F1 2008 Bahrain GP

[Centurion]

In my opinion, Brundle and Allen too often cross the line with commentary that borders on cheer leading. Anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, get a clip of James Allen's atrocious call of Jenson Button's only win! I understand they are British, but they are professionals first and foremost.

Murray Walker was a proud Brit, but he wasn't an extreme commentary box nationalist. David Hobbs, who is British and does the Speed TV commentary, is much more objective and professional. He didn't come within a few seconds of today's accident and accuse the leading car of applying some phantom "brake test".

Oh yeah, my Ferrari pillowcase streak is still intact, though I have a feeling the streak ends in Spain! The pillowcase goes into the washing machine tomorrow, but I'll bring it back out for the week of the Spanish GP.

I can agree that James Allen is on the extreme end but this season Martin has naturally been pro-Britian without over-cheering.

Speaking of Hamilton it was good that he didn't get too much air time during the weekend. During the race before that the cameras were on him so much that the race could be renamed to Hamilton's Malaysian GP. Although I support the guy I don't like when cameras are constantly following someone who's stuck behind a slower car.

 

[Monster]

So... now it is neither of the driver's fault. The commentators should reserve their judgements til all facts have been discovered. Lets see if the British will be fair for once.

'Aero failure to blame for Lewis/Alonso shunt'

Neither Lewis Hamilton nor Fernando Alonso were to blame for their shunt in Bahrain, rather it was the result of an aerodynamic failure.

Hamilton ran into the back of Alonso's Renault near the start of the grand prix, leading to some suggestions that the Spaniard had brake-tested his former team-mate.

Renault, who even went as far as to provide data proving that their driver was innocent, denied this.

McLaren boss Ron Dennis backed up their claims as he put the blame on Hamilton's shoulders.

"He tried to second-guess Fernando and vice-versa and damaged the car quite extensively and that was really it," Dennis said.

However, it appears he too was wrong as it wasn't Hamilton's fault either. Rather it was an aerodynamic failure on the front wing of the Brit's MP4-23.

'It subsequently emerged that the aerodynamic "bridge" connecting the two sides of the front wing across the nose of the McLaren had failed a couple of seconds before he plunged into the back of the Spaniard,' reports the Guardian.

'That gave Hamilton a fleeting rush of acceleration which carried him into his collision.'

'Aero failure to blame for Lewis/Alonso shunt' - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

 

[warot]

So... now it is neither of the driver's fault. The commentators should reserve their judgements til all facts have been discovered. Lets see if the British will be fair for once.



'Aero failure to blame for Lewis/Alonso shunt' - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

I thought I saw something wrong with that piece. Before that incident, Hamilton went off the track if you remember. Right before that happened, it looked like a piece came off and the bridge was wobbling more than usual.

 

[chonkoa]

In my opinion, Brundle and Allen too often cross the line with commentary that borders on cheer leading. Anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, get a clip of James Allen's atrocious call of Jenson Button's only win! I understand they are British, but they are professionals first and foremost.

Murray Walker was a proud Brit, but he wasn't an extreme commentary box nationalist. David Hobbs, who is British and does the Speed TV commentary, is much more objective and professional. He didn't come within a few seconds of today's accident and accuse the leading car of applying some phantom "brake test".

I can't agree with you more.