F1 on Channel 4
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Emeye said:
Does Steve Jones know anything about F1? Is he a fan?
From Motorsport.comSteve Jones said.....
"Even though I'm not an expert, DC is an expert, I will have to know a certain amount. And I am confident I am there now.
'F1 presenter Steve Jones confesses that bringing a bit more fun to F1 on television is essential.
"We're hoping to bring that Channel 4 presence to it, in the sense of making it just a little bit more fun where appropriate – and obviously it speaks volume of there being an entertainment presenter at the heart of it," beamed Jones at the official press launch in London on Tuesday.
"I can't stress – where it is appropriate – I am going to be banging out zingers left right and centre, but I just hope to get a bit more from the drivers.'
FW18 said:
Only one I am saying an outright no to is Nicolas Hamilton, don't see what he will bring to the table at all.
Are you aware that he is the brother of the current world champion? Edited by FW18 on Wednesday 9th March 10:08
Actually I agree with you - I can't imagine he will say anything other than reminding us how great Lewis is, how humble his beginnings were and how hard their father worked. I hope he proves me wrong.
Mr_Thyroid said:
FW18 said:
Only one I am saying an outright no to is Nicolas Hamilton, don't see what he will bring to the table at all.
Are you aware that he is the brother of the current world champion? Edited by FW18 on Wednesday 9th March 10:08
Actually I agree with you - I can't imagine he will say anything other than reminding us how great Lewis is, how humble his beginnings were and how hard their father worked. I hope he proves me wrong.
k you" gold chain making him look all gangsta init?Mr_Thyroid said:
FW18 said:
Only one I am saying an outright no to is Nicolas Hamilton, don't see what he will bring to the table at all.
Are you aware that he is the brother of the current world champion? Edited by FW18 on Wednesday 9th March 10:08
Actually I agree with you - I can't imagine he will say anything other than reminding us how great Lewis is, how humble his beginnings were and how hard their father worked. I hope he proves me wrong.
Given that he's got cerebral palsy he is a bit of a rockstar in terms of what he's done with what he started with.
It'll be interesting to see what he thinks of stuff.
I hope he's not been included because he's black and disabled, as the token "inclusive" measure, that would suck.
I'm hopeful that C4 will do this well, they're also doing the odd programme around F1 to help the "wow" factor that everyone seems to have forgotten about, there's a Coulthard Vs Guy Martin programme scheduled for just before the first race where they pit an RB8 against Martin's Superbike. Whilst it's something that's been done before, it'll be a great tool for getting people to understand just what astonishing machines F1 cars are and get excited about it.
F1 is far too serious and self-ansorbed and seems to forget that at it's heart it's about cars and drivers pushing physical boundaries whilst we gape open mouthed at how they do it. This sort of crossover programme to excite people is a good sign in my eyes.
F1 is far too serious and self-ansorbed and seems to forget that at it's heart it's about cars and drivers pushing physical boundaries whilst we gape open mouthed at how they do it. This sort of crossover programme to excite people is a good sign in my eyes.
IforB said:
there's a Coulthard Vs Guy Martin programme scheduled for just before the first race where they pit an RB8 against Martin's Superbike.
Surely this will just remind us that other, more exciting, forms of motor sport exist....."Look at this guy (pun) wrestling his two wheeled monster around the track while Coulthard putters round super smooth trying to make sure his Pirellis don't fall apart."
Mr_Thyroid said:
Surely this will just remind us that other, more exciting, forms of motor sport exist.....
"Look at this guy (pun) wrestling his two wheeled monster around the track while Coulthard putters round super smooth trying to make sure his Pirellis don't fall apart."
Nope, it will remind of how much better V8 f1 cars are"Look at this guy (pun) wrestling his two wheeled monster around the track while Coulthard putters round super smooth trying to make sure his Pirellis don't fall apart."
Mr_Thyroid said:
IforB said:
there's a Coulthard Vs Guy Martin programme scheduled for just before the first race where they pit an RB8 against Martin's Superbike.
Surely this will just remind us that other, more exciting, forms of motor sport exist....."Look at this guy (pun) wrestling his two wheeled monster around the track while Coulthard putters round super smooth trying to make sure his Pirellis don't fall apart."
Why did we all get into F1 in the first place? For me, it was because it was sheer excitement at seeing monstrous cars being driven by monstrous talents as well as the technical joy of the machines themselves. I didn't really care about the racing in terms of BTCC bumper car stuff, it was the blend of technical innovation, bravery and simple wide eyed astonishment of watching cars do things I didn't know were possible.
The current cars are astonishing, they truly are. Hugely powerful and significantly faster than the things I grew up watching and yet despite the technical innovation, we're only talking about tyre compounds or other such trivia.
F1 is still an astonishing sport full of intrigue, bravery, skill and technical development that warps the mind of the average punter like me, but the marketing of it is truly abysmal and is leading to the cries of "it's dull, it's rubbish, I'm going to watch something else" and that's from people already invested into it, let alone the new generation of fans who aren't being engaged.
C4 seem to recognise this and I'm hopeful they'll do a much better job of getting people interested in the sport again. Guy Vs Coulthard is a great puff piece to get people talking about F1 and bikes and motorsport in general. I'm sure we could all spit holes in it and many will say it's dumbed down rubbish, but I'll bet social media will be full of it and kids and adults will be discussing it over the next few days. Which is exactly what F1 needs, a bit of life being shoved back into its decaying corpse.
If anyone was wondering about Suzi Perry, she's going to be presenting the MotoGP races on BT Sport with Craig Doyle. http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/12317...
ajprice said:
If anyone was wondering about Suzi Perry, she's going to be presenting the MotoGP races on BT Sport with Craig Doyle. http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/12317...
No one was......but she's back where she belongs with MotoGP so she must be pretty happy about that. Far too often she would call the drivers 'riders' haha!
Electronicpants said:
Crikey, lots of people!
Changed days from Murray and Hunt crammed in a cupboard somewhere commentating over the telephone
Murray Walker you say?Changed days from Murray and Hunt crammed in a cupboard somewhere commentating over the telephone
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2016/03/08/mu...
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