Ladies and gentlemen, James Allen has left the building. The BBC has announced its F1 commentary line-up for 2009, and Mr Allen is not on the teamsheet. Want the full line-up?
In the midfield holding role, we’ve got Jonathan Legard (of Five Live radio-type fame) and Martin Brundle (of ITV and pikey-bashing fame) on commentary duties.
At the back (nope, going to stop with the football-position analogy now before it snaps and has someone’s eye out), the studio-anchoring-people will be Jake Humphrey – you’ll have seen him on the BBC during Euro 2008 and the Olympics – and, as we’ve been predicting for about the last 17 years, David ‘DC’ Coulthard.
A bit of a shock has arrived in the form of ex-Jordan team boss Eddie Jordan who’ll be a pundit with DC alongside Humphrey.
On pitlane duties will be Ted Kravitz – poached in an audacious end-of-the-transfer-window manoeuvre from ITV – and some bloke called Lee McKenzie, who appears to actually be a woman.
And commentry legend Murray Walker will be a regular appearance on the BBC’s F1 site too. Go go go!
Sounds good to us.
hooray no james bloody allen
i like coulthard so im pleased he will still be around
its a shame he was never champion
he sucks and he donow what hes on about.
that jake humphrey lad is not that great a presenter actually, at the olympics he was crap. “Oh susan it looks so good in there” every time they cross over to him. I havent got a clue who legard is but i knew for a while he was the peoples choice.
I am quite happy with the line up but if this Lee McKenzie seems to be a bloke turned woman, it kind of reminds me of crappy Louise Goodman. Is that a step in the right direction?
And its good to see Murray back. Apparently he is hosting a live Q and A in the races.
they couldve had just 1 pitlane reporter. less to pay them. does anyone know if it will be in a studio or at the circuit like ITV
allen sucks, not DC
Oh, not Jake-bloody-Humphrey! He does a fabulous job of making everything he presents sound like kids TV.
Thanks for that!
should of got Georgie Thompson presenting instead of Jake tbf. Also I think I raed somewhere that they’ll have a studio instead of going to the circuits. Glad that Brunlde has made the switch, suprised Kravitz did as well though.
thanks mike
Sounds good. From the look of Lee’s website, she likes pimped rovers – i mean MGs – a little to much, for me. But we’ll see. Can’t wait!
…i personally would have prefered if allen had stayed, but then im not one for change, so lets see how legard does, other than that it seems good, except jake humphries…wtf? he’ll be shite with no knowledge of the sport, atleast stevey rider appeared intelligent.
Everyone is being very harsh on Jake Humphrey. He’s a good presenter. Lay off!
to catersam: yeh…but good for children who watch cbbc.
murray should be the chief commentator
Should of got James Allen, he was a fantastic commentator and his write up on ITV-F1.com was always a very good informative read. I just hope that Murray Walker’s involvement is minimal as he is the worst commentator i have ever heard, he spends the entire race getting everything wrong and saying the worng names.
No Hamster or Clarkson then, XD
I take it Suzi Perry isn’t into F1 that much? Thought she would have been good doing the same sort of stuff she does with the bikes.
Would be good to have Murray do some commentating at a couple of the European Grand Prix.
PDC6000 stop trolling.
wtf…. walker was one of the greats… allen was rubbish.
wait and see how good it will be!
james allen just has a massive orgasm every time hamilton won, and nearlly blrew his trousers off when button won in hungary. Good to see they kept Brundle he was brilliant
i was kinda hoping ben edwards would be involved. Glad martin has stayed with up tho
Having Murray around can only be a good thing, how make sure that they kick off with The Chain and all will be well, even if the 09 cars look rubbish!
Thank heavens Brundle is joining the Beeb. Kravitz knows what he’s on about too. Not sure about EJ though, I think he will get right up some peoples noses.
BRUNDLE!!!!
He is F1 gold. I hope the beeb let him do his legendary grid walks!!
Glad to see they have kept Kravitz and Brundle and got shot of that idiot Allen. Good Choice with Jordon and DC, could work well.Nice look forward to it.
Trolling?? what on earth is that?
BRING BACK THE WALKER!!!!!! BRING HIM BACK DAMMIT!!!!!!! at least theres some decent people though, but the cant touch the WALKER!!!
So the BBC swops one football loving presenter for 2 in the hope that motor sport fans won’t notice.
While Hammond might not watch F1, and profess he is not interested in it – surely that would still be better than someone wanting to know what is going on, on the pitch elsewhere.
Oh I forget this is the BBC, a sport is just a sport and anyway, if anyone is found interested in cars or even having one they must be anti society. The BBC doctrine is to get more people to turn over – Football good –cars bad. They would even get rid of Top Gear if they could.
The BBC and Bernie are a great combination to put the final nails in the F1 coffin.
Should have kept the ITV team and brought them all over to the Beeb – Jake Humphreys should stick to presenting bowls and 100m jogs at the Olympics!!!
Pity that auntie couldn’t have tempted Mr Murray ‘it’s the last lap and it looks like he’s going to win it…’ Walker back to the commentary box for one more season. But it’s good to see that James Allen is getting the Boot. I’d love to give him a boot.
And Martin’s Pitwalk will be back.
However, Jonathon Legard – is that him that does the footy on 5 Live, the kinda Irishy guy… ?
CC
@ Medi
Jake Humphreys is an underrated presenter – although hard cores might not like him, he’s good for the people who’ve jumped on the Hamilton bandwagon, hence James Allen having to be crap because he was explaining whats happening: ‘Nakajima going round a corner – for those of you new comers to F1, that’s the bit where they change direction’, by which time Kazuki Nakajima has done three more laps, crashed into all the british drivers, walked back to the pits where he has been confronted by a fuming David Coulthard/Jenson Button. Hopefully, DC can show some emotion, and have a little shout at KN every time he crashes into one of us.
Looking forward to it
PS does anyone know what happened to Prodrive?
Looked a good team untill i read this in there…
“Jake Humphreys”
i didnt know they were doing F1 for CBBC.
Still dreaming of Prodrive running an Aston martin team
Having an ex-CBBC presenter would suit some of the posters here perfectly.
Anyway, pretty happy that Brundle and Kravitz are joining the Beeb, and the rest look pretty good.
This is all meaningless however. We need the answer to the real question being asked: will they use ‘The Chain’ as the theme music.
Glad brundle has been poached from ITV his grid walks are awesome!
jezza may and hammond should present f1. it would be so funny
That sounds like a really good lineup.
But why can’t Murray Walker be a commentator? He can clearly still do stuff and knows his F1 more than most.
