*** The SKY F1 2012 Coverage Thread ***
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I can understand Georgie, but Natalie has been involved with F1 for at least the last couple of seasons, so should have a grip on modern F1, perhaps not the history though.
Personally I think she does her part of the job pretty well, was just surprised at her slightly unprofessional ice cream comment even if it was a joke, don't think Kimi was impressed. He must be sick of that comment now.
Soldato
TBH Georgie is far more interesting to look at than that TV. 
I get the impression that Sky just haven't found there feet in what they want to concentrate on, as someone else pointed out in the hour long show afterwords they barely covered anything and only talked to 4 drivers and Martin Whitmarsh!?
Brundles grid walks have gone the same way to, seems like he got very few interviews these last few races.
I get the impression that Sky just haven't found there feet in what they want to concentrate on, as someone else pointed out in the hour long show afterwords they barely covered anything and only talked to 4 drivers and Martin Whitmarsh!?
Brundles grid walks have gone the same way to, seems like he got very few interviews these last few races.
Soldato
The Sky coverage on average has been pretty terrible so far. I honestly think that the BBC will still win awards with their coverage, even though they're only doing half the races live.
Even Brundle's grid walks seem rubbish on Sky
The Jake/DC/EJ punditry team just seems so awesome compared to what Sky has. They actually gel as a team. Whereas the Sky bunch just seem to be there to cash pay cheques and are otherwise totally emotionally detached.
Even Brundle's grid walks seem rubbish on Sky
The Jake/DC/EJ punditry team just seems so awesome compared to what Sky has. They actually gel as a team. Whereas the Sky bunch just seem to be there to cash pay cheques and are otherwise totally emotionally detached.
I actually think half the teams on the grid really don't want to be talking to Sky
The biggest mistake I heard was when Petrov got a puncture & somehow 5 seconds later he was on the start/finish straight in a battle! Never mind that he had to drive around half the track, pit & then come back out.
LizardKing, Georgie is far from good to look at & that head nodding arghhh :/
Still prefer the BBC!
The biggest mistake I heard was when Petrov got a puncture & somehow 5 seconds later he was on the start/finish straight in a battle! Never mind that he had to drive around half the track, pit & then come back out.
LizardKing, Georgie is far from good to look at & that head nodding arghhh :/
Still prefer the BBC!
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I think Brundle's grid walks are still the same. It might be better if he had more time. Pick up some of the early arrivers on the grid when it's less congested and I'd like them to, just occasionally, go a bit further down than 8th on the grid. There are some interesting people, stories and info further back too.
To be fair though, DC was terrible the first year so we have to give sky a chance in the off season to work out what they did right and wrong. They certainly need to look at different pundits. As said, Hill is a bit dull and doesn't work terribly well with Lazenby who is quite stuck for words sometimes.
Also it's no good having an extra 30 mins coverage before and after the race if you have nothing to say. They need to use Ted a bit more as he's good on the technical analysis and I think they have to go out and film some extra drop in bits like do some driver, team, race or track histories, behind the scenes at a team, follow what happens in testing, spend a weekend with the roadie crew to see what the logistics are, set up some big interviews with the team bosses, Bernie, drivers, the best known F1 photographer/journo etc, get some classic F1 cars and show the design evolution (similar to what Brundle did a few years back on the BBC but more in depth). Plenty they could do because they have all the time in the world to fill.
I do find myself fast forwarding some of the pre and post race stuff because they're not really saying a lot or talking to many people.
To be fair though, DC was terrible the first year so we have to give sky a chance in the off season to work out what they did right and wrong. They certainly need to look at different pundits. As said, Hill is a bit dull and doesn't work terribly well with Lazenby who is quite stuck for words sometimes.
Also it's no good having an extra 30 mins coverage before and after the race if you have nothing to say. They need to use Ted a bit more as he's good on the technical analysis and I think they have to go out and film some extra drop in bits like do some driver, team, race or track histories, behind the scenes at a team, follow what happens in testing, spend a weekend with the roadie crew to see what the logistics are, set up some big interviews with the team bosses, Bernie, drivers, the best known F1 photographer/journo etc, get some classic F1 cars and show the design evolution (similar to what Brundle did a few years back on the BBC but more in depth). Plenty they could do because they have all the time in the world to fill.
