
The BBC F1 Coverage Thread - 2010 Season (merged)
#7251
Posted 06 January 2011 - 21:23
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#7252
Posted 06 January 2011 - 21:38
Ted, of course, being a man with many years of F1 commentary and driving under his belt.
Kravitz at least has the experience of both TV work and being around the F1 paddock for ages.
Coulthard has the F1 experience and next to no experience of providing any valid commentary, the BBC did try getting Legard and Brundle to chat to Coulthard in the pits during a few races and he was god damn bland and awful at even providing what little incite he had then, he isn't exactly the one you tune into the F1 Forum to listen to is he.
Chandhok has limited F1 experience in a backmarker team, and very limited commentary experience. Standing in alongside people on R5L a few times doesn't add up to much in my book. And he isn't going to throw away his racing career so soon anyway so it's pointless even thinking of him.
I honestly don't think either would do as good a job as Kravitz would.
Edited by johnmhinds, 06 January 2011 - 21:39.
#7253
Posted 06 January 2011 - 22:14
#7254
Posted 06 January 2011 - 23:33
He was travelling with the F1 circus then though. If he races this year, it most likely wouldn't be with one of the F1 support races.Just for the record, Chandhok commentated for Star Sports on F1 whilst racing in GP2 aswell.
#7255
Posted 06 January 2011 - 23:49
Yeah thats a good point. I seriously doubt he would give up a whole season just to commentate for the Beeb either.He was travelling with the F1 circus then though. If he races this year, it most likely wouldn't be with one of the F1 support races.
#7256
Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:16
Legard was on 5live this lunchtime discussing football.
Well, I hope he gets a job which is more suited to his commentary style. I've never heard him commentate on football, but I always thought he would be much better at it than F1 - the staccato lists of players' names as they pass the ball, the stock phrases that actually work, and the expected sudden surge in volume when a goal is scored.
If he does end up commentating on football I bet we'll still here him say "Up the hill he goes, down the hill he goes"

#7257
Posted 07 January 2011 - 07:31
He'll feel right at home with the 'Round The Corner' Kick.If he does end up commentating on football I bet we'll still here him say "Up the hill he goes, down the hill he goes"
But he'll probably miss the half-time whistle because he was listening to himself, then mention 10 seconds later that the players have mysteriously slowed down.
#7258
Posted 07 January 2011 - 10:47
If he's out, then I guess nobody has told him yet.
#7259
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:02
As many people in this thread like to over-analyse Legard's Twitter account and the lack of recent activity, you may be interested to know that he has started tweeting about F1 topics again.
If he's out, then I guess nobody has told him yet.
Woe and thrice woe!
Still, no announcement from Auntie and as I said he'll be the last to know, so too soon to give up hope.
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#7260
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:14
Chandhok was good (though personally I didn't think he was quite as good as some were making out) but at this stage in his career, I doubt he is looking to do commentary full time.
Chandhok is a very likeable guy, but he actually got on my nerves when he was commentating on the Red Button. He spoke very quickly and had a tendency to overly dominate the discussion, which got boring.
#7261
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:18
Chandhok is a very likeable guy, but he actually got on my nerves when he was commentating on the Red Button. He spoke very quickly and had a tendency to overly dominate the discussion, which got boring.
Second that. At some points it was more like a Karun show.
#7262
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:28
#7263
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:38
If he does end up commentating on football I bet we'll still here him say "Up the hill he goes, down the hill he goes"
Only if he's commentating on Barnet.
#7264
Posted 07 January 2011 - 11:55
Woe and thrice woe!
Still, no announcement from Auntie and as I said he'll be the last to know, so too soon to give up hope.
unless you are on the inside, none of us has a clue... best to do a Kimi on this and "waitanseee".
#7265
Posted 07 January 2011 - 12:25
Thirded. He could commentate well but there were times where he was talking over Croft and Davidson, and they couldn't get a word in edgeways.Second that. At some points it was more like a Karun show.
As for Legard - we'll know when we know, so I don't see the point in dissecting the man's every tweet. Or his off season commitments, for that matter. Whats he meant to do, sit around doing nothing for 4 months? Croft is doing Darts and Jake has done various things on the BBC. I don't think him appearing on some football shows tells us anything.
Edited by KateLM, 07 January 2011 - 12:28.
#7266
Posted 07 January 2011 - 13:02
So what was it?
Is there a convention against deleting tweets?
#7267
Posted 07 January 2011 - 13:12
legardj @AussieGrit your boys took a hell of a beating!

