F1 To The BBC!

In shocking news this morning it has been announced that the BBC will cover Formula One from next season. Bye-Bye ITV.

What do I think about that? Bloody brilliant! It was a shocker to wake up and see that on the news site and if it wasn’t April 1^st I would think it a cruel joke. The majority of F1 sites, except the ITV one have it up. According to Planet-F1, ITV claim that they weren’t muscled out of the final two years of their contract. They also say that F1 wasn’t giving them great ratings. Hmm, that’s odd, especially since we listened to Allen prattle on about how great the numbers were at times last year. Why would they go about setting up the ‘groundbreaking’ showing of online streamed coverage if they weren’t in it for the long haul? Hamiltionmania has swept Britain and we are to believe they wanted to pull out? Yeh, I’m not really buying that either.

In the past number of years the coverage offered by ITV has really gone to the dogs and have rightly forfeited the right to cover the sport. It’s not just over the ‘let’s see how far up Hamilton’s butt we can shove our head’s’ line they have taken. I’m not stupid and realise that some portion of commentary should be given to home talent but the way they go on about it is just head-wrecking. They way they prattle on about just makes me want to see him not win.

Hopefully BBC takes a different take on it. As I said, I expect them to feature him but hopefully just not in the ‘he shall do no wrong’ stature that he receives from ITV. The move to ITV also means no more advert breaks during the races! We won’t miss a thing! So far this deal really smells of roses!

As for the team, Ryder is pale imitation of Rosenthal. Tony Jardine has been sorely missed since the arrival of Mark Blundell, who has offered nothing more than a migraine in his attempts to cash in on the success Brundle has had since the switch from cockpit to booth. Then there is James Allen – do I even need to say anything?
The only shining light for ITV was Martin Brundle. The man is an excellent commentary who stays as impartial as possible. His grid walks are the stuff of legends and the BBC should rightly be trying to secure his services.

If you need a co-commentator feel free to drop me a line guys!