Formula 1 TV Coverage Thread

[couger1981 92]

PeteTheDuck said:

Yeah, as Vettelfan said, they have more sectors on track, but the viewer only sees the 3 sectors. I think they are in like 200 metre sections, so yeah, he was probably correct when Crofty said that.

Think they also call each flag point a sector too?

[f1since08 110]

I noticed last year at Monaco the onboard graphic (rev counter etc) was delayed, probably down to the amount of changes the cars make. See if they fix it this year.

[f1since08 110]

This post is brilliant.

http://f1broadcasting.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/should-broadcasters-lobby-to-take-over-the-fom-world-feed/

[MBKF1 91]

Looking at the Austrian GP Preview images, I think the camera that goes along a long wire along a section of track is coming back, so that should be cool. 

Also, I'm expecting a lot of CGI adverts this weekend with the masses of fields and trees around the track.

[MBKF1 91]

Yeah, as I thought, a stupid amount of CGI adverts this weekend at Austria.

T1) Allianz advert on inside grass at pit exit

T3) Massive Rolex advert on inside grass bank

T4/T5) Big Fly Emirates advert on inside grass

T5/T6) Another big Fly Emirates advert on the inside grass from another angle

Gotta be honest though, they are pretty subtle this weekend which is good, unlike the ones last time at Canada which stood out like a sore thumb, as they say.

[couger1981 92]

Hate it when our local channel starts televising 10 minutes before the lights go out according to the tv guide.

[f1since08 110]

That message to Dietrich from Bernie  :((

[MBKF1 91]

I sat there and just hushed 'oh my god' under my breath :p

The CGI ads were pretty good today to be fair, very subtle. 

[f1since08 110]

I've just been looking through some old forums that were discussing who the BBC coverage team should be for 2009, someone, in all seriousness, put this:

Main Presenter: Richard Hammond

Co-presenter: Mark Blundell

Pit-lane Interviews: Martin Brundle & Ted Kravitz

Commentary Team: David Croft & Eddie Irvine

That sounds horrific!!

[Lukedfrt 91]

I don't know if i'd be able to put up with Irvine for more than 10 minutes on TV. 

[MBKF1 91]

I saw a post a while back suggesting that Suzi Perry should present it, how horrific too!

Good job that never ended up happe....oh wait

[f1since08 110]

PeteTheDuck said:

I saw a post a while back suggesting that Suzi Perry should present it, how horrific too!

Good job that never ended up happe....oh wait

She has been alright at Silverstone, however she nearly slipped into bike mode by saying it's so hard to get a "ride err drive" in F1 :p

TBH I'd like:

Presenter: Lee McKenzie

Pundits: EJ and DC

Commentators: Ben Edwards, David Coulthard and Ian Phillips

Pit lane: Gary Anderson

Interviewers: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson

Button could make a good commentator too when he retires:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs8ygh_jenson-button-commentary-box-itvf1-2005_sport

[RevolvingPrawn 1]

Suzi Perry is awful! Doesn't matter which race, she's terriblle :p

But I do like your line-up @fIsince08, been saying since even before Perry got the job that it should be Lee McKenzie's. When she filled in for Jake I always though she did a fine job, much better than Suzi Perry's ever done.

[onetwothree 0]

What about Jonathan Legard?

[RevolvingPrawn 1]

onetwothree said:

What about Jonathan Legard?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

[Tommig1995 0]

fIsince08 said:

PeteTheDuck said:

I saw a post a while back suggesting that Suzi Perry should present it, how horrific too!

Good job that never ended up happe....oh wait

She has been alright at Silverstone, however she nearly slipped into bike mode by saying it's so hard to get a "ride err drive" in F1 :p

TBH I'd like:

Presenter: Lee McKenzie

Pundits: EJ and DC

Commentators: Ben Edwards, David Coulthard and Eric Silverman

Pit lane: Gary Anderson

Interviewers: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson

Button could make a good commentator too when he retires:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs8ygh_jenson-button-commentary-box-itvf1-2005_sport

You forgot Ted Kravitz. Seriously. Ted Kravitz is the best presenter in F1. Perhaps is all of sport. 

Eddie Jordan is the only member of the BBC crew I'd take over their Sky counterparts. In fact, lets make a vote of it:

Pick your prefered from each category:

Presenter: Simon Lazenby v Suzi Perry

Commentator: David Croft v Ben Edwards

Co-comm: Martin Brundle v David Coulthard

Pundit: Johnny Herbert vs Eddie Jordan

Pit-Lane: Ted Kravitz vs Lee McKenzie

Analyst: Anthony Davidson vs Alan McNish

Occasional: Bruno Senna vs Mark Webber

Writer: Mark Hughes vs Andrew Benson

[f1since08 110]

Tommig1995 said:

fIsince08 said:

PeteTheDuck said:

I saw a post a while back suggesting that Suzi Perry should present it, how horrific too!