James allen deserves to be on the BBC he is class, i no he is one sided, but lets be honest for a good reason, why would he not ramble on about lewis… after all he is British!! I just pray the BBC dont kill F1 and put it back in the studio, ITV were spot on to do all the features, made the build up to F1 the more enjoyable
The chain for the win, none of that “lift me up, lift me up” nonsense.
No adverts woohoo! (Was better in the late 90s when one could switch between ITV and Eurosport’s coverage).
Allen couldve stayed had they sedated him every time Hamilton went past his commentary box!
Hopefully the Beep wont do what ITV did and talk to Anthony Hamilton every 5 mins!!!
If they tone down the hamilton favouritism and never interview anthony hamilton, nobody will be bothered by jake humphries lack of knowledge on anything from F1 to tying his own shoes.
I’m so glad Martin is commentating. Great guy!
Jonathan Legard?………..Whos he???
imagine if clarkson or hammond had been on the team.
am i the only one who liked james allen?, ok maybe not liked, but he wasn’t awful. actually he was. but i liked him.
but i am exited for no adverts, did anyone get up early to watch the japanese grand prix in 2006 and saw michael schumacher retire just as the adverts started? no? just me? so I’m the only sad git who got up early, and then remembered that!
Craig, WTF is a ‘kinda Irishy guy’
Jake Humphreys as the main presenter, will he have a cuddly hand puppet as a sidekick?
No idea who Legard or Humphrey are, so can’t comment on that, but…
Anchoring the show from a studio in London is a monumentally cack idea – it will have all the drama, atmosphere and tension of a dead hedgehog.
Obviously they’re doing it because it’s cheaper that way, and not just because it’s the way Auntie patronises all sports with middle-class, be-suited, isolated & insulated punditry.
At least we can hope they’ll be let out of the studio for Silverstone.
i want to see ‘Top Gear commentates F1′
could you imagine the fights they would get into, not even to do with the race. it would be Captain Slow arriving late because he was driving so cautiously and Jezza and Hammond giving him a load because of it. it would be the most pointless, stupid, hilarious thing ever. just like Top Gear… most of the time. WHO cares about the Dacia Sandero thing?
On the rare occasion that I don’t get to watch the F1 on television, I’m normally in my car somewhere, and I can assure you that Legard is a great radio commentator for F1. Without the visual aid, he does as good a job as possible, so I’m sure he’ll be a great asset to commentating on screen – moreso than James Allen, at any rate.
And whoever it was who said Walker was a dreadful commentator deserves to be pinned to the underside of the safety car for the inevitable melee at the first corner in Melbourne….
Awesome line-up (although I’ve no idea who the five live chap is…) I heart Martin Brundle
Just Marvellous to see F1 back in it’s rightful home. Shame there won’t be some eye candy, Suzie Perry like.
Be good to see the whole race for a change.
Think I’ve jumped the gun there. Lee McKenzie has aroused my interest, first race can’t come quick enough.
No one seems to have mentioned the most important person in the Beeb’s F1 line up – the lead commentator Jonathan Legard. He was brill when Radio 5’s F1 commentator until he (mistakenly!) switched back to the silly little boys’ game two or three years ago.
Like the current Radio 5 commentator David Croft, Legard is a clear speaker, even when the action is really hot, knows his motor racing stuff and concentrates on what’s going on on the track.
My main gripe against James Allen was his constant review of the race so far, particularly after each ad break as though a whole new audience had just switched on, and burbling on about stuff that wasn’t happening on track.
That may have been because his producers told him that’s what they wanted – but the effect was dull TV.
I do hope that the Beeb’s F1 producers and Legard remember that the audio side of a TV programme is as important as the visual – Murray Walker’s commentaries are so fondly remembered because of his enthusiastic approach. Jonathan Legard has the golden opportunity to re-ignite the nation’s love of F1.
“And lets go back to the… studio…with Jake Humphrey and Eddie Jordan…” *switches off TV*
Oh, and PDC6000 “trolling” is an internet term which means you are being controversial to illicit a negative response and therefore begin an argument for arguments sake. Which I don’t believe you were doing, for the record.
wtf i was hoping topgear ambition!!!! but >>>>> policy.
well said petermann and deafdie… somfin or other uz hit the nails on the headz
I may be in a minority of one (or possibly two) but I’m pleased that Murray Walker will only be on the Beeb’s website. So no need to hear his over the top and often wrong commentary. Shame Charlie Webster from ITV’s GP2 coverage couldn’t be shoe-horned in somewhere!
And now we’ll go back to the studio, with Charlie Webster *TV stays on* (missus moans) I’m forced to watch her on it love, its F1
Sounds a great lineup (when it was announced on Sunday – no rush chaps!) – Eddie J should be amusing with DC and finally the cock has been stopped (see sniffpetrol.com)!
No adverts as well – now if only the beeb could make sure that Valencia is accidentally swapped for Montreal…
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This is the greatest news I have heard for a long time,
James Allen is a complete idiot who kept making mistakes all the time, soooooo glad he has gone.
I think this is possibly the best presenter line up in the world, DC on the team is a dream come true, will be good to get some more professional drivers alongside Martin, and Lee is HOTTTTTTT
After a decade the viewers outside the Uk finally
will be able to watch F1 broadcasted in a proper way again (ITV wasn’t brought to us).
Shame you guys step in while the FIA can’t stop introducing stupid rules, my goodness the cars will look so ugly with these idiot wingdims.
Still remember the good old M.Walker days!
Good luck!
Nooooooooooo!!!!!
I thought i would never have to hear Martin Brundle go on about how he wants to go out with Hamilton and how he wants Massa and Raikkonen to fail miserably.
Hammond should have gotten the job and Clarkson with May in the pit lane
Thank the lord there will be no more James Allen! Martin Brundle is good he just gets dragged down by bloody Allen!
Glad Brundle is still there, he’s excellent, and Murray Walker is excellent entertainment getting things wrong.
oh comon David Coulthard, britains biggest moaner, and jake humphrey britains WORST ever presenter thinks he knows everything about sports when he wouldnt even know a Citroen Saxo if he saw one, im glad its back on the BBC, know adverts but i think they shouldve hired Jim Rosenthal for presenting and if Hammond, May and Clarkson all did like a special commentary day every now and then, it would be so funny.
i think that the chain should not be used again because it will be the start of a slow painful death for the legendary song.
no offence, but anyone suggesting that the Top Gear team should seriously have been give the jobs are idiots
i think murray shouldn’t come back either. He is too old now and he may not want to do it.
Imagine the top gear boys on commentary.