I do find myself fast forwarding some of the pre and post race stuff because they're not really saying a lot or talking to many people.
Sky seems fine to me, I tend to just watch from 30 minutes before race and not much after, great HD quality and 5.1 really does make the BBC coverage seem rather weak. Never understood why people need so much analysis if you watch the race you can make your own mind up 
I'm sick of it so he must be, it's become like an ocuk meme. He only ate one ice cream for ****s sake!
Soldato
Damon Hill used to be good as an occasional guest pundit on the BBC, especially around the time he was president of the BRDC. As a regular, he has turned out to be a nice guy but incredibly dull. As aloof as he is, Eddie Jordan is a far superior counterpart.
Simon Lazenby lacks any ounce of personality at all. Competent but just so dull. Jake Humphrey wins by a country mile.
Georgie Thompson, personally I think she's fairly hot so that's fine, but she is utterly pointless.
Natalie Pinkham is far poorer an interviewer than Lee McKenzie or Louise Goodman. But I guess that follows Sky's trend of having rubbish post-any sport interviews (football being the worst).
Martin Brundle, hmm I agree with whoever said his grid walks are worse these days- I'm sure he used to get a lot more interviews and interesting tidbits years ago on the BBC.
David Croft- I just don't like him. No particular reason. He's ok, I suppose. Don't know who I would have instead of him.
Ted Kravitz is the main saving grace, still the same old Ted, giving us interesting bits of information and doing a great job in the pit lane, and as analyst, far far more charismatic than Gary whoever on the BBC.
Oh and Anthony Davidson, always decent input, as much as I hate the stupid contrived Sky Sports mega touch screen analysis thing.
Simon Lazenby lacks any ounce of personality at all. Competent but just so dull. Jake Humphrey wins by a country mile.
Georgie Thompson, personally I think she's fairly hot so that's fine, but she is utterly pointless.
Natalie Pinkham is far poorer an interviewer than Lee McKenzie or Louise Goodman. But I guess that follows Sky's trend of having rubbish post-any sport interviews (football being the worst).
Martin Brundle, hmm I agree with whoever said his grid walks are worse these days- I'm sure he used to get a lot more interviews and interesting tidbits years ago on the BBC.
David Croft- I just don't like him. No particular reason. He's ok, I suppose. Don't know who I would have instead of him.
Ted Kravitz is the main saving grace, still the same old Ted, giving us interesting bits of information and doing a great job in the pit lane, and as analyst, far far more charismatic than Gary whoever on the BBC.
Oh and Anthony Davidson, always decent input, as much as I hate the stupid contrived Sky Sports mega touch screen analysis thing.
To be fair the two mclaren drivers are pretty much identical so you can understand getting them mixed up.
One floundering around in race complaining about balance, the over overtaking by driving across a sanddune and making it stick with a bright yellow helmet. Completely unidentifiable.
Soldato
I think that I've had an F1 revalation this year and realised that Brundle isn't as necessary as I thought. Sky have over-professionalised the programme too much, I really hope the chemistry between them gets better over the season.
F1 is not just about the racing on track, the stories surrounding the individuals and the build up to the races are just as important to me, Sky just don't seem to have grasped that aspect enough yet.
F1 is not just about the racing on track, the stories surrounding the individuals and the build up to the races are just as important to me, Sky just don't seem to have grasped that aspect enough yet.
Quite agree. I like seeing what the drivers are like away from the track when they are more relaxed and not focused on racing, you get to see what kind of person they are.
Watching Brundle this weekend, he seemed out of sorts.
You mean the 2 hours of build up before the race is not enough
For me, as someone who just tunes in every Sunday to watch the races, the coverage seems just about the same as BBC.
Great input, would read again++++++
The combination of poster name and comment made me lol.
Man of Honour
From watching the BBC coverage this year, it's undoubtedly Ted Kravitz that I miss the most.
DC is doing a decent enough job in the commentary box so that I don't miss Brundle as much as I would otherwise.