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I tried watching Speed TV for FP2, but had to switch to a BBC feed.
Peter Windsor wouldn't shut up about USGPE.
Then Steve Varsha assured me that they will be talking about it incessantly throughout the season
(not his exact words) F1 on Speed TV......"muerto"
I enjoyed the BBC's coverage of qualifying. They kept with a very similar format to that of ITV (pretty good in my opinion) but simply changed the presenters and pundits. It was so good to watch Formula 1 without commercial breaks!
Good fun to have red button coverage of the practice sessions too. It was great to wake up a little early on Friday and watch the last forty minutes of the the second practice before getting ready to go to work.
Lovely to have The Chain back.
Agree with every word!Quote:
Originally Posted by VkmSpouge
It was a bit rough around the edges this morning but in time that should subside. I was pleasantly surprised at how DC & EJ weren't as annoying as I thought they would be, Jake Wotsit was alright and Martin Brundle/Ted Kravitz were easily the best of the ITV bunch to bring over.
The only question mark for me is Legard but I'm sure once he switches out of radio-mode he'll grow on me.
I'll cut'n'paste my post from a broadcasting forum :p
Real shame about the lack of onboards or interactive coverage when, on Sky at least, one screen was being wasted showing a replay of practice.
Legard was impressive, sounding calm and authoritative. He didn't really gel with Brundle, but it's early days.
Great idea having DC and EJ bantering, but someone really needs to tell EJ not to hold his microphone like he's at a bad karaoke!
Lee McKenzie seemed unsure whether Hamilton had scraped through to Q2, and completely missed her chance at a follow-up question. But again, early days.
Real shame that the last few minutes, including the press conference, seemed rushed. Hopefully the press conference will appear as a separate link on the website, or at least included in its entirety on the repeat.
Graphics are still annoying in the safe zone, but I appreciate that's down to FOM and not the BBC.
Overall I'd give the qualifying coverage 8/10. Far better than most of what ITV ever achieved, but definitely room for a little improvement.
BBC were definitely the better of the three coverages I watched, and better than ITV :up:
German RTL was boring and they sounded bored as usual.
Spanish La Sexta was nowhere near last year's Telecinco, but I guess they still have time to learn - maybe their football comentators could give them a hand :p :
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My favourite bit of the BBC coverage so far: at the end of Q1, I found myself waiting for the ad break to start, and of course it didn't!
One unpleasant ITV habit that they seem to have picked up is the dismissive treatment of press conferences. On the live coverage we only got to hear Jenson's comments then they cut away to interview Richard Branson (who is undoubtedly newsworthy, bit we *do* want to hear the rest of the press conference!). Even in the replay this afternoon they only showed Jenson and Rubens, still omitting Vettel's interview.
On different forums Legard is now the new Cock.
There's something not quite right with Legard. With the likes of David Croft on 5live (who also commentates for Setanta with boxing), John Hindenhaugh or whatever it is on Radio Le Mans and domestic racing, Ben Edwards, you know you're hearing a commentary for motor racing, but with Legard it felt like the Grand National. Probably still stuck in radio mode.
EJ was great. Really need a range of opinions not sycophants, just like this forum needs the Tamburellos and Garry Walkers.
The intro, after 12 years, what a joy it is to finally hear The Chain again, makes me want to listen to some Fleetwood Mac now
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7969481.stm
This i think is brilliant, they've gone away from ITV's treand of simply pasting a million images of Lewis Hamilton over Lift Me Up
I didn't like EJ. He just sounds like he wants to argue for the sake of it.
Well from our side in SA it was much better. I thought the main commentary was miles better than James Allan and his total focus on firstly MS and then lately Hamilton. And it was so nice not to have breaks cos that meant they kept the commentary going, rather than cutting but to the three morons in our local studio who, to quote Maurice Hamilton, wouldn't know a camshaft if they fell down one.