#7268
Posted 07 January 2011 - 13:47
#7269
Posted 10 January 2011 - 09:37
Kravitz at least has the experience of ... being around the F1 paddock for ages.
So did Legard, fat lot of good that did him. And all his journeys to the paddock as a commentator seemingly ended in him chatting to an engineer over a bowl of soup ; a mechanic over a full english ; a team principal over a wafer thin mint. And what knowledge did he glean from these insightful conversations? Nowt.
Coulthard has the F1 experience and next to no experience of providing any valid commentary, the BBC did try getting Legard and Brundle to chat to Coulthard in the pits during a few races and he was god damn bland and awful at even providing what little incite he had then, he isn't exactly the one you tune into the F1 Forum to listen to is he.
Quite.
#7270
Posted 10 January 2011 - 09:59
a team principal over a wafer thin mint. And what knowledge did he glean from these insightful conversations? Nowt.
Haha. PMSL
#7271
Posted 10 January 2011 - 11:56
Maybe he should have a show on the Food Network...So did Legard, fat lot of good that did him. And all his journeys to the paddock as a commentator seemingly ended in him chatting to an engineer over a bowl of soup ; a mechanic over a full english ; a team principal over a wafer thin mint. And what knowledge did he glean from these insightful conversations? Nowt.
"Eggs...from shell....from chicken. Round the pan. With BUT-ter! Is it hot enough...?......No! Bacon is joined! Has he overcooked it? What can this toast do?! "
Of course the show would last ten minutes before Gordon Ramsey smacked him in the head with a skillet....Still?

Edited by gm914, 10 January 2011 - 12:00.
#7272
Posted 10 January 2011 - 12:28
Maybe it should have been Ttfn.Well Legard is active in his Twitter account and he hasn't deleted his mysterious Tt tweet.
So what was it?
Is there a convention against deleting tweets?
#7273
Posted 10 January 2011 - 12:29
#7274
Posted 10 January 2011 - 12:35
How would Chandhok do if he'd be paired next to Brundle?
Even if Chandhok was offered he wouldn't take the role, he wants to be a racing driver, not a commentator, it'd pretty much sound the death knell for his career.
#7275
Posted 10 January 2011 - 13:10
Maybe it should have been Ttfn.
Maybe he's been reading the forum and 'Tt' is a windup to exact his revenge

Hopefully Friday's tweets also a windup...
#7276
Posted 10 January 2011 - 13:23
In the absence of any real F1 news, this little saga is mildly diverting.Maybe he's been reading the forum and 'Tt' is a windup to exact his revenge
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Hopefully Friday's tweets also a windup...

