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26 minutes ago, utee94 said:

I don't mind crazy Danica.  She's okay by me.

Karun on the other hand, ugh, what an absolute beating.

You don't mind that Danica just says dumb shit that's not remotely accurate and/or blatantly obvious over and over?  Team Button on that one.

Karun has never really bothered me until this year, but he's starting to wear thin.  Especially when he's wrong, gets called out by the others, and tries to keep going.  Take your L and move on.

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Just now, Mittens said:

You don't mind that Danica just says dumb shit that's not remotely accurate and/or blatantly obvious over and over?  Team Button on that one.

Karun has never really bothered me until this year, but he's starting to wear thin.  Especially when he's wrong, gets called out by the others, and tries to keep going.  Take your L and move on.

No, not really.  🤷‍♂️

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59 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah Nico's awesome for just not gaf and asking the questions everyone else wants to hear asked. Being a WDC with lifetime Paddock access probably helps in that regard. He's not worried about losing access. He's very quick on his feet and is able to subtly twist the knife or get straight to the meat of the subect when everyone else is dancing around it. He also brings a lot of good insights as a former driver that some of the other ex-drivers don't seem to want to talk about imho. Also, love Ant, Paul (too bad he's gone), & Bernie for just bringing fantastic technical and/or driving insights. Jenson's too nice to say anything remotely controversial about any of the drivers, and Martin is good if you can get past his sometimes blatant biases. Jacques is actually pretty good too, like a crazy French Canadian asshole version of Nico. 

Crofty is like that big, goofy yellow lab that runs all over the yard not knowing much but not really needing to know that much (as far I'm concerned). And maybe even that's being too harsh on him imho. He knows a fair amount, but imho probably tosses silly theories and speculation into the discussion just so they get discussed & often dismissed - not necessarily because he actually believes them. He's good at being the guy that holds everything together, imho (which is much more difficult than it looks), and for me, that's all he needs to be. He's there to tie all the experts together, not to be an expert. That Harry Benjamin (?) guy seems to be being groomed for that spot, and he's pretty decent too imho.

Karun is utterly freaking useless and hopelessly annoying, other than being a decent F1 historian. For analytical or current info purposes, he's a big, long-winded bowl of shit. IMHO Ted is great in the Paddock and pitlane, bringing a lot of good info from there in a usually entertaining way.

Simon, Nat, & Naomi are good at the fluffy stuff & the three or more driver features/interviews per race weekend (2 with Lewis + 1 other Brit), so I'll allow them to stay. Karun and Crazy Danica can hit the bricks. /csb

Other than the obvious and probably understandable Brit bias in the Sky coverage, I'm good with it - although it does seem to be getting more and more dumbed down lately a la the old NBC coverage. Gonna be interesting to see what we get if Apple gets (got?) US rights tho.

Solid takes, all of them.

Button was always one of my fav drivers, so smooth. He doesn't rock the boat though and can be pretty boring in the booth.

Having watched F1 since 1996 or so, I remember some of the bad commentator days. James Allen was nails on a chalkboard to me, so Cofty coming around has been great.

Speaking of all-time nails on a chalkboard, that would be Leigh Diffey. Hear he's a nice guy, but his Aussie accent is annoying AF.

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1 hour ago, wood said:

Yeah Nico's awesome for just not gaf and asking the questions everyone else wants to hear asked. Being a WDC with lifetime Paddock access probably helps in that regard. He's not worried about losing access. He's very quick on his feet and is able to subtly twist the knife or get straight to the meat of the subect when everyone else is dancing around it. He also brings a lot of good insights as a former driver that some of the other ex-drivers don't seem to want to talk about imho.

 

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

And I totally agree on Nico-- not only is he willing and able to discuss the more pointed topics, but he also adds a lot to the driving/technical discussions.  I really do like Jenson but I feel like he's supposed to be covering a similar role and he just doesn't bring as much to it.

Yup and yup.  Nico really was on it this weekend.  

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Hmm .. apparently Horner is meeting with Bernie. Maybe gonna buy Alpine, maybe with Bernie and Flav? I hope so. Need to get rid of Renault/Alpine.

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I know he's rich, but does he have that much money?  I also can't say I know how much money it takes to buy and run an F1 team.

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1 hour ago, kevwun said:

I know he's rich, but does he have that much money?  I also can't say I know how much money it takes to buy and run an F1 team.

He might not be that rich, but Bernie and Flavio are. Flavio much less than Bernie tho. Horner is buddies with Bernie. And Bernie & Flav are buddies. And of course both Bernie & Flav know errbody ... lots of friends with big $$.

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59 minutes ago, wood said:

He might not be that rich, but Bernie and Flavio are. Flavio much less than Bernie tho. Horner is buddies with Bernie. And Bernie & Flav are buddies.

Bernie is worth I believe around $3B and that is after paying the crown 650M+ for tax evasion.  

Granted he has a 5-year old to save for college, but I think Bernie could pull together enough between he, Flavio, and a few others. 

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I agree that it is time for a complete re-boot, or extermination, of Renault/Alpine. I wanted them to succeed as I like as many different constructors and engines as possible. And I still have fond memories of Schumacher’s second title with Renault power. 

I too like Nico. He’s got a dry sense of humor and good timing. Karun is horrible. I try to not watch the pre-race show. I do go straight to YouTube to watch the post-race show though to see the interviews from drivers through the field.

I guess Horner could also dip into the Spice Girl $$$ from Geri.

I’m glad I saw that first-lap pass by Oscar before I kind of fell asleep on the couch.

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