Legard to be ousted from BBC F1 commentary?
Posted by LS.
Incident 2k9 Wrote:
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> DC has an awful monotone. Which is why I would
> hate it if he became the co-commentator.
True, but nevertheless he doesn't have that high frequency voice
In the end i really would like to "see" Davidson up there with Brundle.
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> DC has an awful monotone. Which is why I would
> hate it if he became the co-commentator.
True, but nevertheless he doesn't have that high frequency voice
In the end i really would like to "see" Davidson up there with Brundle.
Murray still drew on the experience of Hunt, Stewart, Palmer & Brundle as drivers though to explain various facets of a race. I always loved Murray's commentary, his infectious excitement, his anecdotes and of course the glorious "murrayisms" but it's too late to return now. His era should be left to look back on fondly, not spoilt by a comeback after too many years.
It's always a bonus to hear from him though.
It's always a bonus to hear from him though.
Murrary was awesome but his mistakes were not. I STILL dont understand how when Murrary made a mistake it was part of the show, or as you say Jim, glorious, yet when Legard makes mistakes he gets lynched.
As I say, I liked Murrary but god his mistakes pissed me off.
As a guy who doesnt understand the difference, could someone explain it please? And dont give the answer because he was excited. Legard get's excited im sure, however he just portrays it in a shite way like James Allen (though I did come find him not so bad).
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
As I say, I liked Murrary but god his mistakes pissed me off.
As a guy who doesnt understand the difference, could someone explain it please? And dont give the answer because he was excited. Legard get's excited im sure, however he just portrays it in a shite way like James Allen (though I did come find him not so bad).
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Nigel Mansell alongside James Allen. :P
gav Wrote:
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> He looked remarkably good for an 87 year
> old guy, but it looked liked he'd gone downhill a
> bit recently and it saddened me. All to be
> expected, but I didn't enjoy seeing him like that.
I wouldn't say he was too much worse actually... Considering he's nearly 90 and at a stage of his life where his mental and physical condition is supposed to be deteriorating exponentially, I personally think he's still holding up pretty well. He did seem a bit worse than I've seen him before, yeah, but a long way away from being in the state I thought he might slump down into pretty quickly after retiring.
Think what we've seen in the last 10 years or so in terms of commentary teams for F1 in general just goes to show what a good commentator Murray actually was. He did make a lot of mistakes(I admit that like Chet, these annoyed me sometimes) and during his final few years as a commentator they got noticeably worse, and he seemed to get confused more easily too. But his enthusiasm was truly a gift he had, as was his ability to be an obvious fanboy of various drivers(Mansell, Hill, Schumacher and latterly Hakkinen) or to basically say whatever he wanted during commentaries, without coming across as dislikeable for it.
He was - is - a very charismatic guy.
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> He looked remarkably good for an 87 year
> old guy, but it looked liked he'd gone downhill a
> bit recently and it saddened me. All to be
> expected, but I didn't enjoy seeing him like that.
I wouldn't say he was too much worse actually... Considering he's nearly 90 and at a stage of his life where his mental and physical condition is supposed to be deteriorating exponentially, I personally think he's still holding up pretty well. He did seem a bit worse than I've seen him before, yeah, but a long way away from being in the state I thought he might slump down into pretty quickly after retiring.
Think what we've seen in the last 10 years or so in terms of commentary teams for F1 in general just goes to show what a good commentator Murray actually was. He did make a lot of mistakes(I admit that like Chet, these annoyed me sometimes) and during his final few years as a commentator they got noticeably worse, and he seemed to get confused more easily too. But his enthusiasm was truly a gift he had, as was his ability to be an obvious fanboy of various drivers(Mansell, Hill, Schumacher and latterly Hakkinen) or to basically say whatever he wanted during commentaries, without coming across as dislikeable for it.
He was - is - a very charismatic guy.
DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Davidson shouldn't be let near the main booth.
Well hopefully the fact that his ego wouldn't fit in the commentary booth will preclude that from happening!
X (@ed24f1)
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> Davidson shouldn't be let near the main booth.
Well hopefully the fact that his ego wouldn't fit in the commentary booth will preclude that from happening!
X (@ed24f1)
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