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> Ben Edwards passion isn't manufactured either...
> It's just him. The BBC let them get on with it.
>
> ITV, dumbed down and got the presentation to
> extravegate, which goes someway to explaining why
> James Allen was a dreadful commentator for ITV
> despite being a brilliant pit-lane pundit. And
> from the few times I've heard him on 5-live, he
> hasn't been too bad.
>
> SKY are a weird one.. One one hand they've
> basically recruited as much as the BBC's punditary
> team as they could and basically modelled their
> coverage on that of the BBC's whilst making minute
> changes... That really does't work. The musical
> choices for instance (they completely ruined
> brilliant video footage with their music choice on
> the intro sequence), the tone of the presentation
> almost being footballised and all manner of stuff
> that just doesn't click.
>
> Individually the SKY team are perfectly good in
> their own rights, Lazenby knows how to present,
> Thompson is perfectly adept at presenting a
> magazine type feature, Brundle is as good as ever,
> Crofty is good at his informal practice commentary
> if slightly grating during the race, Pinkham is a
> fair enough pit-lane correspondent, Davidson is
> still a cock. The problem is exactly as been
> pointed out. They don't gel.
I thought that Karun was quite good on the Skypad, I find him very informative and insightful.
I think that Sky's commentary team is absolutely fine. I'm just not keen on the constant rotation of the pundits, and also, I find Lazenby more suited to perhaps a panel rather than in the pit-lane. (I'm not suggesting that would be a good idea, I just think he'd suit other sports where they present like that.)
Johnny Herbert's great but Damon Hill tends to um and ah a bit. As I said, I thought Allan McNish was quite good on the Saturday of last weekend. I think they'll gel if they keep a team going (that ideally would be Herbert and Chandhok, in my mind.)
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