Is Johnny Herbert on his period?
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"You ended up as a commentator because you are not a World Champion"
Keeping a good relationship with 'Nando then.
"You ended up as a commentator because you are not a World Champion"
Keeping a good relationship with 'Nando then.
LB14 said:
He's the weak link in the Sky F1 team IMO.
If I had £1 for every time he says "sort of" I could probably afford to attend every race for the rest of my days!!
He's the one that ought to be retiring, not Fernando.
The phrase he uses all the bloody time is 'its something that.....'If I had £1 for every time he says "sort of" I could probably afford to attend every race for the rest of my days!!
He's the one that ought to be retiring, not Fernando.
Gets right on my tit. Still like him though.
LB14 said:
He's the weak link in the Sky F1 team IMO.
If I had £1 for every time he says "sort of" I could probably afford to attend every race for the rest of my days!!
He's the one that ought to be retiring, not Fernando.
This. He is irrelevant now in my mind. They couldn't find a driver whose retired thats actually driven in the last decade?If I had £1 for every time he says "sort of" I could probably afford to attend every race for the rest of my days!!
He's the one that ought to be retiring, not Fernando.
I don't know why everyone is surprised by these kinds of comments. Herbert has been doing it for years, long before Sky.
I remember in 2000 when he was retiring and in one of his last interviews as a racing driver, he said that Schumacher was the rotten egg of Formula 1. It was bizarre and completely unprovoked.
I remember in 2000 when he was retiring and in one of his last interviews as a racing driver, he said that Schumacher was the rotten egg of Formula 1. It was bizarre and completely unprovoked.
Poor from alonso though. Journalists etc are always going to say things - saying JH retired to become a commentator becaus he wasn't (good enough to be a) world champion whilst maybe true I think is beneath him. He should have laughed it off and said he would retire when he wants, when he's no longer enjoying it etc.
andy355 said:
Poor from alonso though. Journalists etc are always going to say things - saying JH retired to become a commentator becaus he wasn't (good enough to be a) world champion whilst maybe true I think is beneath him. He should have laughed it off and said he would retire when he wants, when he's no longer enjoying it etc.
I'm with Andy on this. Alonso (or actually his publicist) should have approached Sky for an interview with JH himself and given himself a proper right to reply not doorstep him when he's in the process of doing his job. Petulant and childish, suits Alonso down to the ground actually.What Alonso did was akin to Herbert stopping Alonso on the grid before he got into his car and stating "hey you're past it now, why don't you retire", something I'm sure we'd all think was out of order.
As it happens, I'm actually sort of with JH on his comments. For Alonso to come out and say he's not bothered about winning another world championship, well why are you bothering?
I can't imagine young SvD saying the same
LaurasOtherHalf said:
I'm with Andy on this. Alonso (or actually his publicist) should have approached Sky for an interview with JH himself and given himself a proper right to reply not doorstep him when he's in the process of doing his job. Petulant and childish, suits Alonso down to the ground actually.
What Alonso did was akin to Herbert stopping Alonso on the grid before he got into his car and stating "hey you're past it now, why don't you retire", something I'm sure we'd all think was out of order.
As it happens, I'm actually sort of with JH on his comments. For Alonso to come out and say he's not bothered about winning another world championship, well why are you bothering?
I can't imagine young SvD saying the same
Me too. Whilst Johnny is one of the nicest blokes you'll ever meet, the weight of opinion (including mine) is that he's wrong. Maybe he was trying to be controversial, but it's not necessary. What Alonso did was akin to Herbert stopping Alonso on the grid before he got into his car and stating "hey you're past it now, why don't you retire", something I'm sure we'd all think was out of order.
As it happens, I'm actually sort of with JH on his comments. For Alonso to come out and say he's not bothered about winning another world championship, well why are you bothering?
I can't imagine young SvD saying the same
Petulant and childish are precisely the words I used when I heard Alonso speak those words.
You reckon there isn't a role play thing going on a little though with the Sky team rubystone? I know Eddie Jordan was resoundly ridiculed for his pit lane outbursts but I'm sure Sky looked at him, and all the column inches his crackpot theories generated and thought one of our lads needs to be a bit like him.
Damon hasn't a controversial bone in his body, he's way too professional for that.Alan Partridge Simon Lazonby knows all too well after his Monaco gaff that it isn't the anchors job, Martin Brundel won't say anything the big boss won't endorse and Ted Kravitz, well I think he just doesn't have the spare mental capacity whilst he concentrates on getting things completely wrong.
Jonny gave Grosjean a hard time when he was having all his accidents calling for him to be sacked etc and when he did finally interview him once it had all settled down it made for great TV, especially as Jonny admitted he'd changed his mind about him.
Damon hasn't a controversial bone in his body, he's way too professional for that.
Jonny gave Grosjean a hard time when he was having all his accidents calling for him to be sacked etc and when he did finally interview him once it had all settled down it made for great TV, especially as Jonny admitted he'd changed his mind about him.
Blayney said:
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"You ended up as a commentator because you are not a World Champion"
Keeping a good relationship with 'Nando then.
He should have replied with " Have you won Le Mans?.....thought not""You ended up as a commentator because you are not a World Champion"
Keeping a good relationship with 'Nando then.
I'm glad Alonso did what he did. Wish more drivers would speak their mind.
It's clear JH has a problem with Alonso, all through last season he was having a dig wherever he had the chance.
I don't think I've ever seen him criticise Button, regardless of how he drives. I'm a Button fan BTW.
It was clear that Alonso wanted to race this weekend but the FIA stopped him, JH those to ignore that, over and over again. One of the reason he gave for suggesting Alonso should retire was the last 5 races of last season, being very selective to support his stupid argument.
Also noticed how he'll have a dig at Rosberg but never Hamilton.
Maybe he just wants to support the British drivers, nothing wrong with that but he should stop taking s
t.
It's clear JH has a problem with Alonso, all through last season he was having a dig wherever he had the chance.
I don't think I've ever seen him criticise Button, regardless of how he drives. I'm a Button fan BTW.
It was clear that Alonso wanted to race this weekend but the FIA stopped him, JH those to ignore that, over and over again. One of the reason he gave for suggesting Alonso should retire was the last 5 races of last season, being very selective to support his stupid argument.
Also noticed how he'll have a dig at Rosberg but never Hamilton.
Maybe he just wants to support the British drivers, nothing wrong with that but he should stop taking s
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