“What’s That?” asks Hammond
“That’s Lewis Hamilton Richard” replies Clarkson
And in the corner, James May is trying to work out the amount of fuel entered into Fisichella’s car based on the pit stop time.
“oh comon David Coulthard, britains biggest moaner, and jake humphrey britains WORST ever presenter thinks he knows everything about sports when he wouldnt even know a Citroen Saxo if he saw one, im glad its back on the BBC, know adverts but i think they shouldve hired Jim Rosenthal for presenting and if Hammond, May and Clarkson all did like a special commentary day every now and then, it would be so funny.”
- You make it sound like not knowing a Saxo is a bad thing ;o)
dudes
JAKE HUMPHREY? Noooooo
What’s wrong with SUZI PERRY?
CHARLIE COX would have been good as well.
am I the only one on here who thinks Kravitz is the biggest waste of space since Pedro Diniz? I could formulate more informed F1 opinions than that guy.
How can the BBC justify using Jake Humphreys is beyond me?
What happened to Matt Lorenzo who did F1 Digital+ and what about the Murray Walker of today – Ben Edwards who did the eurosport and FI Digital+ coverage of F1 not Jonathan ‘I did F1 on Radio 5 Live’ Legard.
The other members of good choices but not Mark Blundell or Tony Jardine as Pundits!
Whats the BBC thinking?
Also wheres Louise Goodman? She was brilliant!
At least the BBC MotoGP team wont be used like some people say…dont they know that Charlie Cox and Steve Parrish mumble and Suzi hates F1.
Also I hope Top Gear do the British GP commentary, to hear Richard, Jeremy and James on the red button for fun from Silverstone in 2009 would be classic and wont ruin the coverage as they can run it as a challenge….
How hard can it be to commentate on the British GP??
They should have got Damon Hill to commentate along side Martin Brundle, it’d be great to have two commentaters that actually know what they’re talking about rather having only one (Ie Martin) and the other one that’s biased towards Lord Hamilton (ie James Allen)….And this New commentater…(Whats his name again? I’ve forgot already…) he might be good, we should give him a chance. Can’t be any worse than Allen. I almost had a stroke when he was announced to take over from Murray Walker.
But to be fair, Allen was…..Ok, (But thats it, just an “ok”)…But he was too biased, commentaters aren’t supposed to be biased no matter what their nationality is, it’s interesting & more fun to hear their opinions on drivers & teams, Brundle is the perfect example of this and for me, Martin Brundle is the best commentater F1 has ever and will have. Theres hardly nothing he doesn’t know.
I’m so happy Martin is still commentating, but I’d wish Goodman & Brundle had moved to the BBC, they were/are great.
Can’t wait for the 2009 season. I’m rooting for Kimi…But I think Massa will take it, he’s more hungry for the title than anyone else, you could tell by his body language on the podium in Brazil, it was like he was thinking: C’mon, bring 09 on! NOW!
Watch out for Alonso & Kubica too.
Muddly Talker will only call one lap of each race “The penultimate lap. The last lap but one.”
And also…
Eddie Jordan? Oh please c’mon….He’s a jerk.
“”"I thought i would never have to hear Martin Brundle go on about how he wants to go out with Hamilton and how he wants Massa and Raikkonen to fail miserably.”"”
I think you’re confusing him with James Allen…
Oh dead god. The worst thing about F1 on ITV was those useless commentators and so called “experts” Allen, Brundle, and Cravits. Not one of the three have a brain cell to share between them.
Now I find that my beloved F1, which has been slaughtered over the past 10 years by incompetence in the governing body and owners it back on BBC and still with the same muppets at the helm of the show.
Fire the lot of them pronto, all they do is waffle garbage about inconsquential incidents and lick the arse of every driver (especially Button & Hamilton).
Please for the love of all that is holy, put someone with the IQ above that of a piece of dry toast in place of them.
Well at least there is no Blundell or Jardine. Blundell cant even speak English properly, and Jardine always says the same “it was a fantastic spectacle” for every race.
OH and thank god that there is no Goodman. I was getting extremely tired of here fawning all over JB. The way she acts around him its obvious shes horny for him. Although my JB would want to have a trout like that compared to some of the stellar beauties hes dated is beyond me.
Shame that the BBC will not actually have a studio trackside like ITV, it seems they will be in a studio, far removed from the atmosphere in some air conditioned building in London, throwing to Brundle & co 2 mins before the race. That’s what ITV really did best, they brought the atmostphere of the race, the event, the drama of the paddock to our screens along with Brundle’s grid walk. I doubt the BBC willl do this again.
Well the BBC are tight as a ducks arse…They’d rather some of the pundits stay in London rather than dish money out for trips (I’m surprised they let Top Gear do the stuff they do…)
I have sneaking suspicion what F1 would be like on the BBC; F1 starts, talk for 5 minutes, (Probably about Lord Hamilton The Great) mention & plug when the snooker, rugby, golf starts, hands over to Martin & that other guy, race starts…Bruuum-bruuuum…..R ace finishes, talk for another 5 minutes, (Probably mostly about Lord Hamilton The Couragious again) mention & plug the rugby, golf, snooker or whatever…Finish…
ITV done a great job with F1, apart from the stupid adverts, stupid biasismismismismmmm towards, Now King, Hamilton and mentioning that stupid, pointless, waste of time, dull, minding numbingly depressing “game” called football, played by morons & watched by d*ckheads!!! (when it was ever on). But apart from that it was great.
BBC have got a hard act to follow.
Why does every woman in F1 tv always look scary, rather than looking like a promoted grid-girl??
BBC will never live up to the high standards set by ITV! Very pleased to see MB & TK there as someone will need to hold things together!!
Same goes for the stolen MotoGP coverage too – tell the beeb to hire the EurosportUK commentary team. Good news for TG though as we’ll all be buying TG dvd’s for crimbo – to have for 09 race weekends instead!!!!
Dear Mr Stumint, another vote for Ms. Webster, I feel! Hurrah!! Let’s band together to make it happen.
So very happy not have to listen to Blundell any more, with his stupid finger grabbing and continual use of ‘what’ as a descriptive term, “just shows the car what goes faster doesn’t always win” and keep Murray Walker to just a bit part, the man was a God but his day is done!
no comments, i don’t get bbc here anyway.
But pls, comments on Bernie!! Medal system what’s that. Open that forum please!!
On Stigzzzs comment about the format of the show, I’ll have a go at trying to predict it:
First Grandstand starts with Ruggers. At 12:30 F1 will start and Humphrey will be in a Studio with a Lewis Hamilton picture behind him whilst he’s talking about The Great Hamilton’s chances of winning the title against Toilet Cleaner Massa. Then a Sports Personality update or Match Of The Day update will come on and then DC will say he thinks nobody will win because he’s a mardy cock.
