Comments on: ITV lying about Lewis

By: Don Speekingleesh

Don Speekingleesh — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:07:33 +0000

There’s been dozens of petitions to get rid of Allen. But to no avail.

By: the assasin

the assasin — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:01:34 +0000

God! I WISH someone would start a petition to get rid of james allen, what a twerp he is so false and pretentious. it really spoils my F1 experience listening to him for an hour and a half. why the hell is he there with so many other talented commentators out there, I guess he knew the right people! Tony Jardine was the man Martin Brundle is a dude! do ITV really care what the viewers think? I don’t think so if they did we would have some real characters with martin. as Bludell he needs english lessons, “like what he brung along with him” type comments really grate with me.

By: matthew

matthew — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:05:42 +0000

Brundle is simply the best ITV have, he’s honest and actually knows what he’s talking about. Allen however just rabbits on like a moron and is happy to suck up the whoever is the best at the time – he did it with Schumacher and is doing it with Hamilton now.

Great race though and I hope Kubica is back and racing soon – very lucky man.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:52:41 +0000

I don’t think anyone needs to set an example to the tabloids – but you’re quite right. This kind of nonsense just feeds into itself after a while.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:06:48 +0000

It is fortunate that Martin Brundle is in the ITV commentary box, because it is quite plain that James Allen has got into his usual “let’s look at one or two drivers and ignore the rest” mode and the presentation crew are trying to turn F1 into the Lewis Hamilton Show (hence why I felt no need to watch the programme yesterday of the same name – it would have been a repeat anyway!)

Fortunately, many of ITV’s viewers will have internet access and therefore not believe such nonsense. But they are setting a bad example to the tabloids (and I think the pattern is working that way round at the moment) by ignoring reality.

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:19:06 +0000

My goodness. Martin Brundle is single-handedly saving ITV’s F1 coverage from total Destruction with a capital D. Now imagine if he had to leave ITV commentary. What would happen then?

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:33:08 +0000

I was shocked at ITV’s biased introduction to the qualifying session.

I was highly amused, though, by one of the first things Martin Brundle said:

“The Canadian fans remind me of British fans — they don’t just support the locals.”

And with that one sentence, he took a pin prick to ITV’s hot air balloon.

By: ade

ade — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:42:33 +0000

Luckily I missed this as I made sure I only tuned in when qualifying actually started. I’ll do the same tomorrow – fire up the old telly just in time for Martin Brundle’s gridwalk & switch off just after the flag drops on the final car. I reckon I’ll do this for the rest of the season, too.

By: Ollie White

Ollie White — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:34:25 +0000

It is a crying shame that most of the British media has sunk this low. They do not do the sport any good with this kind of sensationalist reporting, and I feel sorry for the new fans who may not understand better and take ITVs words as fact.

By: Clive

Clive — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:33:28 +0000

SpeedTV gave the Americans a fair and full view of the Canadian qualifying sessions with no hype even of the lone American driver, Scott Speed. I am ashamed to hear of the depths to which ITV has sunk in its pandering to media hype. Bernie should give the rights back to the Beeb.

By: James B

James B — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:27:19 +0000

This is the problem with ITV. They don’t see the fact that there is more than 1 person driving in F1. All they see is the Hamilton hype along with the biased coverage they are providing. They did not show what happened with Jarno Trulli along with most of the practise session’s highlights. Alonso’s words have returned for me, “F1 is not a sport.”

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:48:15 +0000

It really has come to a point now, where I would expect nothing less from ITV.

I’m watching it, but I am not believing a single word they say.