BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by wedge

Mike Gascoyne is a natural!

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He is :) he was good last year too wasn't he.

Did anyone listen to the Radio 5 commentary - how did Villeneuve do?

Not about the bbc coverage but I noticed that the graphic running along the bottom of the screen giving you constant race positions, never had Bruno Senna on, with how far off the leader he was or Nico Hulkenberg after his early spin.

Does anyone know why Senna wasn't shown clearly, it annoyed me.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I have to agree. I wanted to like him but he's just a bit dull. He also seems to have a knack of using too many words. I can't think of any particular examples from today but he just seems to use more words than are needed IMHO.

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I know what you mean, he is a bit....vulcan. using 20 words where three will do. He's a lot like Allen, tries to sound excited - but just sounds forced and uninterested.

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Originally Posted by AndyL

He is :) he was good last year too wasn't he.

Did anyone listen to the Radio 5 commentary - how did Villeneuve do?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...in_Grand_Prix/

5Live no longer option on Freeview :(

For me its either portable radio with the telly on or PC

I'm still happy to see the camaraderie (or lack of) between DC and EJ :p :

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I have to agree. I wanted to like him but he's just a bit dull. He also seems to have a knack of using too many words. I can't think of any particular examples from today but he just seems to use more words than are needed IMHO.

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I don't really like his commentary either. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there's something inherently irritating with his style of presentation.

I think they should get James Corden in to liven things up a bit!

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Originally Posted by Triumph

I don't really like his commentary either. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but there's something inherently irritating with his style of presentation.

I think they should get James Corden in to liven things up a bit!

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Please no, I find him irritating.....

As for Villeneuve, I found him quite interesting - probably better than I was expecting. Legard is still commentating for radio, as he did years ago....he needs to be told he's now on TV.

The influence of Ralf Schumacher lives on!

Did you notice on the top left they had the driver names and positions, all of them were shortened versions of the drivers last name. Apart from Schumacher who is "MSC". Where you'd expect it to be "SCH".

Had pre-race commentary from James Allen for One HD. It was good. Maybe he'll end up back as a commentator for BBC at some point, if he keeps a cooler head in the box and doesn't use the told-you-so's and fawning over drivers.

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Originally Posted by AndyL

He is :) he was good last year too wasn't he.

Did anyone listen to the Radio 5 commentary - how did Villeneuve do?

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Very well I thought. He has a pretty good sense of humour and was pretty insightful on several occasions. JV also put Crofty in his place a few times when Crofty said something a bit daft.