Cross over to Brundle n his mate and the race is underway and his mate starts using football terminology like ’splitting pass’ when somebody makes a move. When Jenson retires (he will) he will get McKenzie the bloke who is a woman in his face asking him if he’s pleased. “No i’m out again” will likely be the answer.
Race finish, Lordeth Hamiltoneth will win and Humphrey, DC and Jordan will be getting their noses smelly bowing down to him. To the press conference and The Lord is there talking and then the pundits analyse that before giving us some more updates and handing us over to stupid Suzi n Steve at Moto GP.
How about that for a scenario!!!
Charlie Cox does Australian Top Gear so he can’t do it unless he ditches Moto GP.
The medal system is crap. Do not use it mental Bernie, please!!!
With the move to BBC I thank god no:
James “the xxxxxxxxx GP is…….(interminable pause coz he’s timed the lights wrong)GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” Allen
Mark “Graduate of the Ernie Wise School of English” Blundell
Steve “My hair is made of laquered concrete” Ryder
Louise “Bad Luck (Insert name of driver)” Goodman
OMG:
Jake “Chirpy Wide Boy” Humphreys
David “It wasn’t my fault, he ran into me” Coulthard
Eddie “I’m a Maverick, me” Jordan
I like Brundle even if he does copy James Hunt to a degree in never thinking a move or decision was the right one. Always gives me the impression he’s channeling Harry Enfield as the Father-in-Law: “You don’t wanna do it like that, you wanna do it like this”
The scenarios some of you have proposed: Yep, the Beeb will plug other sports coverage, but ITV did that too, PLUS the bleeding adverts so think how much time we lost from coverage with them. And the commentators didn’t always go to the track – I remember Murray commentating from a UK based studio on some of the more far flung races (yes, I am old).
Even as a Hamilton fan I agree Allen was far too biased but again, I remember Murray in tears when Damon Hill won the World Title, so it’s not unknown.
Haven’t really read about Bernie’s proposal in depth, but it strikes me as a bit bizarre. I can see how he wants to encourage overtaking, rather than settling for position and points, but I would consider the most consistent driver was the one worthy of the World Title given a choice. Is he really proposing that someone could win 2 races and have a DNF in all the others, compared to someone who had 1 win, a bunch of 2nd’s and 3rd’s and really say the former deserved the title more than the latter?
Off to hunt for some more info.
its a shame james allen has gone but david coulthard will be gd.I dont like jonathen. I WANT JAMES BACK
So what’s happened to the Blessed Louise?…
Anyway this week’s big story – and hey, where is it on this site?? – is Bernie’s Gongs. He really appears to be losing the plot: this ludicrous medal idea, plus the convoluted and unnecessary quali changes, plus the technical rule changes for 09.
Starting at the end, what a bunch of pig-ugly cars we’re getting for next season! The combination of short fat wings on the back and those snowplughs on the front is an aesthetic disaster. Plus no-one seems to have worked out that wider front wings = many more damaged front wings in shunts especially at the first corner. How exactly does that help improve the racing or the spectacle?
The only tweak the current excellent quali format needs is to put everyone on the same fuel load, so the fastest car/driver wins rather than the lightest. Bit too easy for Bernie and Max though, so instead they intend to inflict another stupid complicated format on us…. WHY??
And God, those gongs…. time to get out the straightjacket for poor old Bernie. What F1 is crying out for – and no-one is giving it – is a trophy and podium ceremony for the World Champion! Anyone know of any other sport where there’s no award ceremony to the championship winner at the end? – I’m sure even tiddliwinks has one (must Google to check…). Bernie and Max need to sort this out before going for the cheesy medals idea.
all i can say is that the pre-amble is going to be quite boring. DC and Jordan? I mean come on. It’s like they’re trying to bore us out of watching it.. Don’t worry though, the plan will not work!
And i’m not even sure who Jonathan Legard is – is he boring?
firstly bring back the chain by fleetwood mac..good to see brundle and kravitz at the beeb,would have preferred to see the brilliant damon hill instead of dc ..the other blokes …never heard of em..never heard of the bird either ,should have gone for suzi perry like a few peeps have said before me ..or sabine shmidt ..she is awesome .how about the top gear lads doing a special tg commentary when it comes to blighty.mind you pervy max and mad bernie will probably screw it all up thru sheer ignorance..cus they know best..you know
“…and the gold medal for stupidity goes to…”
Bernie’s lost his wife, his marbles & soon he’ll lose all the F1 fans.
Timmy Mallet will be out of the jungle soon, he could co-present with Jake. Or what about Ant & Dec?
Or Will Young? The cast of High School Musical?
Would somebody with an ounce of intelligence please take charge of the important decisions?
Speaking of the FIA… Bernie’s Mental System will mean less work for them: they’ll only have to worry about the winner.
I think this is a pretty good line-up – Jake Humphrey is one of the best young sports presenters around (if people would realise that CBBC is sometimes a place to cut ones teeth and not just a playground for the terminally childish – remember, isn’t Ellie Crisell presenting real news these days?).
EJ is not everyones cup of tea, but he’s opinionated and not afraid to ask questions – I’m sure the FIA will hate him, which can only be a good thing. DC is intelligent and more interesting off-circuit than on (for god’s sake, surely anyone is going to be better than Mark Blundell?!!)
Jonathan Legard has an extensive F1 backgound, regardless of his having been commentating on footy for the last few years, so he’ll do just fine, and maybe he’ll notice there are other drivers on the grid besides Lewis, and decide not to remind us every race why some of the tyres have a white stripe…..
Brundle was a no-brainer – he tells it like it is, all the drivers know him and he’s ideal if you want accurate info, delivered in a form of english I can understand.
Agree with Dave n about the music – The Chain is F1, in pretty much the same way seamless broadcasting is F1 – if we’re going to have more overtaking in 2009, I’d rather see it when it happens instead of watching an advert for thrush cream at the time…..
Anyway, for those worried about ITV no longer being the home of F1, it seems possible that F1 may not require a home at all pretty soon, if the cantankerous gimmers Bernie and Max keep on making stupid decisions for no ther reason than the fact they apparently can……GPWC anyone?
Can you imagine if the Richard Hammond rumour came true that he would be one of the commentary people that would odd.
Good line up though should be god and thank god to no more adverts when the racing gets exciting (the shcumacher and alonso battle im thinking of that the adverts finished when the race finished and was the most exciting piece of racing of that season).
dc rocks shame about the crash on his last race
Errr why do the BBC think the a frickin football pundit would do well in F1 ?
