Johnny Herbert's fanboyism with Hamilton is getting pretty unbearable, he refuses to let the Rosberg thing go and his comment in their drive around Monaco that Lewis seems calmer this season was particularly weird when Hamilton has been complaining about every little thing and seems completely paranoid that people are out to get him.
Maybe Sky are just being extra nice to him because they're worried that he'll take his ball home and stop talking to them, but the race build-up was too much of a Hamilton love-in from Simon and Johnny.
What the heck is Crofty on about here? Hamilton's catching Rosberg but Rosberg was faster on that lap but the gap has been constant at 0.8 pretty much continuously?
Great pitwalk from Martin today on a manic packed grid.
Great chats from Thierry Boutsen, Jackie Ickx, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, Derek Warwick and Captain Picard.
Out of those, Kai Ebel only found Captain Picard, though Benedict Cumberbatch is clearly quite knowledgeable.
Toto Wolff at Mercedes was good value:
"So do you have to play referee between Lewis's and Nico's teams?"
"No, they get on really well!".
"Really?"
[thinking hard for ages] "No"
Waiting outside the ladies' with a rolling camera for drivers like Hülkenberg could surprise quite a few women!
RTL missed the beginning of the trophy ceremony because Kai (in an incredibly bright shirt) was talking to Rosberg's girlfriend about why Nico had fallen out of bed... but they are very unimpressed with Hamilton...
Kai Ebel: "How do you deal with this? There's a bit of rivalry between Nico and Lewis...?"
Dieter Zetsche (CEO Mercedes): Forget "a bit" - it's "a lot"
Stuck with the forward shot on Rosberg for a long time when nobody was ahead of him & did the same with Bianchi for most of the mid-part of the race again when nobody was ahead of him.
TV Monte-Carlo/VCF didn't do too bad a job, Although it was irritating that they kept going back to Rosberg/Lewis when the gap wasn't changing & staying at around 1+ seconds when there was some closer racing/overtaking going on a bit further back (Sutil early on for instance).
I know Pinkham gets a lot of criticism, personally I don't like how she presents the F1 Show, but I've got to say I think her questioning of Hamilton today and yesterday was really good. Credit where it's due.
Shame BT aren't used Keith to present the 500 coverage. At least they've got Mowlem there.
EDIT: did the presenter just pronounce Penske "pensk"? Not impressed with the idea of having a "Twitter expert" in the studio either... No time for that.
Shame BT aren't used Keith to present the 500 coverage. At least they've got Mowlem there.
EDIT: did the presenter just pronounce Penske "pensk"? Not impressed with the idea of having a "Twitter expert" in the studio either... No time for that.
This may be controversial, I don't know, but I'm not a fan of Keith. I dislike his style of journalism, he's bit of a moaner tbh. I mean it's OK to criticise stuff every now and then when there's genuine concern, but he just takes it too far each time IMO.
Johnny Herbert's fanboyism with Hamilton is getting pretty unbearable, he refuses to let the Rosberg thing go and his comment in their drive around Monaco that Lewis seems calmer this season was particularly weird when Hamilton has been complaining about every little thing and seems completely paranoid that people are out to get him.
Maybe Sky are just being extra nice to him because they're worried that he'll take his ball home and stop talking to them, but the race build-up was too much of a Hamilton love-in from Simon and Johnny.
Maybe he is right about the Rosberg thing though, in this case there two sides to it, and it is right to show mention both of them.
Didn't seem the best of races today, it always seemed likely that Rosberg would win, almost impossible to pass, if the car in front is not compliant/ doesn't make an error.
Great for the Championship battle going forward though.
The story of the day for me was Bianchi getting some points for Marussia.
I'd rather they did that than constantly go to breaks, no matter how dire this presenter is!
There's no need to go to Ad-Breaks as abc keep the feed running as normal even while there on Ads, Just with no commentary playing.
What Sky started doing the last few years they had coverage was kept the video playing from the track but as there was no commentary they just switched the audio to there studio.
There's no need to go to Ad-Breaks as abc keep the feed running as normal even while there on Ads, Just with no commentary playing.
What Sky started doing the last few years they had coverage was kept the video playing from the track but as there was no commentary they just switched the audio to there studio.
Yeah, although the feed does become very basic coverage while the US are on commercials. Still makes sense to stay on the action and cover it with a "Voice of..." caption for the guys in the studio rather than showing some heads. ITV did some PiP of their guys in the studio during the intervals in the Champions League football last night, and it looked quite messy, so hopefully they won't try that.
The BBC did have the commentators talking about the Button / Magnussen battle as if it were on screen although we were actually seeing the two Mercs at the time. Poor QC in the editing suite.
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Maybe Sky are just being extra nice to him because they're worried that he'll take his ball home and stop talking to them, but the race build-up was too much of a Hamilton love-in from Simon and Johnny.
Toto Wolff at Mercedes was good value:
"So do you have to play referee between Lewis's and Nico's teams?"
"No, they get on really well!".
"Really?"
[thinking hard for ages] "No"
Waiting outside the ladies' with a rolling camera for drivers like Hülkenberg could surprise quite a few women!
Also, why have all the cameras suddenly gone yellow?
Kai Ebel: "How do you deal with this? There's a bit of rivalry between Nico and Lewis...?"
Dieter Zetsche (CEO Mercedes): Forget "a bit" - it's "a lot"
Looks like they switched to FOM cameras for the interviews.
Stuck with the forward shot on Rosberg for a long time when nobody was ahead of him & did the same with Bianchi for most of the mid-part of the race again when nobody was ahead of him.
TV Monte-Carlo/VCF didn't do too bad a job, Although it was irritating that they kept going back to Rosberg/Lewis when the gap wasn't changing & staying at around 1+ seconds when there was some closer racing/overtaking going on a bit further back (Sutil early on for instance).
Looked like a couple had their white balance wrong, Noticed it too!
EDIT: did the presenter just pronounce Penske "pensk"? Not impressed with the idea of having a "Twitter expert" in the studio either... No time for that.
Presenter is Abi Griffiths who presents Motorsport Tonight - https://twitter.com/abigriffiths1
And the 'Twitter expert' is Keith Collantine, who runs F1 Fanatic - https://twitter.com/keithcollantine
Maybe he is right about the Rosberg thing though, in this case there two sides to it, and it is right to show mention both of them.
Didn't seem the best of races today, it always seemed likely that Rosberg would win, almost impossible to pass, if the car in front is not compliant/ doesn't make an error.
Great for the Championship battle going forward though.
The story of the day for me was Bianchi getting some points for Marussia.
Kats been great though.
I also hope that there not going to go to do what Sky used to do & constantly cut to the studio coverage throughout the race.
I'd rather they did that than constantly go to breaks, no matter how dire this presenter is!
What Sky started doing the last few years they had coverage was kept the video playing from the track but as there was no commentary they just switched the audio to there studio.
Yeah, although the feed does become very basic coverage while the US are on commercials. Still makes sense to stay on the action and cover it with a "Voice of..." caption for the guys in the studio rather than showing some heads. ITV did some PiP of their guys in the studio during the intervals in the Champions League football last night, and it looked quite messy, so hopefully they won't try that.
Why on earth did they leave and make a threesome with the two girls and the guy in the chair, odd.
Nice we have the espn commentary.
edit: Oh no they are doing ad breaks and now back to studio.
Well they have to try and bring in more viewers somehow.......;-)
The BBC reported it!