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Coverage was ok. Surprised Legard didn't jinx Button; he had been promoting Button as 'race winner' from lap 10!
Really enjoyed DC & EJ. They're like two schoolkids :p : However I do often get annoyed with how much plamousing each of the cast often involved in. Quote of the day:
"Myself and David couldn't even guess who was going to qualify on pole, and we consider ourselves experts!" EJ
closely followed by the DC and EJ dialect in which EJ says he stands by the Loyalty to the Republic! :D
I switched over to the Five Live coverage (via CBBC) on the Red Button today, just for the hell of it really...and didnt return to Legard and Brundle.
Which must say something.... Legard isnt doing a bad job, but I think David Croft and Ant Davidson are more 'fresh' and they were making what was basically a dull-ish race sound a lot more exciting, and one wouldnt have known that they were primarily talking to a radio audience.
And do we know of any 'kids' who listen to the CBBC commentary?! Who are they voicing on that audio? One of them had the comment: "Of the lollipop man jumping out in front of the cars like that, I had a friend who jumped out in front of a bus once and the bus won!" Oh.....
My comments about Jonathan Legard are exactly the same as after the last race. There is no change of pace in his commentary, even in the exciting moments. I think this is quite a serious failing, making as it does his whole commentary seem monotonous.
I think the pre race show is superb. It has a flow to it, unlike ITV's coverage. I remember in the ITV days that the pre-race show was a drag. One thing i'd like more of though is Brundle's 'F1 Insight' features.
I have to say I'm impressed with the BBC's coverage so far.
I would go so far as to say it's better than that offered by ITV, and appears to be improving race by race.
The pre and post race stuff, along with the red button option is great.
My only request is to drop Eddie Jordan, Legard gets on my nerves but I can take him for now.
Finally they showed the qualy laps properly. The pole lap is near meaningless without comparisons because the perfect laps looks too easy because they're faultless.
More of the same please.
I have to start watching that. After years of ITV coverage I've become accustomed to tuning in as the formation lap starts. But the bits of the BBC's pre-race I have seen looked pretty good. I haven't seen them going on a guided tour of Jarno Trulli's vineyards once!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Yep, and crucially you don't tend to get the same old features before the race as you'd seen the previous day before qualifying.
It seems a bit less formal too, i.e. you don't have the rigid seperation of the presenters, and commentators, you often get Brundle down in the pit lane talking to Jake Humpries, EJ & DC.
Much of the buildup is worth watching just for Jordan and Coulthard needling each other constantly!
ITV's build up seemed to consist entirely of adverts and phone in competitions.
Anyone got a video of Jake almost getting run over? I missed that bit and i've been looking for one for ages.
They are slowly getting there, I think it was good to have DC with Martin on the pit walk, although i probably would have saved that for the British GP, home race and all. The commentary is doing ok as well, though it is quite hard to commentate about the same guy leading the race all the time. I think it just needs time to gel. First season was always gonnas pick up some problems, but it seems to me that Legard and Brundle get on better than the start of the season.
I think I've found the reason why F1 isn't broadcast in HD.
Have a look at the photo in this Daily Express article. Bernie's watching his TV in the wrong aspect ration - he's got a 4:3 picture stretched to "fattyvision" on his 16:9 screen. If he can't even get the basics right in his own home, do you think he cares about HD? :eek:
http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img...4/106191_1.jpg