Good job that never ended up happe....oh wait

She has been alright at Silverstone, however she nearly slipped into bike mode by saying it's so hard to get a "ride err drive" in F1 :p

TBH I'd like:

Presenter: Lee McKenzie

Pundits: EJ and DC

Commentators: Ben Edwards, David Coulthard and Eric Silverman

Pit lane: Gary Anderson

Interviewers: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson

Button could make a good commentator too when he retires:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs8ygh_jenson-button-commentary-box-itvf1-2005_sport

You forgot Ted Kravitz. Seriously. Ted Kravitz is the best presenter in F1. Perhaps is all of sport. 

Eddie Jordan is the only member of the BBC crew I'd take over their Sky counterparts. In fact, lets make a vote of it:

Pick your prefered from each category:

Presenter: Simon Lazenby v Suzi Perry

Commentator: David Croft v Ben Edwards

Co-comm: Martin Brundle v David Coulthard

Pundit: Johnny Herbert vs Eddie Jordan

Pit-Lane: Ted Kravitz vs Lee McKenzie

Analyst: Anthony Davidson vs Alan McNish

Occasional: Bruno Senna vs Mark Webber

Writer: Mark Hughes vs Andrew Benson

I like Ted's presenting skills but prefer Gary as the tech guy purely because he was really in F1.

But for your vote:

Suzi (just)

Ben

DC
EJ

Tie

Ant

Mark

Mark

[RevolvingPrawn 1]

Presenter: Simon Lazenby

Commentator: Ben Edwards

Co-comm: David Coulthard

Pundit: Johnny Herbert

Pit-Lane: Ted Kravitz & Lee McKenzie!

Analyst: Anthony Davidson

Occasional: Mark Webber

Writer: Mark Hughes

But if I could choose the team myself:

Presenter: Lee McKenzie

Commentator: Ben Edwards

Co-comm: David Coulthard

Pundit 1: Martin Brundle

Pundit 2: Mark Webber (Porsche commitments come first)

Pit-Lane: Ted Kravitz

Analyst: Anthony Davidson & Gary Anderson

Occasional: Any current test driver willing and available

Writer: Mark Hughes & Gary Anderson

[f1since08 110]

I think Eric Silverman need to be hired by someone. One of the few James Hunt like pundits that aren't afraid to speak their mind.

[Mexicola 10]

Suzi Perry is god awful and she's not even fit. She looks like my granda's ballbeg.

[MBKF1 91]

Dream F1 coverage team:

Presenter: Jake Humphrey (if he didn't go off to BT Sport)

Pundit 1: Mark Webber

Pundit 2: David Coulthard

Pundit 3: Jonathan Noble (if you don't know who he is, he does a lot of stuff for Autosport. I think it would be so good to have a pundit who hasn't been a driver, someone who knows what to write about, someone who is an 'expert' on the sport. He's done some stuff with Sky F1 before and he's been pretty good, so I'd have him

Commentator: Ben Edwards

Co-commentator: Martin Brundle

Pit Lane: Ted Kravitz

Analyst: Anthony Davidson

Interviews: Lee McKensie

[EdMa 0]

Tommig1995 said:

fIsince08 said:

PeteTheDuck said:

I saw a post a while back suggesting that Suzi Perry should present it, how horrific too!

Good job that never ended up happe....oh wait

She has been alright at Silverstone, however she nearly slipped into bike mode by saying it's so hard to get a "ride err drive" in F1 :p

TBH I'd like:

Presenter: Lee McKenzie

Pundits: EJ and DC

Commentators: Ben Edwards, David Coulthard and Eric Silverman

Pit lane: Gary Anderson

Interviewers: Natalie Pinkham and Tom Clarkson

Button could make a good commentator too when he retires:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs8ygh_jenson-button-commentary-box-itvf1-2005_sport

You forgot Ted Kravitz. Seriously. Ted Kravitz is the best presenter in F1. Perhaps is all of sport. 

Eddie Jordan is the only member of the BBC crew I'd take over their Sky counterparts. In fact, lets make a vote of it:

Pick your prefered from each category:

Presenter: Simon Lazenby v Suzi Perry

Commentator: David Croft v Ben Edwards

Co-comm: Martin Brundle v David Coulthard

Pundit: Johnny Herbert vs Eddie Jordan

Pit-Lane: Ted Kravitz vs Lee McKenzie

Analyst: Anthony Davidson vs Alan McNish

Occasional: Bruno Senna vs Mark Webber

Writer: Mark Hughes vs Andrew Benson

I was going to try and pick the worst team, then realised most of them are at the BBC. 

[f1since08 110]

Whoops, I've just realised that I meant Ian Phillips rather than Eric Silverman when I did my post.  :s

[xPaulStuart 0]

My only comments on the TV coverage is that the BBC are an absolute joke, with only 9 live races a year.

The only why to bypass this is to get a Sky Sports subscription which costs an absolute fortune.

Frankly I think with the BBC being one of the biggest, if not THE biggest broadcasting company in the world they should be able to show every race live like a few years ago. 

This thing which annoys me most is that I always seem to find out who has got pole/the win before I actually get to watch the race due to Facebook or The news etc. 

Really annoys me...

[Mexicola 10]

They don't have the broadcasting rights to air all the races live; Sky do.