It's because according to Niki Lauda. "You English are such assholes"
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It's because according to Niki Lauda. "You English are such assholes"
LOL I love Cyril being unable to contain his grin during the Ricciardo reveal conference against Horner. How have I not seen this one before, nice job Netflix.
Although, Netflix tryna make him look like the bad guy but I'm rooting for him all the way.
Although, Netflix tryna make him look like the bad guy but I'm rooting for him all the way.
The most over the top thing they did in S1 was showcasing Perez like he was some rich snob.
Yep, the unfortunate consequence of the format is you gotta give a narrative. I'll probably still watch S2 though (now with more Toto!).
Do we know what race they were embedded in Mercedes? Hoping for Germany.
I read on the F1 broadcast thread on Digital Spy that Mercedes won't allow Netflix to include any Mercedes footage from the German GP.
Wasn't the Netflix crew in their garage Germany weekend? Mercedes is not gonna have any screentime if their only race is full of banned content.
I remember that Netflix was with Mercedes for Germany and then demanded that they come back again for the next race because reasons*.
Ended up watching the whole season of Drive to Survive and that was actually surprisingly good.
Didn't like them overly focusing and being biased towards certain drivers and teams (Ricciardo and Haas).
I also always cringe when F1 proponents focus on the "risk" component in F1 in an attempt to legitimise it as a premier sport, and the show did that way too much.
I think in general though the narratives weren't really too overdone and actually usually seemed a fair representation. I think it's definitely going to make me pay attention to midfield rivalries more in the future and I'm quite looking forward to series 2.
As much as it'll be cool to have the championship rivalry be forefront this time, I wonder how open Mercedes and especially Ferrari are going to let their drivers and team members be though, as I see them having a much tighter leash on their PR.
Best bits were obviously Cyril and Horner sniping at each other.
Didn't like them overly focusing and being biased towards certain drivers and teams (Ricciardo and Haas).
I also always cringe when F1 proponents focus on the "risk" component in F1 in an attempt to legitimise it as a premier sport, and the show did that way too much.
I think in general though the narratives weren't really too overdone and actually usually seemed a fair representation. I think it's definitely going to make me pay attention to midfield rivalries more in the future and I'm quite looking forward to series 2.
As much as it'll be cool to have the championship rivalry be forefront this time, I wonder how open Mercedes and especially Ferrari are going to let their drivers and team members be though, as I see them having a much tighter leash on their PR.
Best bits were obviously Cyril and Horner sniping at each other.
I thought the done thing was to not talk about it if you decline one. It's possible he's been offered but quietly turned it down.
It generally is, but George the Poet was particularly vocal about declining an honour.
The only thing I was looking forward to. Did they get Ferrari at Monza? That might be fun with the qualifying clusterfuck.
I often wonder why Murray Walker wasn't knighted for services to Motorsport. He was the voice of F1 for so long and seems like a genuinely decent human being, something that can't be said about many others who've been knighted.
Definitely. He was the voice I associated with F1 for all my childhood and teen years. His Murrayisms were classic and the drivers had a lovely relationship with him. He'd seen it all first-hand from day one and that sort of amount of experience can't be bought or faked. As you say he also seems like a sweetheart. He needs a 'Sir' while he's still around to appreciate it. God bless Murray Walker.
Honestly Martin Brundle has well surpassed Murray Walker as a commentator. No one's more the "voice of F1" more than him for me.
I feel like if Murray Walker was the lead commentator right now people would be making as much fun of him as they do of Crofty. Murray's even worse because he shouted so much more.
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And that stat relates to the quality of said commentary, how exactly?
Most people in here probably aren't able to draw conclusions on his entire body of work, but rather only a tiny subset of it. And the quality of his commentary just before he retired obviously isn't representative of the quality of his career.
It would be like somebody who only saw Schumacher when he drove for Mercedes calling him the most overrated driver of all time.
I don't mind a commentator getting shouty, but Croft's voice and tone can't pull it off, it's just a brutal assault on the eardrums. He's fucking awful, I'd honestly rather listen to Legard than that fourth rate darts commentator.
Sky need to poach Nichols and Palmer from 5Live.
Red Bull passed crash tests and 2020 engine installed and running on chassis dyno. Newey and his team now just need to match what Asaki did on the engine side and surpass the Mercedes chassis.
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Sky need to poach Nichols and Palmer from 5Live.
Red Bull passed crash tests and 2020 engine installed and running on chassis dyno. Newey and his team now just need to match what Asaki did on the engine side and surpass the Mercedes chassis.
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We were talking about "the voice of F1" - whose parameters clearly indicate an individual who is synonymous with the sport. Until around 10 years ago he was commentating on a sport that was literally in existence in parallel with his career. Was it that hard to comprehend?
Well as someone who only watched a few of his seasons and is not emotionally invested/attached to him, I can tell you that watching his races I just wished he would be quiet so Brundle could actually say something of substance.
For what it's worth, I like Croft and the rest of the Sky crew. New to the sport, but I find his announcing to be solid and entertaining.
For once I find myself in agreement with you. I watch the Channel 4 feed so every time I watch one of the videos in the F1 YouTube channel I have to literally turn the sound down, his fucking voice goes right through me.
Even If I didn't work most race weekends I wouldn't pay for Sky's live coverage as there's no way I can sit through an hour and a half of that.
I still pine for that one glorious year of the Brundle/DC combo.
Given that this is still an issue now with Crofty and before with James Allen, I'd say that's not all down to Murray, who was doing his job as the play-by-play guy.
Don't really get the hate that Crofty gets. We've lived in a world when Jonathan bloody Legard was commentator.
F1 TV audience crashes by 8.6m viewers following switch to exclusive Sky Sports coverage
If anything kills F1 it'll be this, nothing else. What a shambles.
With Hamilton dominating I imagine F1 viewership in the UK would have been as high as ever if it was on BBC.
Don't get it either tbh. People just like to hate I guess (and ridicule the occasional mistake, as seen above).
If anything kills F1 it'll be this, nothing else. What a shambles.
With Hamilton dominating I imagine F1 viewership in the UK would have been as high as ever if it was on BBC.
Don't get it either tbh. People just like to hate I guess (and ridicule the occasional mistake, as seen above).
If ridiculing mistakes automatically meant a commentator wasn't liked then Murray wouldn't have had a career haha
The SSF1 crew and production gets a lot of misdirected hate which is actually aimed at the paywall. I think they do a great job.
I agree. And people are quick to forget that the road to Sky getting the exclusive rights started when the BBC binned their deal when they decided it wasn't as important as Wimbledon or Match Of The Day.
I remember the same tired arguements being said about top division football going to Sky in 1992 when the Premiership was created. That worked out pretty well, I think.
F1 is in no way comparable to football lol
And the fact the BBC (rightly) decided Match of the Day and Wimbledon are more important is just another illustration of that.
Given the state of top flight English football, its global exposure and and their performance in European competitions, who do you think?
Brundle is a co commentator with a different role to that of the main commentator. Both important parts of the comm team but also both with jobs as different as the jack man and the wheel gun guy.
I'm not a huge fan of Croft if I'm honest.
Listening to the podcast with Walker only cemented that fact. He is the voice of F1 for me.
Well its taken a massive shite on the fans and the rest of the pyramid so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Japanese channel NHK released a 110 minute documentary on Honda's 2019 season.
Somebody is working on English subs for the full version :bow
Somebody is working on English subs for the full version :bow
Let's us know when the subs are available. Should be very interesting.
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