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they wold have been all there as there audio is pick'd up by other broadcasters and as ppl have said ej seems to only do live events may be that was a cost cuting that slip'd under the radar

Rachel Brookes.

I get Georgia Thomson's support of Ant + F1 show, and Natalie Pinkham's pit lane role, both good and improving but .......

Rachel Brookes was impressive, professional, sensible questions and didn't play the 'I'm eye candy/you men are so awesome role' ...... Never seen/heard her before so expected some 'pratishness' as a stand in but no!

Might be a bit older and wear less makeup but I may be smitten

Did anyone else hear Natalie talking to Bottas?

" Talking about being wet hows your girlfriend?"

I wonder how much of a bet she had with Brundle to drop that one in

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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."

I like this half distance report thing that SKY are doing. I remember the BBC doing it at spa last year with EJ slating everyone left right and center.

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Forza Fernando !

Loved that

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Official Kamui Kobayashi Fanboy

I don't know, Sky's thing seems to be a series of inane PR interviews strung together with very little input from the pundits.

With EJ, if a team does badly he says so, if they do well he generally praises them. Sky seem complimentary about everyone, even when talking to and about Marussia who have done a pretty terrible job thus far.

Just as an aside, why do people write Sky as SKY? As far as I know it isn't stylized like that in any on screen graphic or in any advertising. In fact glancing at the screen now, it's actually all in lower case!

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Official Kamui Kobayashi Fanboy

I do it just to differentiate between SKY the TV channel and sky as in the blue sky.

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Forza Fernando !

I can think of very few scenarios where that confusion would happen When would the blue sky ever do an interview with Christian Horner?

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Official Kamui Kobayashi Fanboy

Yh SKY are soft on the teams. Probably because it's their first year on the job and they don't want to piss too many people off. They're the new kids and are still finding their feet a little.

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Forza Fernando !

So we know Jake's jumped ship, many expect DC will leave too what's left for the BBC?

I can't see Lee McKenzie as a permanent presenter and while Gary Anderson's technical knowledge is first rate, he doesn't have the presenting style for the pitlane reports as Ted Kravitz does which works better. I can potentially see James Allen taking on the presenting role, but that would make the coverage more stale for some (James isn't the type that would go camping in Silverstone or air walking and look like it's fun).

I hope they make some annoucements soon.

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The BBC are going to drop it soon. It's only really a question of when. Next year they'll probably throw in somebody on a short 1 year deal.

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Forza Fernando !

And we have a winner!

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/new ... ports-F1HD

Sky win F1 broadcaster of the year award!

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Multi 21 or Catch 22?!

It ain't hating just 'cause it's not love

Not surprised to hear it. Whilst it started off a bit rocky, they changed the coverage to meet peoples demands and ended the year being way better than the BBC's piss poor coverage.

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Would have been a little embarrassing if they hadn't won it.

Yup fully deserved.

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Driver Instructor & Test Driver

Really, first year at it going up against a well oiled machine?

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If...

It wasn't so well oiled this year though. In fact it was downright shit when they weren't live. 2011 was the 'golden year' for the BBC coverage - it was faultless. I suspect we'll see something similar in 2013 with Sky, especially if they make tweaks to the presenting lineup (i.e dropping Simon)

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After throwing so much money at it and offering hours upon hours of coverage from the circuit, yes.

You sound very bitter

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Multi 21 or Catch 22?!

It ain't hating just 'cause it's not love

Not really. For their first year in the sport. They were very good. They listened to fan feedback and changed parts of their coverage. Now all they need to do is drop Simon for Georgie and they'd be set.

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Forza Fernando !

Here here. Perfect commentary, love-it-or-hate-it EJ, a likeable and knowledgable main host, Kravitz being the best pit lane reporter ever (and starting his from the pitlane blog which I've always loved) but what I loved most was the way they gelled with the F1 circus. It's been the biggest difference between BBC and Sky, Sky's interviews always felt a bit forced upon the drivers whereas the BBC's felt like the drivers were happy to do it. I can't imagine Lewis saying "maybe it's cos I'm black" to Sky, Lee had been doing it for years so they were comfortable with each other.

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Official Kamui Kobayashi Fanboy

I actually find F1 team members (Drivers, Staff etc) being more relaxed and open with Sky, they have had far more interviews than the BBC has had just in one season alone and the F1 Members go very deep with them emotional in the interviews/coverage. Sky seem to have hit a nice sport in F1 to be able to get so many interviews and the interviews be so open and emotional, while having a professional touch. (Especially impressive for their short time within F1)

With the BBC everything is very "forced" now, as they know they don't have a future, it's put on a strong face and deal with it, it's much more serious and forced than Sky has ever been.

The award shows how much better Sky coverage was than the BBC this season, of course BBC fans won't like that and still slate Sky, but the award is more evidence of how much they have brought to the sport in just a single season.

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Driver Instructor & Test Driver

Not really, I have access to both BBC and Sky

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