Pat Symonds joins Sky F1

andicole0 · 3 Mar 2017 at 11:14

This should be good, some in depth understanding of an F1 car. Hopefully we won't need the help of PDR any more.
Andi.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...-joins-sky-sports-f1-ahead-of-the-2017-season

Duke · 4 Mar 2017 at 09:29

How he is still in the sport following crashgate is beyond me.

Mark365 · 4 Mar 2017 at 16:42

Absolutely fantastic news. I reckon Pat is the sort of guy you want to be sitting beside on a long haul flight. Very interesting man to listen to. Well done Sky.

CaptainRAVE · 4 Mar 2017 at 21:11

Not surprised, he has been on there a fair bit before.

GravyMonster · 4 Mar 2017 at 21:50

andicole0 said:
Hopefully we won't need the help of PDR any more.

PDR is still there if Natalie Pinkhams' Instagram is to be trusted. She published a studio shot of them both in rehearsal a couple of days ago.

Personally, I don't mind him at all. Sure, he can be a bit dour, but he's still the member of the Sky punditry team with the most modern F1 experience.

tummelv · 5 Mar 2017 at 08:39

Duke said:
How he is still in the sport following crashgate is beyond me.

did lol when the article said "one of the most respected"

Still, he has interesting insight and I always enjoyed his interviews/when they talked to him on the pitwall so a good move for Sky.

Duke · 5 Mar 2017 at 17:32

tummelv said:
did lol when the article said "one of the most respected"

Lol at getting drivers to crash, thats true!

FrankJH · 24 Mar 2017 at 11:29

when I watch on Sunday at (equivelant of) 5am and see that slimey ******* I might hurl, one of the most distrustful people ever in F1 (and I always thought Flavio would have that title for ever)

V F · 16 Apr 2017 at 22:10

Why did he leave Williams for TV?

Entai · 18 Apr 2017 at 09:38

His contract finished, he joined Williams in 2013 on a 3 year contract, and had no plans on joining another team after his contract ended.