Jake Humphrey's F1 history? (26 posts)

  • Profile picture of DavidS DavidS said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    RIISE, his job is to present the show, make it accessible for all viewers. It has to be relevent as well. A casual viewer or someone new to F1 wouldn’t appreciate the presenters bleating about previous seasons and drivers unless it is actually relevant to the forthcoming race. He works for the BBC so you have to expect him to tweet about that kind of stuff.

    Anyway, if you don’t want to know about his nocturnal activities, don’t read his twitter.

    Plus, the goal of a presenter is to make everyone else look good. He has to ask questions to Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard that allow them to demonstrate their knowledge and insight. For instance, if they were talking about tensions in Red Bull Racing, a good presenter would say “Eddie, as a former team principal, how would you have handled the situation going on at Red Bull.” A bad presenter would simply state their opinion.

    Let’s not forget that he does it all live, there’s no undo button for mistakes, and he has to cover up other peoples mistakes. He does an excellent job.

  • Profile picture of Superted666 Superted666 said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Truth be told it shouldn’t matter when you started watching Formula One.
    It’s a great sport that people all over the world enjoy, whether you have followed it for one year or twenty. Let’s not start judging people on how long they have watched it.

    Jake has a good knowledge of Formula One and personally i think he is an excellent front man for the BBC coverage.

    If you don’t like what he says on twitter then don’t read his personal twitter account! It’s not something he is paid to do, it’s his own.

    I myself have followed F1 since 2006, mainly due to my age/exposure to F1 i didn’t start following until i truly got the chance to take the time to understand the sport.

  • Profile picture of RIISE RIISE said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Woah woah, don’t beat me with a heavy piece of metal. I read the BBC F1 twitter feed but all his crap ends up on there, that’s what I meant, I don’t read his personal Twitter page.

    My opinion is my own, and everyone’s opinion is there’s.

  • Profile picture of TommyB TommyB said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    There wasn’t any real duels apart from Vettel and Webber

    China – Schumi and Hamilton, Vettel and Hamilton
    Turkey – Button and Hamilton battle
    Canada – Alonso and Hamilton battle
    Singapore – Hamilton and Webber, Alonso and Vettel
    Japan – Kobayashi and everyone.

    There has been lots of close racing action I think.

  • Profile picture of damonsmedley damonsmedley said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    China – Schumi and Hamilton, Vettel and Hamilton
    Turkey – Button and Hamilton battle
    Canada – Alonso and Hamilton battle
    Singapore – Hamilton and Webber, Alonso and Vettel
    Japan – Kobayashi and everyone.

    You forgot Kobayashi in… every Grand Prix! :P

  • Profile picture of Roughjoker Roughjoker said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Jake seems like a genuine fan. Whats wrong with people coming into the sport on the “Hamilton Bandwagon” anyway. I’m 27 and have watched F1 casually since I was probably 10. Went to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix in 95. I’m now a massive fan reading about the sport, watching practice, quali and races at the weekend. The time I fell in love with the sport was Lewis’s 1st season because of the added interest in him as a driver and his journey into F1. Surely the “Lewis Bandwagon” is good for the sport?

  • Profile picture of Chippie Chippie said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    I can see what RIISE is getting at, he wants the BCC F1 team to all demonstrate strong knowledge of F1, and lets face it, that’s not much to ask for. If I were running the BBC F1 coverage I must admit that Jake says nothing evaluative (ie: with opinion) and leaves all that to DC and EJ, whereas it would be nice for JH to get involved a bit more – But not too much because he’s ,meant to be like a devil’s advocate and to keep things running smoothly such as doing all of the links. I reckon I’ll give JH the benefit of the doubt because he’s probably got so many orders in his ears and on his ipad telling him where we go next that it would be difficult for anyone to construct a strong opinion.

  • Profile picture of JPedroCQF1 JPedroCQF1 said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Is it just me or did Lewis Hamilton took part in this thread?

  • Profile picture of Magnificent Geoffrey Magnificent Geoffrey said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Oh, that was just some n00b spammer who invaded the forum around that time. Ignore him.

  • Profile picture of Ned Flanders Ned Flanders said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    Haha I was slightly concerned how easily he managed to convince some people…

  • Profile picture of sbl on tour sbl on tour said 2 years, 1 month ago:

    the guy is pretty good at his job on a sunday and comes over as very enthusiastic,what more can one ask for, as I dont do bloggs and that sort of c… I cant comment on that

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