Ted Kravitz has gone..........apparently!

[Norfolkit]

rscott said:

JonChalk said:

Teppic said:

I think he means why do Sky need 13 people on their presenting team, when about 6 would be sufficient.

Rachel Brookes
Martin Brundle
Jenson Button
Karun Chandhok
David Croft
Anthony Davidson
Paul Di Resta
Johnny Herbert
Damon Hill
Ted Kravitz
Simon Lazenby
Natalie Pinkham
Nico Rosberg

The above would work for me - I love JH, but he doesn't add a great deal these days.

I'd lose Pinkham and keep Brookes - she's a far better interviewer.

I'd agree, she is and I do have a bit of a thing for her.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

bks, thought we were rid of him

Oh well. Wonder how they're going to use both KC and TK?

[Bradgate]

With such a huge cast of pundits, many of whom seem to duplicate roles, I would assume Sky will rotate their ‘talent’ with only Lazenby & Croft as lead presenter and commentator doing all 21 races and everybody else doing selected races. Even Brundle has never done all the races, he usually skipped Hungary.

[Tyre Smoke]

Brundle admitted he was only contracted for 18 (?) Races last season.

[towser44]

Tyre Smoke said:

Brundle admitted he was only contracted for 18 (?) Races last season.

One or 2 of those were his birthday, as I remember David Croft wishing him many happy returns during the comms. I always thought it was personal choice that he had a couple of races off.

[Norfolkit]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

bks, thought we were rid of him

Oh well. Wonder how they're going to use both KC and TK?

Pure speculation but, I think Ted will continue in the pit lane and I suspect Karun is being groomed to take over from Martin in the comm box at some point, he's 60 this year, it will be a sad day when he retires but none of us can go on forever. Hopefully he won't disappear completely if and when he calls it a day, be nice to see him at the European races/title deciders/whenever he feels like it.

[Pericoloso]

I don't have Sky so had no idea they had so many presenters and pundits.

I thought CH4 had a few too many, Eddie J looking at you, but that list ^^is just silly.

[C Lee Farquar]

Unfortunately as most of the drivers responses are so scripted interviewing them is almost pointless, which makes the extended sky coverage largely pointless.

[thegreenhell]

Norfolkit said:

Pure speculation but, I think Ted will continue in the pit lane and I suspect Karun is being groomed to take over from Martin in the comm box at some point, he's 60 this year, it will be a sad day when he retires but none of us can go on forever. Hopefully he won't disappear completely if and when he calls it a day, be nice to see him at the European races/title deciders/whenever he feels like it.

Murray Walker did it full time until he was 78, and still occasionally pops up now at 95 years of age. Maybe he could make a comeback if Brundle is getting tired?

[lbc]

thegreenhell said:

Norfolkit said:

Pure speculation but, I think Ted will continue in the pit lane and I suspect Karun is being groomed to take over from Martin in the comm box at some point, he's 60 this year, it will be a sad day when he retires but none of us can go on forever. Hopefully he won't disappear completely if and when he calls it a day, be nice to see him at the European races/title deciders/whenever he feels like it.

Murray Walker did it full time until he was 78, and still occasionally pops up now at 95 years of age. Maybe he could make a comeback if Brundle is getting tired?

I wish Sky would get rid of Crofty, and replace him with Karun Chandhok.

Crofty spends too much time with off topic useless chitchat.

[paulguitar]

lbc said:

I wish Sky would get rid of Crofty, and replace him with Karun Chandhok.

Crofty spends too much time with off topic useless chitchat.

At the start of every race, when Crofty yells 'AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO' I always mute the TV, and have to leave it muted for at least the first lap and sometimes more.

[Norfolkit]

thegreenhell said:

Norfolkit said:

Pure speculation but, I think Ted will continue in the pit lane and I suspect Karun is being groomed to take over from Martin in the comm box at some point, he's 60 this year, it will be a sad day when he retires but none of us can go on forever. Hopefully he won't disappear completely if and when he calls it a day, be nice to see him at the European races/title deciders/whenever he feels like it.

Murray Walker did it full time until he was 78, and still occasionally pops up now at 95 years of age. Maybe he could make a comeback if Brundle is getting tired?

Murray Walker is a legend, apparently immortal and I'll never say a word against him but even he would say it's even worse now than in his day for the TV crews (and teams).
Back in Murray's last season there were 17 races not 21, season finished mid October not December and there were more races in Europe (11 then, 9 now, San Marino and European have disappeared and I'm counting Russia and Azerbaijan as flyaways), then there were 6 flyaways, now it's 12, it has to take it's toll. It was a hell of a lot of travelling then, it's even worse now. They also spend a lot more time on air now, back then it was quali and race now it's all the quali sessions too, plus all the build up and post race shows, good for us, bad for them.
It's a different world now and that's not knocking what Murray and the TV crews did then, he is broadcasting royalty but the sheer amount of travelling now is crazy, how the mechanics do it god only knows and I believe they fly economy.

[Europa1]

towser44 said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Brundle admitted he was only contracted for 18 (?) Races last season.

One or 2 of those were his birthday.

Martin Brundle is the Queen?

[towser44]

Europa1 said:

towser44 said:

Tyre Smoke said:

Brundle admitted he was only contracted for 18 (?) Races last season.

One or 2 of those were his birthday.

Martin Brundle is the Queen?

Ha ha, he could be yes :-) I think it was when there were back to back GPs

[hixster]

Sixpackpert said:

I'll be honest, I won't miss him.

His bumbling, rambling style was getting very tedious for me. I gave up on his notebooks last season.

Agreed. He hasn’t been adding much value to the show at all really

[Krikkit]

thegreenhell said:

Norfolkit said:

Pure speculation but, I think Ted will continue in the pit lane and I suspect Karun is being groomed to take over from Martin in the comm box at some point, he's 60 this year, it will be a sad day when he retires but none of us can go on forever. Hopefully he won't disappear completely if and when he calls it a day, be nice to see him at the European races/title deciders/whenever he feels like it.

Murray Walker did it full time until he was 78, and still occasionally pops up now at 95 years of age. Maybe he could make a comeback if Brundle is getting tired?

I'm expecting Brundle to start winding back on the number of races per season he's attending and letting Chandhok come into the role - it must be incredibly hard work to be out and about for such a huge chunk of the year, especially if Liberty are talking about adding more races to the season as well.

[Fundoreen]

Yep Murray had the longevity in the job but it was much easier then so even though MB is much younger he may not be super keen to stand around in airports for most of the year.
As for karen replacing him I dont really care as I wont be a sky f1 viewer but he just spouts information like you could find
yourself. Ok if you are impressed by a human google.
It will be nice on C4 to just look at the broadcast picture without excess distraction unless they find someone else like him.
As for Ted there is more to it than some think. Its relationships build up over years so he can ask questions and get good answers behind the scenes.
What you find with a lot of the new persons is they ask a question then go straight on the air with whatever answer with no actual idea what it meant.
Eventually everyone in f1 gets wise and the whole show devolves to fashion and what they had for breakfast.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Do people really see KC as a commentator? I thought pitlane/tech/strategy bod would be his remit and PdR would get the MB stand in role.

[Sixpackpert]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Do people really see KC as a commentator? I thought pitlane/tech/strategy bod would be his remit and PdR would get the MB stand in role.

Agreed. I actually think PdR does a good job in commentary.

[Vaud]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Do people really see KC as a commentator? I thought pitlane/tech/strategy bod would be his remit and PdR would get the MB stand in role.

I don't see KC as a commentator. More a walking encyclopaedia of F1..