F1 Fanatic

@Stav1: That’s because he’s the main presenter and therefore the mediator and impartial to certain views that the audience may not agree with. DC and EJ are the guys which often disagree, which is where Jake’s role comes into play. I think it’s a pretty good setup.

I don’t really like any of the BBC presenters to be honest.
I’m sick of Coulthard insisting on calling Vettel ‘Vetell’, being corrected every time and then repeating the process and also of their constant whining about Schumacher, week after week, which just shows them up to be jealous.

I very much doubt he’ll be going to Sky, he’s a BBC man. I quite like Jake, it does get on my nerves slightly when they get off topic but that’s not always his fault. It’s unfair to say he doesn’t have any knowledge of the sport, not everyone can be a walking encyclopedia and he obviously does plenty of research, and in any case it’s DC and EJ’s job as pundits to provide the knowledge.

I think his perceived lack of enthusiasm comes from him trying to be a good presenter and a solid foundation for EJ to bounce off of, lets face it if they all got as excited as EJ it would be pretty difficult to watch.

As for the commentary team, they’re pretty low-key but I’ll take that any day over Legard’s fake enthusiasm.

Stav1 “do you remember Murray Walker.”

Yes I do; I remember him being unable to tell one driver from another, I remember him rambling on for minutes on end while ignoring what was happening on the track, I remember him making elementary mistakes that got very tired, very quickly, I remember him being constantly corrected by whoever was sat alongside him and I remember that while he was a great personality he wasn’t a particularly good commentator.

Like many people who grew up listening to Murray I have a very big soft spot for the guy but if I’m being honest then I’ve got to admit that he just wasn’t that good at commentating and were he to start working as an unknown commentator today he’d be ripped to bits by F1 fans on internet forums.

Take off the rose tinted glasses and watch some video’s of races he commentated on, particularly the last five or so years before he retired, and you’ll quickly realise that he wasn’t anywhere near as good as people make out.

In my opinion DC and MB are the best commentary team F1 has ever had and with the exception of EJ I think that the whole BBC team do a very good job.

Is it just me that likes and misses Jonathan Legards voice?

I think Legard was a terrible commentator. He confused shouting cliched expressions at the top of his voice with being passionate, his background is radio commentary and he didn’t seem to realise that when you can see the images on screen it isn’t necessary to shout. Give me Brundle and DC all day long.

The fact Jake doesn’t know the complete F1 history does not bother me at all, he is not there to know everything about the sport, he is there to control the show and to get opinions out of EJ, DC and MB. I think he does this extremely well. I really enjoy his blogs and the fact he uses twitter on a regular basis.

The BBC have done a great job of their coverage even if it can be a little corny at times with things like Eddie Jordan’s awful dramatic scenes with him talking over the top of footage. DC has really got better and better in my opinion and has really relaxed into the job. He is a lot less wooden now and him and Brundle are my favourite two of the team.

I just hope that we don’t lose a good F1 team when SKY take over.