as far as i know coverage is by FOM, and the BBC is just commentating on what it sees on the tv and on live timings
Yes, F1 commentators do not have the benefit of being in contact with the TV director or any of the camera operators. In this sense they are just spectators and like anyone watching in their living room, are commenting from a TV monitor. Unfortunately for them, it is usually a far smaller TV than what the average viewer is watching on, and is most definitely not high definition! (yet). This is in contrast to most other sports where the commentators can influence the camera work to some degree, by being in contact with directors or even camera operators (who can hear a dedicated commentary).
The most irritating moment in F1 was Christian Horner at the end of last season, sanctimoniously saying 'WE didn't use team orders'. You're right, you didn't, and you put both the WDC and WCC at risk, you stupid ****er! We all know you didn't do it, you don't need to try and score points against teams like Ferrari who are intelligent enought to know that both of their drivers can't win the championship!
I know i've said it once, but they really annoy me with their sportsmanship, so i'll reiterate it FERRARI
3 weeks breaks between races. When people look too much into testing. Dodgy Stewards. Red Bull and the media going crazy over getting P1 when theres still a whole race to go. Schumacher fans who are in denial (no offense intended but he's not gonna win another world title) Mechanical DNF's which the driver has no control over. Abu Dhabi / Valencia. Im sure theres more but ill leave it at that.
- Collin Kolles - Pay Drivers - Trulli moaning - Vettel's finger/arrogance - Hamilton fanboys - Abu Dhabi 2010 - Lewis Hamilton
The main thing that I find irritating this season is that I'm struggling to take in all the new stuff like KERS, DRS and Pirelli tyres whilst watching the actual race.Am finding it hard to gauge how a race will develop, or where any given driver will end up. Obviously the new tyres are a relatively unknown quantity, hence teams are having to adapt strategies and be very flexible too.Whilst this has made for great (albeit slightly artificial) racing I personally struggle to work out which driver is going to finish where. It might just be me, but after 3 races am struggling with information overload !
Manny, we all started watching F1 for various reasons, but something grabbed our attention initially ? Every fan "started" watching at some point, does it matter when ? You are 16 ?, would it be wrong for me to suggest you havn't been watching F1 long enough to hold a valid opinion ? Yes, it would.
I'm finding that to be an exciting aspect of the races this year, Browser, particularly the Chinese GP. It was fun being able to predict who was stopping when and how the race would pan out when we were told everyone's fuel weights but it took the thrill out of the race. Not having a baldy clue how the race is going to end is how I felt when I started watching F1 and it's really sparked my interest again.
Which is why I found it mystifying and irritating that the so-called 'professional' commentators generally defaulted to telling me what I could see for myself on the screen (e.g. Murray Walker - "there's Frentzen, there's Alesi, there's Hill, there's Berger and oh! oh! er..." - or Jonathan Legard - "it's Button from Vettel from Webber from Barrichello, Brawn from Red Bull from Red Bull from Brawn..." - yawn) while the ex-driver co-commentators could quite happily draw in information from reports coming in from the pit-lane over their headphones, what was happening on the track outside the commentary box, what the live timing screens were showing and what snippets they'd learned from drivers or other team personnel before the race. I would have expected the professional commentator to have far more spare capacity to garner and report additional information if they don't have contact with the director and the camera operators.
The changes have been made to address criticisms that F1 was too predictable. Not everyone will be happy with the changes, but with lots of action the consensus is very much in the 'positive' camp. It seems most people were glued to their seats during the last race, for instance. On the other hand, an easily predicted result from early in a race was a turn off for many, some of whom were quick to accuse F1 of being rather dull and even 'processional'. Sometimes the start of a race could be counted on to show the most likely outcome. We can't satisfy everyone but the feedback is mostly very positive indeed.
Lewis' girlfriend, Nicole (blanking for your own childrens safety) Nicole **** **** *** ***** **** **** *** *** *** ******** *** *****, ****, ****, ****, **** *****, thank you.
