*** The BBC F1 2012 Coverage Thread ***

Very pleased with the highlights, better than expected. Well over an hours racing shown.

Thought Ben Edwards was much better today. Once he settles in he should get better.
 
Ben Edwards pretty good first race, im sure once he settles he will be excellent. nice to see some shouty to be honest - the sport can be far to boring a lot of the time.
 
Skeeter said:
'All content' being 10 full live race programs, and 10 highlight only weekends, or do they actually films 20 full 'live' programs and all the build up and then sell that on?

I really hope its not the latter. How will people feel if they find out that the BBC are using licence fee payers money to produce F1 content that is then not shown in the UK?
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They're out there anyway to make the coverage for the highlights shows, and it's not like they can only film the good bits.
 
I meant a build up and post race show for the highlights races that wont be shown here. But thats not what Canada have so it doens't matter. Sounds like they just commentate the whole race live and sell that to Canada, and then edit the full race footage into the highlights, which is what they have been doing for years anyway for the existing highlights show.

But who is the irish guy in the pits? He seemed completely useless?
 
Credentials mean nothing. Ted is brilliant because he seems to always be where the action is (and if he isn't, he gets there sharpish) and his bits are always insightful and highly beneficial to the coverage. You don't need to have 20 years of F1 experience to be able to explain what your seeing in a clear and concise way.
 
Just finished watching - tbh I thought they did the best with what they had. The highlights, as mentioned above, just didn't sit right but it looks good for the live races. Edwards isn't quite as good as David Croft but he's not bad and seems in the same sort of vein as Crofty. Coulthard seems to have upped his game a little bit. For me the biggest asset, and I never expected to be saying this a couple of seasons ago, is Jake, DC and EJ - they're miles better than Sky's offering (which I saw a bit of).

Other than 'the full race', the main things missing are the Gridwalk and Ted Kravitz. I'm probably in the minority on this, but I don't think Brundle really made the gridwalk his own - for me it was mainly about the atmosphere on the grid and last-minute info from the drivers. If they're brave enough they'll let DC do it, but somehow I don't think they will - probably just have soundbites from Lee Mackenzie and EJ.

I miss Ted - he knew his stuff but was also a good journalist. Gary Anderson was undoubtedly knowledgeable but sort of made me feel a bit sleepy. Overall, judgement should be reserved for the first live race, but I feel happier now than I did Friday.
 
I never thought if any of the regular team left, Ted would be the one I'd miss the most. Edwards was ok, he can fairly mix up his words though. Gary the bloke from the pub though...what a bore! I'm sure he's extremely smart and has lots of technical knowledge, but that doesn't make up for his charisma level of a brick.
 
Gary Anderson's role is meant to be as 'technical analyst' so he's not a replacement for Ted Kravitz who's role last year was 'pit lane reporter'. Lee McKenzie is the 'pit lane reporter'. I expect we will see more from them in the live races.
 
I really wasnt very impressed with the BBC coverage, it all felt a bit comic book.

Also like other people have said, without live timings i felt like i was missing too much information, i also massively missed the pit updates.

Didnt like the new commentator (Ben Edwards i think) i found him nearly as annoying as Legard.

Cant wait to move into my new place in 6 weeks or so, alternatives to the BBC Highlights will have to be found.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
What credentials? Other than his "expert" opinion claims?
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" Later he designed cars for Jordan (1991–1998), Stewart/Jaguar (1998–2000), and Jordan again (2002 and 2003), as well as the Spa series of open wheelers."

That is enough for me to take his word on things.

Knows more about the designing of cars than 99% of this forum do, that is for sure.
 
Concorde Rules said:
Knows more about the designing of cars than 99% of this forum do, that is for sure.
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Most definitely, but part of me wonders just how his past design knowledge translates to a modern F1 car, a lot must have changed since he was last involved with one?

Also, he was among a group of "experts" who weren't convinced Mclaren had done the right thing with their nose.
 
Nismo said:
Also, he was among a group of "experts" who weren't convinced Mclaren had done the right thing with their nose.
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He said the McLaren nose will limit the development potential of that area, less air going under the car, remains to be seen if that is true or not.
 
Concorde Rules said:
" Later he designed cars for Jordan (1991–1998), Stewart/Jaguar (1998–2000), and Jordan again (2002 and 2003), as well as the Spa series of open wheelers."

That is enough for me to take his word on things.

Knows more about the designing of cars than 99% of this forum do, that is for sure.
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True. He still gets things wrong though.

He said a 3 stopper was optimum for Melbourne, Sky said 2 stopper, Sky was right.
 
Mr Men said:
He said the McLaren nose will limit the development potential of that area, less air going under the car, remains to be seen if that is true or not.
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And he's in the majority school of thought on that one (with regards to actual designers, rather than armchair experts)
 
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