Originally Posted by dontpannic:
“Yes, I did. I know that it was a slippery track. As do Sky, as do the BBC, as does everyone who watched the race. The message behind Sky's coverage of it is that it is unclear what the lights actually mean. They mean different things on different tracks.
Kept banging on about it? Not on the programme they didn't. They mentioned it slightly after the event and that the stewards were not investigating it, once in the paddock/sky pad, and once when Ted Kravitz spoke to a Ferrari representative who confirmed it was slippery flags. It's not like it was constant mentions throughout the programme.
I've not paid extra especially for F1 - I already subscribed to Sky Sports and Movies pack from Virgin Media, therefore I don't have to justify the cost, and I still maintain that having a dedicated channel and the staff that they have, Sky have a much better offering than the BBC, by far. The problem that the BBC has is that they have to keep lots of people happy, and if, such as happened last year, a race is red flagged in the middle, they have to shuffle everything around, delay programmes, move it onto other channels, and therefore are limited with the amount of coverage they can bring. I missed half of the 2011 Canadian GP last year (exceptional circumstances, I know), because the BBC shifted coverage from BBC1 to BBC2 and my recorder couldn't deal with that. If that were to happen on Sky, it would simply continue on the same channel.
Without a shadow of a doubt, Martin Brundle is the best commentator for F1 at the moment, after the great Murray Walker (learned from the best). Alongside David Croft who is also pretty good, the commentary on Sky is second to none.
Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill have more personality than David Coulthard in my opinion, and Eddie Jordan needs to stop... well... talking.
The BBC also had VT's when they had full coverage, remember...
I'm not anti-BBC by any means. The 2010 and 2011 season coverage was absolutely fantastic, but they've been pipped this year by an outfit who specialise in Sport broadcasting, and it shows.”
Sorry but I think that I must be watching different coverage as far as I'm concerned I much prefer the BBC coverage, with F1 forum, including Eddie Jordan's insight & comments and the added views of Gary Anderson. I would not mind losing David Coultard whose bias towards Red Bull is too much,I'm surpised that he does lick the boots of Sebastian Vettel and Christian Horner. I must admit that I am losing some of my interest in F1 with the utter dominance of Red Bull.
Does anybody else agree with me that if Alonso or Hamilton were driving for Red Bull they would have acheived as musch as Vettel.
I just hope that next season is more competitive - please.