BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by henners88

Indeed, I think Allen made 8 or 9 Hamilton/Senna comparisons during Monaco 2008, and Brundle a man who raced against, and knew Senna personally was doing his best to interupt Allen. No doubt he sprayed him with half a litre of Creep Stray in that commentary box.

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:D I remember the moment like it was yesterday :) Mainly because of the hilarious thread saying that Ferrari should pay for the damage to Sutil's car and the loss of points :rotflmao:

I didn't mind James Allen, but I feel if Legard can just slow himself down a bit then he will be OK.

He and Brundle given time, should be a great partnership.

I also posted earlier about the BBCi chat, I have to say my slight problem was only with the way Jake H. asked the questions.
As for the whole idea and the 4 speakers (Brundle, EJ, Legard & DC) I thought it was great.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I HATE the whole mentioning sponsors all the time thing. Fair enough if Lewis wants to mention Vodafone, he's getting paid for it but when a commentator or a media person does it I just get annoyed.

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Yeah, it's the worst!

Maybe an obvious question, not sure, but why does BBC need two commentators? Is this still an extent of the old Walker-Hunt format?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Having 2 people to discuss the events in the race and pick up on things the other has missed makes sense to me.

One person having a conversation and commentating by himself would just scream mentalist in my book.. :)

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Well, we make use of only one commentator, and a good one at that. While his work is generally flawless, sometimes he does miss a thing, so your point is fair.

Still, since I watch F1 on BBC, I could do with the very knowledgeable Brundle alone.

I often wonder if Legard and co actually read what fans think of them. I still think he's the weak link for the BBC, I figure that if I have a better idea of who's on a flying lap and who's coasting back to the pits in qualifying, and I'm sat at home, he's doing something wrong..

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Originally Posted by henners88

The guy is a legend. I was also surprised to see him presenting a safety video for a karting event I took part in at the weekend!! I knew I was in safe hands.. :p

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I don't understand why fans have an erection over Brundle.

Ant does a better job explaining things without sounding tired of explaining for the nth time and the banter between him and Crofty is equal to the good ol days of Radio Le Mans when David Leslie (RIP) was around.

Ant & Crofty are the best pairing in my opinion. I'd assumed that Brundle's apparent lack of enthusiasm was a result of being cooped up with James Allen for the best part of a decade and hoped that a partnership with Legard would re-invigorate him. Sadly that didn't happen and he frequently sounds miserable or bored. He's still a master at spotting strategy or technical problems, and his experience is invaluable, but I'd rather have Ant any day.

I've never been a big fan of Ant, I find him even more boring than Brundle. The thing with Martin is that he has a huge amount of knowledge spanning decades in the sport and is very good at assessing what's happening on the track.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Ant & Crofty are the best pairing in my opinion. I'd assumed that Brundle's apparent lack of enthusiasm was a result of being cooped up with James Allen for the best part of a decade and hoped that a partnership with Legard would re-invigorate him. Sadly that didn't happen and he frequently sounds miserable or bored. He's still a master at spotting strategy or technical problems, and his experience is invaluable, but I'd rather have Ant any day.

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I don't see why someone needs to be a jack in the box tbh. I might seem very animated and probably slightly mad on the forum but in real life I'm probably a bit like Brundle and I don't get excited that easily :p I liked Murray, but Murray Walker was a one off :)

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Originally Posted by henners88

I do actually remember that thread too.. :laugh:
A racing incident however unfortunate, but still an unintentional racing incident. It was abit like the Brazilian GP 2008 thread which pino cleaned up because there was people claiming Glock had been paid by Mercedes, and had Heikki's seat for 2009.. :p

Thats the beauty of this forum.

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I have to admit to thinking that something was up with Glock and that Toyota had been paid off but it was just in the heat of the moment and I realised after a few hours that I was a clot.