league, and Crofty has toned down the shouting and is at least Ben Edwards' equal right now.

[yodasarmpit]

Sky's in race coverage and commentary is every bit as good as that of the beeb, pre and post race is not too far behind either.

[acescribe]

Sky's coverage was good, although Simon Lazenby still has that "oh sh*t" look on his face that he had in Melbourne. Villenueve had the look of "who is this fool" on his face for most of the weekend - until his bald head started to finally fry in the sun that is! People are paying a premium, Sky could and should have a presenter who knows what they are doing and saying, they dont need the blind to try and lead the blind as would be the case on a free/terrestrial channel. At the start of the year I wondered what was the point in Georgie Thompson, but I have come to the conclusion that she is now well under used on a Saturday and especially Sunday.

Otherwise- and until you compare the two, you do not realise the sound difference between Sky and the BBC, it is so so much better.

And the BBC waiting to 10.30pm to show the edited highlights - that is poor. Yes there is "other" sport etc on BBC1 but BBC2/BBCHD had something on pornograohy from Louis Theroux which just about says it all I'm afriad.

[Robinho]

Sky's coverage was good, although Simon Lazenby still has that "oh sh*t" look on his face that he had in Melbourne. Villenueve had the look of "who is this fool" on his face for most of the weekend - until his bald head started to finally fry in the sun that is! People are paying a premium, Sky could and should have a presenter who knows what they are doing and saying, they dont need the blind to try and lead the blind as would be the case on a free/terrestrial channel. At the start of the year I wondered what was the point in Georgie Thompson, but I have come to the conclusion that she is now well under used on a Saturday and especially Sunday.

Otherwise- and until you compare the two, you do not realise the sound difference between Sky and the BBC, it is so so much better.

And the BBC waiting to 10.30pm to show the edited highlights - that is poor. Yes there is "other" sport etc on BBC1 but BBC2/BBCHD had something on pornograohy from Louis Theroux which just about says it all I'm afriad.

i think that would have been the earliest that BBC could show the highlights after the race, approx 2 hrs after race finish

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[Robinho]

nice highlights of the race from BBC, did a decent job of the cut and kept the feel of the race

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[BDunnell]

nice highlights of the race from BBC, did a decent job of the cut and kept the feel of the race

Agreed. It was a good show.

[wedge]

I thought the post-race presentation was crap with the inter-cut of graphics and, er, choice music. I thought the was like sitting in a boardroom seeing PP-assisted cheesy presentation.

They don't do it for the live show nor are they sorely missed in podcasts.

[Mark]

Really enjoyed the Canadian Grand Prix, if that was because or despite of Sky I don't know!