Arizona Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Get in! According to BBC sport Martin Brundle and ex 5 Live commentator Jonathan Legard have been selected as the 2 main commentators, with DC and Jordan (no, not her, Eddie) having been selected for some of the behind the scenes stuff. Should be interesting IMO. 84 year old Murray Walker will play a small role, including contributions to the website via a Q&A forum. Ted Kravitz has also been retained as a pit reporter, along with Lee McKenzie. Here's the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7745347.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Walker? As in Murray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Eddie Jordan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 24 November, 2008 Author Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Sorry, yeah I've added a bit to that post. What's wrong with EJ? I've always thought he was quite a character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Good news on Brundle, DC, Walker and Kravitz; I personally dont like Legards voice and Jordan is a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Brundle is the most important signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 At least Legard is fairly knowledgable about F1 and isn't an irritating c*nt like James Allen was on ITV. Good that they've got Lee Mckenzie as well - she's much hotter than Louise Goodman ever was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Sorry, yeah I've added a bit to that post. What's wrong with EJ? I've always thought he was quite a character. EJ is a self-promoting, egotistical idiot and I'd be amazed if he manages a single minute of live broadcasting without offending the bad language censors. I have no time for him or his opinions. After all, this is the bloke who pocketed the £25m given by Honda when they pulled their engine from the back of the Jordan. £25m, negotiated for by the teams financiers, as a goodwill gesture designed to assist in finding a new powerplant. Denying the team that money leading to it's demise. The team which, yes, he owned, but which had a couple of hundred employees who he basically shat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 24 November, 2008 Author Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Fair enough. I saw the documentary on their 1998 season, when they got their first win, and a 1-2 in Spa. Admired them for continuing to compete against teams with much larger budgets and even pushing for the title in '99. I wasn't aware of the £25m, I thought they just ran out of funding and were bought out by MF1. Why did he sh*t on the employees, were they not retained by Midland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 24 November, 2008 Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Fair enough. I saw the documentary on their 1998 season, when they got their first win, and a 1-2 in Spa. Admired them for continuing to compete against teams with much larger budgets and even pushing for the title in '99. I wasn't aware of the £25m, I thought they just ran out of funding and were bought out by MF1. Why did he sh*t on the employees, were they not retained by Midland? Some were, some weren't, but that's just business. The fact is, his greed rooted them firmly to the back of the grid when they couldn't adequately replace the Mugen Honda V10. They had the money, as a team, but instead of buying a decent unit EJ just pocketed the cash. That's selfish IMO. He denied the team that opportunity to push on from the 99 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 24 November, 2008 Author Share Posted 24 November, 2008 Okay, I'll take your word for it. I thought being a selfish, greedy, self-promoting, egotistical idiot was pretty much the norm for F1 bosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 25 November, 2008 Share Posted 25 November, 2008 Okay, I'll take your word for it. I thought being a selfish, greedy, self-promoting, egotistical idiot was pretty much the norm for F1 bosses. Although I wouldn't consider him an idiot, that's almost the perfect description of Bernie Ecclestone.. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 25 November, 2008 Share Posted 25 November, 2008 Well he has upset his wife enough so that she wants a large divorce sttlement now, she doesn't want to wait for his will and testament to be read.At his age that can't be many years away surely ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now