Votes for BBC F1 "dream team!

[Raine]

Ok, so who would we have as our ideal commentary team on the BBC's F1 coverage next year?

My starter for ten:

Anchorman: ideas?? (not Steve Ryder!!)

Replacement for fat-boy Blundell: Johnny Herbert

Head commentator: Brian Jones (the absolute best choice IMHO) or Ben Edwards or Martin Haven

Second commentator / grid-walk: Martin Brundle

Pitlane interviews: Keep Louise I suppose - she's alright, and most of the drivers know her

Music: The Chain

[matt3001]

Ben Edwards/Martin Brundle/Suzi Perry

[castrolcraig]

perry will have some role as will charlie cox from the beebs moto gp coverage, after all he is a car man at heart.......

[130R]

Des Lynam
Martin Brundle
Suzi Perry
Jeremy Clarkson (pit lane reporter)

I don't know who for the lead commentator though

[jbudgie]

For god's sake get rid of that Goodman person.--all those bangles---ugh.

[Derek Smith]

Now that there will be no breaks, I reckon the commentary will be split between David Croft and Brundle, with neither being team leader (going from ferrari tactics to McLaren). Louise will be replaced by the daughter of someone famous.

[dugsud]

Perhaps Damon Hill would be good in there somewhere....if he's up for it!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Alan Jones was good value on Sky when neither the BBC or ITV were showing all the races. He regularly dropped a few faux pas!

[me2]

JAMES ALLEN: :

[Stu R]

eddie irvine would be a laugh I reckon.

[belleair302]

Gabby Logan will probably front the show, the BBC are pushing her. Adrian Childs is also running high with the BBC as is that Irish bloke from the holiday shows Craig Doyle. My outside bet would be John Inverdale

Commentators : Jonathan Leggard if he was to come back from 5 live soccer and travel again. Or and wait for this Expert Martin Brundle has authourity and still drives F1 cars behind the scenes. Maurice Hamilton is interesting and I would love Eddie Jordan to talk to the owners to put soem spin on the management of teams.

Jonny Herbert would be amusing as a pit lane reporter, but David Coulthard maybe free next year!

Peter Windsor is always interesting if not everybody's favourite man.

[RedexR]

I think Vicki needs to be on the grid at a couple of races to add some zest , also no ones mentioned Alan Hyde voice of touring cars ?

Brundle and Johnny Herbert , with special guest Murray for the Brit GP

Music The Chain with 2 versions the orig and the new Fatboy Slim version to be recorded.

[woof]

They just need some people that know something about the sport
Gaby Logan is useless - doesn't know the first thing about motorsport !

[garycat]

Raine said:

Ok, so who would we have as our ideal commentary team on the BBC's F1 coverage next year?

My starter for ten:

Anchorman: ideas?? (not Steve Ryder!!)

Not Jim Rosenthal either.

Raine said:

Replacement for fat-boy Blundell: Johnny Herbert

Too cockney.... starts every sentence with "Welllllll....." which is no better than Blundells "What 'e done...". Why is he a fat-boy? Both me and the wife commented that he was suprisingly moob-less this year.

Raine said:

Head commentator: Brian Jones (the absolute best choice IMHO) or Ben Edwards or Martin Haven

Yeah Ben Edwards. Never heard Brian Jones or Martin Haven.

Raine said:

Second commentator / grid-walk: Martin Brundle

Pitlane interviews: Keep Louise I suppose - she's alright, and most of the drivers know her

Yeah Martin does a great job but the FIA don't like him and he may have another two years on his ITV contract.

Raine said:

Music: The Chain

Pfffff how predictable. I think the BBC should commission Girls Aloud to write the theme choon.

[skeggysteve]

BBC dream team you ask?

Well, they could no better than the F1 Digital+ team.

With Murry as an occasional guest commentator.

Of course there can only be one theme tune.

[Derek Smith]

belleair302 said:

Jonathan Leggard if he was to come back from 5 live soccer and travel again

Good call. Didn’t think of him.

woof said:

They just need some people that know something about the sport. Gaby Logan is useless - doesn't know the first thing about motorsport !

She's been good at everything she's done so far. I wonder why she left ITV. As front 'man' she doesn't need to know the insider dealings, just have a good overview. Let's face it, she could do no worse the the Spaniards who now seem to know everything about F1 nowadays.

[jbudgie]

No No No to Murray Walker--not a commentator just an annoying over excited tt.
Why do people think he's any good

[130R]

dugsud said:

Perhaps Damon Hill would be good in there somewhere....if he's up for it!

He filled in on ITV once and wasn't up to much as a commentator really. Could be ok for the pre/post analysis though.

[Teppic]

Presenters: Steve Rider* and Damon Hill

Commentary: Ben Edwards and Martin Brundle

Pit lane reporters: Suzi Perry and Ted Kravitz**

No more grid walks from Martin - the drivers now ignore him and he's reduced to interviewing nobodies - I mean, Kelly Osbourne for fk's sake!

Theme tune: The proper Fleetwood Mac version of The Chain, not a re-recording of the instrumental bit.

All IMHO.

* He's a fan and his knowledge (at least when he was at the BBC) is his own. It's only now that he's at ITV that it seems scripted. The only real problem is that he burnt some bridges at the BBC in order to cover F1 for ITV

• Another one who's not too bad at what he does.

[RedexR]

jbudgie said:

No No No to Murray Walker--not a commentator just an annoying over excited tt.
Why do people think he's any good

I think you missed the point , Murrays all about entertainment value , or to use a Murrayism "He was but he is,nt now , isn,t he ?"