These “New Style” F1 cars with the ugly tall narrow rear wing & the over sized front wing that we’ve seen…Is that the “Official” look of the 09 F1 cars or is just an idea that someone proposed?….
I don’t get why they’ve done that, yeah, in theory I do, but that way?…Not sure?…
If they want to cut back on aerodynamics so that F1 cars can get past each other more often, (Which of course I want), why don’t they just take “An” 08 car, take off those little winglets (Or “Tables & Chairs” as Martin once discribed) they have stuck all over the body of the cars, take away the Mclaren style “Horns”, those mental look “Dumbo-ears” on the front wing, take away alittle, not too much, just a little bit away from the front & rear wings, keep them very basic but at the same size and just widen push rods, like they were in 97….And slick tyres of course….
Or as I mentioned aerlier…Have that tiny short rear wing Williams tested in Italy way back in 97.
Anyone?…
Well it would’ve been way to easy, and we all know how Bernie loves to complicate things. Yes, the mule cars we’ve seen in Barcelona by Williams and Bmw Sauber are pretty much the ‘09 cars. There will be small changes probably, but overall that’s how they’ll look like.
james allen is a crap commentator he doesnt no what he is going on about
he would be an ace presenter
its a realistic chance
woooaaahhhhh there horsey, whats with the ads on the homepage??! taking a back step there topgear… good business sense though, i guess
Oh my God. Look, Murray Walker, no, was dreadful. Doesn’t know what he’s talking about because over excited and talks crap. However, would be good on website in calm environment.
James Allen was ABSOLUTELY DREADFUL.
Martin Brundle, superb and very happy to have another two drivers as pundits too with DC and Eddie Jordan.
Shame about Mark Blundel, I did like him.
Don’t know the new guys other than the 5 live guy – always enjoy his commentary
Anything can happen in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does. – Murray Walker
Big up Fisichella, eh – James Allen
See the point, Murray Walker is ace, James Allen is not. Whoever has this muddled up is an Ecclestone.
Prediction for Legard – Lewis Hamilton has played like a man possessed.
The F1 09 cars shouldn’t change the front wing as the rules state they have to be the same width as the car. With less downforce, the wings will be really high for tracks like Monte Carlo.
I guess that is the only sensible thing ive said in this blog.
Bernie is going to be dragged out of the paddock at Silverstone by men in white overalls and he’ll disappear into a white background whilst Mosley will flea to Germany to plan World War 3, attack of the prozzies.
And i think Humphrey will open with – Hello and welcome to Melbourne with F1
Coulthard will reply with – We’re in London mate sorry.
And Hamilton to win 2009
boring boring boring !!! I want david attenborogh for mc, parky for the after race ints, schumacher&jc for analysizing, jodie kidd & eddie izzard in the pits and jezza to rule them all !!!! Than mayB just mayB F1 would be worth the hassle it´s made out to be ;D speech impeared could´ve been sports men and dweeby commentators will undoubtedlymake it more bleeding boring than it already is !!! Oh and I want wrc back !!!plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“uhh the car was great, the team was fantastic, the trck was the same as last year and that first corner that usually gets me, didn´t coz of the new tyre compund and the excelled wing widths..” and otherwise jsut wroooooooommmmm for an hour and a half with commentators stating the obvious every odd minute as if the programme was aimed strictlt at the blind ?? If there was a law carved into stone somewhere the motoring programmes HAVE to be borin for all those not fanatic TG definatley proved it wrong.. so come on bbc you´ve got the recipie USE IT !!!
ps.I´m NOT the stig ;D
pps.
for all those who care, sorry about the spelling : )hahaha
oh dear me jesus, there are ppl here discussing how ugly the 09 cars look… so if technicality failed let entertainment prevail !
oh and one last idea, those in favour of the Dacia Sandero for lead up car, let your voice be heard. AMG doesn´t really need the advertising but Dacia could shurely appreciate the encouragement
, james could drive the silverstone lap it would be wicked !!!!
the traditinal costume worn by romanian drivers in romania ? sandero
almost a hundred mule power hahaha that´s around 85 hp lol
aaaaaaaaaaaannnd TOP GEAR ONLINE WE´RE SO GREAT WE´RE BETTER THAN ALL THINGS OTHER, WHERE IS THE HORSEPOWER BLOG ??? I buy the mag for 3 articles, the one by jezza and the other 2 by hammond and may,in my opinion the only ones worth reading… the mag also hints about your site still being under construction and in the process is slow coz of the ripping off other sites taking too long but it insists on horsepower being available and thrilling and all things cool but I can´t find it anywhere ?
Is it just me ?
pls help,thnx a mill
Bring back Murray Walker!!! F1 hasn’t been & never will be the same without him! PS. Top Gear live was the best yet, hope there’s many more years in it yet, pure entertainment!!!
roka, on the website it says under construction at the bottom of the page
How long will these new “rules” last before they’re changed again I wonder?…Hmmmm??? A year or two…
FFS Just go back to the 97 style F1 cars (With a little less down force, without those little wingletts etc) & bring back those monsterous V10 engines….Or maybe better still, stick a V12 in them…..
V12+Slick tyres+Less down force=some serious racing…Lets see how good some drivers are…
Kimi for a storming come back in 09 and become champ
the stig should present the f1
the stig should present the f1
wayne’s ingredeants are great.
The FIA should listen to people like him
i wish it woz jeremy coz it would be hilarious to hear him say “THE EYEBROW MAN HAS CRASHED, THET’S ALL CELEBRATE”! gr8 choices 4 commentatry not sure about Jake Humphrey though
omg, we get these losers due to the unique way the beeb is funded, we just get no say with our dollar. kids tv presenters, some bird no one cares about, and a retired old fart. knew it was too good to be true, if this is the way forward, give it back to itv and save ‘our’ money. brundle-fly is the only good thing in the show. Mr ‘never made it’ smacktard, omg, why oh why oh why. fcs, we knew it would be like this as soon as they hired no-skills-celeb-crazed-op en-an-envelope-for 2p-hammond. fear not, once the euro lottery win comes my way, we’ll sort it all out
Vegas, are you clinically thick?
All the commentators are good, Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard will offer useful incite. The real disappointment is that because Bernie E runs it all with his fellow Hitler, Mosley, no one can have any opinions, because Eccelstone and Mosley will take away the contract. It was brilliant at the end of last season, when ITV knew they didn’t have the rights for next season, and they all started slagging off the hierarchy. Although James Allen was still rubbish.
Jake Humphrey really isn’t as bad as people claim. He will also make it more universal: he doesn’t go on about slip differentials, or whatever some of the other people who were in the frame would talking about. For anyone who doesn’t know who I’m talking about, it’s the rumour about Tiff Needell doing it. His voice is more boring then a lecture on Charisma with Gordon Brown.
