I think they call that being Irish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Irvine? No.
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I think they call that being Irish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Irvine? No.
No need for that son.Quote:
Originally Posted by THE_LIBERATOR
Only wet races does Legard find endurance for enthusiasm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
I know I've kept saying this before but listening to Croftie and Ant is like listening to Radio Le Mans (especially with the late David Leslie), witty banter and being informative without going over board with the former or bore your senses when its bad enough having to watch a dull race.
:rotflmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by THE_LIBERATOR
I haven't seen the BBC coverage much, but the mistake they seem to be making is having too many people in shot at the same time. Eddie Jordan is an entertaining speaker, but he's clearly not able to deal with speaking to more than one person at a time on TV. Why do they have to have four ageing men on a sofa trying to outdo each other? We see that in any pub any day of the week.
Years ago, things worked because there two people, Walker and Hunt, with ONE mic.
They should get Jordan to interview team managers, DC to interview drivers and then a professional presenter to put it all together.
I like Eddie Jordan. That motherf'er is always playing devil's advocate and you can tell that it annoys the hell out of DC from time to time. I'm glad Eddie is there to throw a wrench in the whole process and making people laugh over his wild predictions.
Legard, on the other hand, needs to take a seat elsewhere. F1 is not the appropriate sport for his style of commentating. Maybe badminton or golf would be better suited to his style, but a fast paced sport is not for John. Give him the boot and stick Brundle with someone who is more witty and confident.
I think the lead commentator should be Toby Moody, the guy who is the commentator on eurosports MotoGP coverage. He and Brundle would be a good combination imo
I agree, and it was a missed opportunity, because when the BBC first got F1 he was potentially available since Eurosport had lost MotoGP. He's obviously an F1 fan because he often mentions it in the MotoGP coverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by tech3
Funny you should mention David Leslie - the report into the plane crash came out yesterday. We lost him for want of a rivet apparently :(Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
:!: Reminder :!:
Check your series links, people! Qualifying is on BBC2 this weekend (the race on BBC1 as normal), and my Sky HD box hadn't noticed. Apparently there's some sort of football tournament going on for the next few weeks... :p
Blimey, I hope the Football tournament doesn't clash with the world series of soccer that America are playing in on Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Based on the old Eurosport commentary with John Watson, Ben Edwards would be an excellent choice:Quote:
Originally Posted by tech3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYGkKzqco0
Anyone know who's standing in for Ant this weekend?
Down the back straight, round the corner, over the hill, into turn 5 ....What about Vettel? What about Webber? What about Hamilton? What can he do? .. Webber from Vettel, from Button, from Hamilton.... Push it! Charging on...
A quiet word in his ear, along the lines of - THIS IS NOT RADIO.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmx
According to Crofty's tweets: "Patrick Head and Maurice Hamilton for FP1 Gary Paffett for FP2 Nick Heidfeld for FP3 Paul di Resta for qualy and the race" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
Good line up - the only way to watch F1 is with crofty. Just dump Leggard, stick crofty/ant and Martin in the same booth - brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Thanks. :) indeed...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
...although not necessarily in the right order. :p
Maurice and Nick for FP1. Once you get past Heidfeld's voice (it's true Ted, I do have the most boring voice) he's coming out with some good insight :up:
You're not playing all the wrong notes then..................? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP8TUe993uo
I give Nick the thumbs up as well :up:
He's been regarded with a somewhat negative manner in the paddock: the quiet man, boring, introverted, aloof, etc.
Completely changed my opinion of him. I wouldn't mind having him come round at a dinner party
The video Crofty has yet to see:
Nick Heidfeld the godfather of rock n roll
Nick Heidfeld go go go go
:D
[youtube]TRfCCYIv3EA[/youtube]
:laugh: Brilliant!Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Heidfeld did a great job, shot down pretty much every conspiracy theory the commentators could come up with :p :
For qualifying and the race, Paul Di RestaQuote:
Originally Posted by AndyL
anyone see the four-way conversation pre-quali between jake, DC, di grassi and chandhok? there was some good chemistry there i noticed.
And speaking of Ant, he's doing a good job at Le Mans, last time I checked his car (in the hands of Gene) is down in 7th, 4 laps behind but they were leading for a good 3 hoursQuote:
Originally Posted by acescribe
What does this mean? If you live in the East Midlands, the coverage starts halfway through the race?Quote:
Originally Posted by BBC Website
Gene was flying as well, set the fastest lap by over a second in the dark. They had electrical issues I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
So is Ant officially sacked? Crofty said he wasn't allowed back in the commentary booth unless he had the trophy/medal/Rolex watch :D
Probably on BBC2 or summint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tshbez
FFS Jordan and Legard, it's Li-ut-zi, not Lewitsy!
Well done BBC, very nice of them to wait until after the end of the race before engaging the "technical difficulties" slide :)
there was a couple of technical moments today.
which Is strange, as most have been coming from south africa lately. still, we (or at least, I) didnt miss anything
Thankfully, they just replayed the opening segment before going live to that Peter Sauber interview which was a good move, meant we got to see EJ playing with the crowd again :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR
I found that Legard was yapping on about useless s*** during incredibly eventful periods during the race.
A more verbose commentator I can't quite think of. :\
For a few minutes yesterday I was reminded why I listen to 5LiveF1's excellent commentary over the tv pictures. My Sky box went kaput for a moment and while I was messing around trying to get it working again I had to put up with Legard.
There's a gulf in class between him and Crofy, and while I miss Brundle's insights the guests on 5LiveF1 make up for his absence. Paul de Resta, Gary Pafett, Anthony Davidson, Maurice Hamilton, Patrick Head, Jackie Stewart and others have provided great interest alongside Crofty, who is an enthusiastic, informed and interesting commentator.
If you can access 5Live I'd highly recommend their F1 coverage.
The screen went fuzzy 3 or 4 times for me during the race but I don't know if that was Sky or BBC.
At least we didn't cut to a break and miss England's goal like ITV.
Although I think this only affected the HD viewers.Quote:
Originally Posted by skc
Legard is truly awful, I thought he'd improved but his incessant shouting spoiled a good race. I'm amazed Brundle hasn't punched him yet, or at least asked for someone else to commentate alongside. I hope they get rid of him for next year.
I'm glad that I had 5 Live commentary on, from what I've been hearing here and elsewhere about Legard & Brundle's performance.
The few snatches I heard on the post-race forum seemed to have Legard in a world of his own, and Brundle bored senseless. The worst thing about JL is he keeps cutting accross Martin to the point where he doesn't even bother trying anymore.
There's clearly no chemistry between the two, whereas it's obvious that Crofty just gets along with whoever he's partnered with be it hs regular "sidekick" Anthony Davidson, or a guest such as Patrick Head or Paul Di Resta.
The BBC really need to take action over Legard, he's making me long for a return of James Allen!