#7277
Posted 10 January 2011 - 13:44
Not really, but they're often not really "deleted" them as they may have been texted or emailed to followers.Is there a convention against deleting tweets?
#7278
Posted 10 January 2011 - 13:47
FORMULA ONE ON THE BBC IN 2011
Jake Humphrey will present the TV coverage, joined by 13-time grand prix winner David Coulthard and former team boss Eddie Jordan as pundits.
Jonathan Legard will commentate alongside award-winning broadcaster and former F1 driver Martin Brundle.
The pit lane reporters will be Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie
Why are they lying to us about this? All the real experts have reported that Legard has been sent packing...
#7279
Posted 10 January 2011 - 13:57
All we have are some rather dubious Daily Mail articles (full of bullshit quotes from "F1 insiders") and re-reports of those same stories as Crash.net articles.
I'm beginning to think the Coulthard rumour could have been leaked to make us accept another year of Legard anyway.
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#7280
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:05
From the BBC website today:-
FORMULA ONE ON THE BBC IN 2011
Jake Humphrey will present the TV coverage, joined by 13-time grand prix winner David Coulthard and former team boss Eddie Jordan as pundits.
Jonathan Legard will commentate alongside award-winning broadcaster and former F1 driver Martin Brundle.
The pit lane reporters will be Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie
Why are they lying to us about this? All the real experts have reported that Legard has been sent packing...
This one ?
http://news.bbc.co.u...eam/default.stm
last updated Feb 2010. Look a few pages back in this thread - already been discussed.
#7281
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:06
#7282
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:17
I haven't seen any proof that Legard has been fired anywhere.
All we have are some rather dubious Daily Mail articles (full of bullshit quotes from "F1 insiders") and re-reports of those same stories as Crash.net articles.
I'm beginning to think the Coulthard rumour could have been leaked to make us accept another year of Legard anyway.
We also have no news of any contract renewal. He was originally confirmed 24/11/08 so if his contract was for 2 calendar years, or even until the end of 2010, then it has expired.
There's not going to be any 'proof' until we get an announcement, meanwhile the lack of proof is at least quite encouraging I think. With all the speculation, it would be normal to confirm that the existing team is carrying on. So they are at least thinking about it, as per the rumours.
#7283
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:33
Which would seem to be very odd behaviour for someone who's contract apparently ran out months ago.
God knows how any of you know claim to know the details of his job contract anyway.
#7284
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:48
f1fanatic_co_uk Keith Collantine
BBC say they haven't decided on the line-up for their #F1 coverage team this year.
#7285
Posted 10 January 2011 - 14:53
Well Legards twitter still has him listed as "BBC F1 Commentator". And he is still tweeting about F1 stories under that title.
Which would seem to be very odd behaviour for someone who's contract apparently ran out months ago.
God knows how any of you know claim to know the details of his job contract anyway.
"While Brundle has a year of his contract still to run, Legard's is up for renewal." Pitpass
We don't know, obviously there's no 'proof'. Doesn't mean he's staying, doesn't mean he's going. One batch of 3 tweets this year isn't 'proof' either, and if he did change his occupation on his Twitter account that would be pre-empting the BBC's announcement.
Meanwhile if his contract had been renewed, we might have heard. So at the very least there are grounds for hope.
#7286
Posted 10 January 2011 - 15:10
From the BBC website today:-
FORMULA ONE ON THE BBC IN 2011
Jake Humphrey will present the TV coverage, joined by 13-time grand prix winner David Coulthard and former team boss Eddie Jordan as pundits.
Jonathan Legard will commentate alongside award-winning broadcaster and former F1 driver Martin Brundle.
The pit lane reporters will be Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie
Why are they lying to us about this? All the real experts have reported that Legard has been sent packing...
Where is this exactly?
#7287
Posted 10 January 2011 - 15:22
Where is this exactly?
http://news.bbc.co.u...ort/7755219.stm
The page is a bit of a mess though, still says 19 races for example, and Holly Samos.
#7288
Posted 10 January 2011 - 15:23
http://news.bbc.co.u...ort/7755219.stmWhere is this exactly?
Discussed here: http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=4777878
#7289
Posted 10 January 2011 - 15:49
Edited by D.M.N., 10 January 2011 - 15:53.
#7290
Posted 10 January 2011 - 15:51
#7291
Posted 10 January 2011 - 16:01
This thread has always been a circle, but it seems to be turning into some form of spiral that'll eventually reach a centre and implode, probably shattering the universe.
I think the mods will lock it before that happens. We need a new 2011 thread, anyway.

#7292
Posted 10 January 2011 - 16:04
We need a new 2011 thread, anyway.
Good idea!
#7293
Posted 10 January 2011 - 16:07
