BBC Coverage

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I was very impressed. A few more detailed comments:

Jake Humphrey did a very capable job, but I feel he is probably still over-compensating for maybe being seen in some quarters as a children's presenter. He seemed to be trying very hard to be serious and 'proper', and came over as a little stilted as a result. I'm sure he will become very good given a short time, though.

Lee McKenzie really didn't impress me at all, not that she had much chance to. Again, probably 'first time' nerves. Ted Kravitz is very good, though, I think.

Jonathan Legard seems like an excellent choice as main commentator, though he is maybe a little verbose. I'd probably put this down to his transfer straight from radio, as of course a radio commentator has to say more in order to 'paint the pictures' than a TV equivalent. Martin Brundle was really excellent as ever, and I reckon the pairing with Legard will gel pretty quickly.

I didn't watch the post-race discussion with EJ and DC; from what we saw pre-race, maybe Jordan is a bit 'excitable', shall we say, but this is surely why he's been employed. Coulthard is exactly as good as I thought he'd be — articulate and reasoned.

All in all, a great start by the BBC, and I'm impressed how quickly the coverage has hit the spot.

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I didn't know Jake Humphrey did kids TV! lol.

Lee Mckenzie has plenty of experience with Sky Sports as she was the pit reported for their A1GP coverage.

I agree totally with your comments regarding Legard. I liked the extra information he gave think that sometimes he went on a bit too much. Saying that, it must he difficult to adapt to TV when a majority of your experience is radio. I'm sure this will change through the year.

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Originally Posted by 71minus2

I agree totally with your comments regarding Legard. I liked the extra information he gave think that sometimes he went on a bit too much. Saying that, it must he difficult to adapt to TV when a majority of your experience is radio. I'm sure this will change through the year.

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So am I, because he's a really professional sports broadcaster.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Jonathan Legard seems like an excellent choice as main commentator, though he is maybe a little verbose. I'd probably put this down to his transfer straight from radio, as of course a radio commentator has to say more in order to 'paint the pictures' than a TV equivalent. Martin Brundle was really excellent as ever, and I reckon the pairing with Legard will gel pretty quickly.

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I agreed. He was a bit radio like. As always Brundle was excellent :)

Did anyone else watch the post-race BBC Highlights/Forum show when Mallya joing the panel?

....was it just me who thought he looked like some kind of Ghetto pimp chav in his tracksuit, shiny gold Force India cap and ear-ring? :)

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Originally Posted by Giuseppe F1

Did anyone else watch the post-race BBC Highlights/Forum show when Mallya joing the panel?

....was it just me who thought he looked like some kind of Ghetto pimp chav in his tracksuit, shiny gold Force India cap and ear-ring? :)

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He's been taking lessons on bling from Colin Kolles.

Very good F1 coverage from the BBC. I enjoyed Jonathan Legard and Martin Brundle's commentary. Clearly they need a bit of time to gel but pretty good. I had to go to sleep instead of watching the red button coverage post-race so I'll be interested in watching that for Malaysia.

No commercial breaks! :D

I'm listening to the replay with different audio, just for a change. The CBBC commentary is actually pretty good, with the Old Stig explaining the technical aspects for kids (and beginners!).

There's even a choice of no commentary, just the track sound. I'd have given my right arm for that last year!

I thought the BBC coverage was very good overall, more in depth than ITV. The JH/DC/EJ combo worked well and that forum show on BBCi after the race was great. Martin Brundle was as good as ever, so was Ted Kravitz.

Just two criticisms - Jonathan Legard's commentary. I don't know he just sounded dull and boring and he was hard to understand at the start of the race and when Piquet spun out. I also thought Lee McKenzie asked some really daft questions and sounded like she didn't want to be there.

They'll probably grow on me throughout the year, though.

Good first race for the BBC I thought. 'The Chain' just seemed so right :cool:

A few comments. EJ didn't seem fully comfortable, but I guess he'll improve as time goes on. DC was excellent - knowledgeable and informative. Sometimes it seemed as if EJ was looking for points to disagree with DC on! Jake was much better than I thought he'd be when they announced him as the anchor man, and I'm sure he'll grow into the role even more.

Lee & Ted did well in the pits. They have little time to get info across and I think they did it perfectly well.

I'd still prefer Crofty as the main commentator, but JL did ok, and Martin was his usual assured self

The forum after the race was good too. A worthwhile addition, although they need to read out more emails to make it interactive!!

Is it just me or does Legard sound like the guy from Fonejacker? I dont like Legard's commentary style, kept pronouncing Barrichello's name different every few minutes too.