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[JonRB]

pwig said:

James Allen? Could be worse, could be Charlie Cox!!!

Or, indeed, Simon Taylor.

Am I the only one who remembers how desperately dull and irritating the man was?

[Munter]

It's a shame we cant have Paul Fing Stoddart in the commentary box.

"What did he think he was doing there the Cck! He'll have to Fing drive better than that to stay at Williams or my team for that matter!!!

[rubystone]

Charlie Cox - good name for a man with no flair for commentating at al...unless it's about the amount of beers he and Stavros sank last night or just how fast they drove the hire car to the circuit.

Ben Edwards - the boy who you dead legged at school just for fun

James Allen - uncanny resemblance to Iguana - funny that they're never seen in the same place together...

John Watson - always had the "commenter" role really and we couldn't have two experts in the studio could we?

This month's Sniffpetrol has a superb caption of a Brundle/Allen moment.

Mark Cole always reminded me of a bank manager, but I did like Allard Kalf (useful saloon car driver too, unlike Charlie Cox...)

Simon Taylor - the boy you dead legged...sorry, done that above....

[rustybin]

JonRB said:

Or, indeed, Simon Taylor. Am I the only one who remembers how desperately dull and irritating the man was?

No

[havoc]

Much as I hate to say it, James Allen is better than the chap who was doing JGTC last season on Motors TV...you could fall asleep listening to him!

Who was he so I know to avoid him?!?

[towman]

Stuart Hall??

Charlie Cox, Martin brundle and John Watson please.


Agree with the post about Arthur Debenham as well.

[tollytuff]

who's the posh chap who does the commentary at the british grand prix? i think he works at brands too, cant pronounce "shumarker", bless him

[RobbieMeister]

Raymond Baxter

[Eric Mc]

If only.

RB used to commentate for the BBC before Murray Walker. The only video recording of a GP commentated on by Baxter would appear to be the 1967 Italian GP at Monza, won by Surtees in the Honda.

[ccharlie6]

i thought jenson didnt do to bad a job of it at monaco this year, him and martin were very good and cut down the air time for that idiot james

[RobbieMeister]

Raymond Baxter:

Used to commentate on such things as Grand Prix and the Farnborough Airshow.

Also hosted a BBC science and technology show called Tomorrows World.

Apparently he has no formal scientific or engieering qualification and all his information was learnt by heart.

Where is he now, well I don't know. But last September he commentated on the WW2 air display at the Goodwood Revival.

Now is that nostalgic or is it nostalgic.

[Andrew Noakes]

Raymond Baxter was an RAF pilot, BBC motoring correspondent and BMC PR Director before Tomorrow's World.

Eric, I'm sure I've seen video of the British GP in 1972 or 1973, when Stewart spun the Tyrrell into a cornfield, and Raymond Baxter was commentating. But I might be wrong.

[williamp]

Ahh yes, Raymond Baxter. In his words, drivers were always "on" their cars, rather then "in" their cars...

Lovely voice

[bobski]

Ben Edwards and John Watson were the original team doing the F1 commentary on Eurosport before they lost the gig. They were good.

Yes, Simon Taylor, sacked/demoted after one year - so come on ITV it is possible.

How about Louis Goodman coupled with Vicky Butler-Henderson . . . ? They may natter away off topic for all we care.

I think though ITV have found the true test. Do the commentary on the US GP and make it sound exciting!!!

[FourWheelDrift]

Andrew Noakes said:

Raymond Baxter was an RAF pilot, BBC motoring correspondent and BMC PR Director before Tomorrow's World. Eric, I'm sure I've seen video of the British GP in 1972 or 1973, when Stewart spun the Tyrrell into a cornfield, and Raymond Baxter was commentating. But I might be wrong.

Yes, I've done a clip of that with Baxter commentating.

Only a 1mb WMV, few secs worth
www.mercia.biz/PHVid/silverstone73.wmv

[towman]

FourWheelDrift said:

Yes, I've done a clip of that with Baxter commentating.

"He`s really in the agriculture" - quality

[Andrew Noakes]

That's great. Seem to remember Tyrrell or Derek Gardner or someone saying afterwards that there was so much wheat in the car they thought about exporting it to Russia.

Unfortunately Raymond Baxter, OBE is 83 (actually only 18 months or so older than Murray Walker) so I doubt he'd be up for doing 19 GPs a year.

[freddytin]

Carlton Kirby gets my vote, he's always biggin it up for Gary P in DTM on Eurosport, extemely biased just the ticket.

[RobbieMeister]

....and now he's really in the agricultural business.

Magic!

Thanks FWD

>> Edited by RobbieMeister on Tuesday 12th July 16:12