‘Vegas, are you clinically thick?…’
That was me, forgot to put my name in.
I’m glad James Allen is not a commentator as I’m sick of him every race going on about Hamilton Hamilton & nothing but Hamilton! I’d like to see Brundle & Murray Walker in the commentary box for next season with DC down in the pits!
aw bless catersam, “in your opinion”. you sad rude little man. this is not a personal attack forum. get used to your fave kiddy presenter gettting loads of emails whining about his serious lack of knowledge. as for your full on nazi attack of the top level of f1, get a grip and go play in someone elses sandpit
“The real disappointment is that because Bernie E runs it all with his fellow Hitler, Mosley, no one can have any opinions,” well said catershat, oops sam, like , er, my opinion here, that you rubushed, mr mini ecclestone. i think you’re saying. “doh” about now
still very very very boring
what is the avreage age on this blog ? guess anyone ?
Grimble (post 91) F1 DOES have an awards ceremony for the drivers and constructors champions. It features the two most jaw-achingly georgous trophies you’ll ever see too. However due to Mr Ecclestons rules it’s in a private Monte-Carlo bash in December. Should be on TV though.
For all those people who want Clarkson, Hammond and May though, explain me one thing. Whenever there’s a race outside Britain they’re gonna have to fly off midweek and not get back till Monday or Tuesday the week after the race, and then overcome jet lag. When exactly do you all propose they film more Top Gear? Never mind all the filming off set, want to see supercars on snow in the winter? If I’ve a choice think i’d prefer watch F1 on CBeebies with Jake Humphrey (Still, could have been, least it’s not bloody Lineker) and Top Gear on the same day.
I admit, Vegas, I may have been slightly over the top in my criticsm of your opinion, I didn’t mean any offence. I was in a rather angry mood for reasons that do not concern you, but anyway, you are being far to critical. Also, other then calling you thick, what merited that personal attack you said this sight was free from? Jake Humphrey’s more universal appeal does not take anything away from the coverage. DC, Eddie Jordan, Jonathen Legard, Kravitz and Brundle are all very knowledgable, and have you ever heard Jake Humphrey talk about cars? Give him a chance. If he’s crap fair enough, but let’s not shoot him before he picks up his guns.
When in the whole season, before ITV new they weren’t going to have it for next year, did they properly criticse Eccelstone and Mosley? Brundle Might as well have kissed Ecclestone on some of his grid walks.
Also, ‘Catershat’? That was poor.
Personally hope we don’t have to endure Murrays over the top commentary.
Also hope there’s no stupid Chain music.
Both of those things inherently put me off, they were two things that made me switch off as a youngster!
Definately a shame to have it hubbed from a studio- as a previous poster mentioned – I loved them standing outside the garages in the build up to the race, with engines testing- a general hubbub of excitement. Just no way you can tell me that’s less good than a boring studio, granted – no doubt cheaper in the studio which I guess is fair enough given the rediculous costs just to have the rights to it..
Never disliked James Allen quite like I’ve read over the last few months- I’d listen to him over Murray ANYDAY.
In conclusion though, no ad breaks- hoo-flippin-ray!
Why bother when we will have to look at cars that will even make a wheelchair look cool. Watched some vids on youtube of the Barca testing and only the BMW showed the real picture of the aero ´09 package.
Can´t get used to it.. Still mad at the people who invented these rules. Cost saving? By changing the rules every year? Dead road, unless someone interfears with petrol in it´s blood instead of a KERS system.
celeb seeking ex-nowhere ghost slot radio presenters with agents who look for any celeb appearances for their ’stars’, do not warrant what most people here would re3gard as the top job in motorsports tv. there are 100’s of people with a: interesting things to say, b: plenty of experience and c: something genuinely original to offer who could make a real go of this slot. years ago the best way to view F1 was with the bbc coverage showing on the tv, and the eurosport commentary through the hifi. and i think i shall go back to this way of listening, there will be one channel on sat-tv/or online showing it, but the bbc camera work is always the best. shame on the old duffers at broadcasting house. a chance wasted
jesus, just watched the youtube testing vids. Whats with the erections on top of the air box/engine on the Ferrari and McLaren? Haha watched it in german. Put on a german accent and say Kinetic Energy Recovery System. They should stop stealing our words…
Where has all the talk about a studio in london come from?? DC himself said he would be at the races with red bull next year as an advisor so how could he do that and be in london?
First time I have seen this forum, some good comments flying about…
Keeping Brudle is the right move. The guy knows what he is talking about, he is simply great at his job. I don’t agree with these other people that have never had anything to do with F1, but I guess we have to give them a chance.
Bernie and Mosley – they have to go. They will kill F1. Bernie is all about saving money for the teams, but the teams now have to develop KERS – it must be costing them millions! As for the medals? This confirms that he has officially lodt the plot. If one driver wins the first 7 or so races then the season is over. I seem to remember Schuey wrapping up the championship by France on year (when 1st got 10pts and 2nd got 6pts) so he changed the points to what we have now which has lead to championships being decided at the last race, which is cool.
Bernie is a stupid as the 09 cars look.
The erection on top of the air box is possibly something similar to what you see on the noses of jet. They will be using them aero info. Had then on a Renault that tested near me a couple of years ago.
get rid of martin blundle… although it is quite funny to see him get blanked on the grid
@ roka, probably 6! lol
Should be good to have a few changes. I’d like to hear from Eddie Jordan nowadays but couldn’t we have had Damon Hill not DC?
But surely the real issue is what will the opening music be? Please can we have the old music back, the dirges ITV have used have sucked all the drama out of the start of the GP commentary.
I don’t know Humphrey – never heard of him, in fact, but I am perfectly content to give him a chance. Howvever I heard Legard on R5 Live – family commitments meant that I couldn’t watch the race on telly – and I was so bored by the commentary – it was a dirge. I didn’t really think that any of the R5 Live people knew what they were talking about, at least they didn’t give me that confidence. I have heard the comments and James Allen before and I really didn’t see what people were getting at. I thought that he and Brundle were a perfect team. Neither of them were boring and they kept the information coming. Both of them knew their stuff from different perspectives and were remarkably unbiased in their commentary, which a pleasant relief from the Ferrari support that you normally hear.
Great to see DC as the analyst. EJ will be good entertainment but I don’t know if the Beeb are ready for him! The fans are!!!
he is the worst presenter ever trust me i have met him and damon hill
After all that has been said here the real saving grace is that there will be no advert breaks only racing.
That I think is what we all really want,isn’t it`?.
Without advert this game can’t excist.
Pretty sure the sponsoring companies will be shocked by the new cars, they are no experts so they will not be aware yet. Imagine you pay millions and you see your name appear on a car that looks worse than a shoebox!
Shouldn’t the FOTA interfear before it is too late?
its all good apart from one small detail
jake humphreys
oh and does anyone no what the 09 cars look like?
i hate james allen so haha
who is going to be commantators
probablys richard hammond
@ coz
type ‘F1 2009 testing’ into youtube for some vids
they are really long, i didnt get through all of it. I shall leave you with 1 word, in reference to mclaren and ferraris new cars: ‘erection’.
Jake Humphreys is just a studio version of James Allen
In the future they will both be licking their wounds after realising that Lewis would rather have “celebration” with that Nicole than them.
In an ideal world their would be a compulsory Kimi Raikonnen comedy hour after the press conference, similar to an episode of big brother except just a camera crew following him around. That guy is comedy gold. His “having a dump” moment is his career highlight as far as im concerned.
In case you watch the recent testing (next wk they go to Jerez) pay attention to the BMW, the only car driving around with the proper ‘09 package.
Hateful wide front wing and ridiculous small and high back wing. Totally out of proportion. Mr.Mosley must have been to bizzy with his private troubles when he allowed this to be introduced. Always loved F1 cars, never missed a race since 1984, see good things happen (Singapore race f.e.), but strangly enough also sad things.
Said it before, an F1 should be fast and cool, soon as it’s lacking one of those aspects it ain’t an F1 anymore!
I certainly like the look of the new F1 ‘totti’.
Wonder if she will have the multi-bangle look of Ms Goodman. Maybe not.
hmmm heated discussions about old men,looks & erections… go F1 !! how sad and I´m guessing youz are all car freaks ??
F1 cars cool ??? they are supposed to be the high end of tech. in motorsports, agility,acceleration,dece leration, pushing the laws of physics to the limit while going around in circles.. Anyone witha female aquaintance can tell ya´ll it ain´t cool but could be great entertainment were it not presented by fools. The camera work I agree is and has always by far been the best by the bbc, but the rest is simply disapointing. No real insight is ever given. I would love to hear what the team bosses as well as the drivers have to say about the race in depth, both b4 and after the run, instead of having to listen to sports journalists hazard a guess at what is or might have been going on. The whole concept of the way F1 races are presented I think is a fiasko. The odd on board shot, the eventual intercom transmissions are all improvements but still very shallow non the less nothing interestin or intigueing ever happens unless of course someone ends up in a sand pit but he´s gotta be at least in the top 5 to count. The sae names keep coming up and if one is not obsessed with the sport there is no knowing who the actual people involved are, how and why they´re there and what their thoughts on the race are.. So it´s all really bland.lame and shallow and it´s a shame coz it could be really really cool… baaaaaaah
how can a sport so radical be soooooo conservative anyway ?? spice up the recipie bbc ! please ?! we´ll pay for it : D we do pay for it !!
i want to know what hamilton really thinks of massa and raikkonen. they are like robots and say what theyre told but tht’s bob because i want to know if Hamilton is preparing to murder Raikkonen in his dungeon in Stevenage or if Alonso really will have the balls to take out Hamilton in the tile decider.
And the presenters should answer our unanswered questions, DC being Tester for RBR Renault should be able to offer better insight than crappy brundle but hes just a mardy scot who cant drive a vehicle into turn 1 without crashing!!
Hi Guys,
Now I don’t now what ‘cmon jenson button’ is talking about, brundle is the best commentater since murray. I some how think that you couldn’t do a better job than he can. CAN YOU?
I do hope that they use that music because that is F1 at its best. NO ADVERTS YEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! !!
glad f1 back on bbc ‘mr m brundle’ is right martn is gr8
Itv adverts r rubbish non next year though
who is EJ and do we need him ?NO BRUNDLE WILL DO fine and coultard well we will c .
i think we all agree that its a good thing NO ADVERTS. CONVERSATION CLOSED ,NEXT TOPIC
EJ id Eddie Jordan, a former team owner, current F1 mag contributer and an insider. Hw’s blunt and will say it like it is.
If only they’d get rid of Mr Charisma – Martin Brundle
Suzi Perry. That would have been brilliant for all kinds of reasons.
Murray Walker and all the other F1 big wigs should have been put to rest years ago. We`ve seen enough financial circuses lately and all we really want is motorsport !!!
The one thing you can say about Mr Humphrey, based on his performance at Sports Personality of the Year, is that he will get better. Deterioration would be difficult.
Well done BBC,no more silly interuptions of his just going to ovrtake for the lead(and now a poxy advert)
If the commentary is better than ITV you are on to Monumental viewing figures me Included.
itv ads are sub-zero bros– BOURSIN rules ! ..would be the highlight of the new f1 constellation 4 shure! ..”du boring programme..”
and the prog line for the beebz ? 1 cool show and than xfactor,xfactor live, xfactor review, xfactor re-view, and strictly cum …omgooooooooodnessssss and now f1, wicked !!!!
time to zap on
How to ruin a great sport. For anyone that actually knows about F1 or Jonathan Allens in depth knowledge of teh sport and it’s history will know that we have been shortchanged here. Kravitz and brundle will be very good as always but the lacklustre Coultard?! Why not bring back Mansell. DC is the Steve Davis of F1 only Steve Davis was succesful. Jonathan Allen rivalled Brundle if you listen to broadcasts and now we get a kids TV presenter and a lady who looks as if she would be better placed in a suburban ‘health club’. BBC listen – F1 is about technology, passion, excitement and glamour a collective that your preseting team do not live up to. What are you thinking??
F1 Fan..
Have you ever heard Mansell attempt a sentence ???
All your other opinions deserve a thumbs up, finally someone with a bit of wits squeezed between their ears.. quite rare ..if you read back on the prev. comments on this blog it is acheingly obvious that the BBC will get their way and the pebel will enjoy.
Only factor putting most “fans” off is that the cars look uncool.. Clarkson effect ?? or are they just dumb ?? you tell me..
btw there is plenty of young,eager and creative journalist talent out there who would give a limb to score an f1 pres.pos why aren´t they given a chance is beyond me.. Hammond was quite anonymous and look at him go now.. if fear public service is not quite as public as we might think… but at least it´s a service the bbc like to provide.. probably unloaded most of the dough on the license and now they´re shopping for second hands.. zap on !
ps respect to Mansell great driver ! -humor,-wit,-verbal talent and unfortunatley the same applies to the majority of the people displayed on telly now a days.. video did kill the radio star
too bad !!
- = minus
a 45 minute programme by the beebz celebrating that f1 is now back in their hands, presenting 15 of their most talented candidates in 2 minutes, closed off by a public vote would have rocketed viewer stats to za moooon and we all would´ve slept better knowing we did our bit for motorsports and they did theirs.. but they would´ve had to take off a resend of stirctly, xfactor or the likes and that would have put all those who watch those progs off and they are in majority so why is footy the only national sport alngside the paralimpics instead of btcc, wrc, f1 or any other type of motoring the expertise to which we export like no one else on this planet ? beacuse we like it that way and those of us who don´t..tough luck ! zap on
where is louise?
loved by most all of the drivers and teams as before her stint at itv she worked in F1 so she had “walked the walk” before she had “talked the talked”. A bit like THE GOD BRUNDLE. Anyone doubting HIS status as an F1 God needs to look up his history at Monaco quallies. Getting into the Qcar after putting his race car onto his helmet was told by the pit that he still had twenty minuits left to qualify. His reply was “great! what f******g circuit are we at? Then proceeded to put in a good time while still concussed!!
Put Murray next to Martin and I’ll watch it.
James Allen is the best commentator for that discipline (apart from MW) and you swines bashing him have no knowledge of commentary.
all these ppl are faceless farts, full blown bores.. like a weak b movie´s cast of cock up never made-it´s
charachter cast to mumbojumbo a cool cocnept itno scuicidal boredom, the personifications of “war and peace”, dallas without JR, beverly hills cop without eddie murphy come to think of it it´ll be like beverly hills 90210.. dub the theme music of that onto the opening music and we´ll be a rollin´ all the way to the peach pit !!!! yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaw cowboys and girls it´s gonna be hilarious for all the wrong reasons. I can gardly wait
go bro !!! what a rip off hahaha
ya mann ali g would´ve been cool.. nigella lawson wrapped in thin denim even better or jamie oliver, chuck it whipit wack it, in the pits haaahahaha after all it´s all about the obvious and a bit of stats innit ? gary fro eastenders could do it off ´is face…
enfield impersonating clarkson !!!
im glad steve rider aint their because he only talks about lewis hamilton even if he came last he takled about him and i HATE LEWIS HAMILTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee MacKenzie is attractive ,into motor racing and will be good.Jonathan Legard`s radio commentary was informative.Initially I wasn`t keen on James Allen but his internet posts are very good,he was up to speed with the closing stages of Brazil GP and definitely doesn`t deserve the vilification he has received here,you should all be ashamed of yourselves!
As for the proposed Medal System,it stinks,points dowm to 12th with bigger gap between 1st ,2nd and 3rd.You cannot be world champion with 2 wins and 15 DNF`s!!!
it´s not really the rules though, ..they´re only being changed to enhance “competition” to make us keep watching and not falling asleep while doing so..
… how lame is that ?? one might precieve that it´s all been pre arranged, like playing prosoccer manager instead of watching the FA Finalls and no disrespect but wtf !!!!???? try getting into the master tactiticans head without knowing what he´s thinking and film it… love it !!!! puf
it´s a tough job if one takes into consideration the 3rd degree drivers and the ever so thrilling team tactics looking for the best deals nowadays.. mr.eager driver 2 move aside please coz mr.no1, having a shitty day needs your points/win/position more than you do.. it´s like trying to keep up with tour de france, soon they´ll be offering jerseys
as for hami,real heroes can´t be created by scouts and training and ambitious daddies, they are born !! senna, prost, schumi the anti hearo but hero non the less mcrae, sainz, my list IS quite long and no one in f1 today is on it except for bernie
I mean do we really wathc TG for the ridiculous o-200 in 1.2 sec farouts or because of clarkson,may,hammond and the stig ?
which film would you rather watch ? the one titled “he who dares wins” or the one one called ” he who follows team orders and doesn´t cock up wins” ? I´d go with the 1st any day, Iguess it´s genetic
where are the rebels nowadays anyway ? being deviant is defined by a haircut and the clothes we wear and the shite typeO music we listen to.. boring !!!
What the hell is Jake Humpreys doing presenting the F1? Hes useless. Hes like a morning kids tv presenter!!!
Good to have DC and Eddie Jordan on the commentary team. They put the ‘drivers’ and ‘team owners’ view really well and they seem very well informed.
I have one thing to say GET RID OF JAKE HUMPREYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David Coulthard – YES;
Eddie Jordon – YES;
Martin Brundle – YES;
Jonathan Legard – PLEASE, PLEASE, NOOOOOOO! What a Shocker!!!
LEGARD IS A KNOB……THIS IS F1 NOT HORSE RACING!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhh……..the rest are all good though, im positively suprised that jake humphreys knows who all the ppl r and isnt a complete noob.
Agree Jonathan Legard not teh best, but better than Eddie “sycophant” Jordan. deep joy he was replaced by Mike Gascoyne for Chinese GP – can he stay?
I think it’s a good team apart from Jonathan Legard, the way he was talking Vettel round the last lap was awful. I never thought I’d say this but James Allen seemed better. Legard keeps tripping over his words. Murray is the best commentator I’ve heard however, total legend!
I have been watching F1 for way more years than I care to remember and have enjoy and been pissed at more commutators than can be believed. But Jonathan Legard should be awarded a medal for the top position of ignorance in broadcasting. I mean were BBC on the cheap when they put him in place beside the very bearable Brundle. Having suffered james Allen for so long you know Red Lights Out GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the prat we now have Legard stating the obvious each lap and giving race positions on lap one behind the pace car and on and on to the point where you just enjoy watching the muted race. BBC you could do so much better than this old has been hack. Maybe we really have t lower our expectations but this is really aweful.
Jonathan Legard is the worst mis informed commutator I have ever heard. James Allen was by far the better man bring him back for godness sack. I use to thnk ITV had it wrong with the ad break in the middle of race day but I could suffer that quicker than Jonathan Legard. He needs to get back to the horses.
When will the BBC get Jonathan Legard off our screens and out of F1. The guy just has no clue about the sport. All he does is repeat his collegues every word. Calls out lap times and talk complete sh**t. Get him off.
Never in my born days have I seen such a disintrested totally unknowlegable dick as Jake Humphreys– Oh- come on BBC Fire the prat!
HI EVERYONE,JUST LOVING F1.WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR BBC HAS BROUGHT. JAKE HUMPHREYS IS BRILLIANT, HE IS IN CONTACT WITH D.C AND E.J.LOVE THE CHATTER TO BITS.LOVE THE BLOGS JAKE .
We need the F1 equivalent of John MacEnroe!