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by MansellRed5 » 14 May 2008, 19:54
According to Wikipedia, when Murray left, ITV were going to have a few guest commentators and make a final decision. Instead they opted to just continue with James Allen. He had HUGE shoes to fill by taking over from Murray, but he's now been commentating full-time for 6 (7 if you include this season) whole years now, and I still find him annoying and horrendously boring. Explaining the tyre rules every three minutes and predicting the fuel strategies, basically all the things he used to do as the pit reporter. Instead, it should be Ted Kravitz giving us that stuff. The British/English bias drives me spare, and I say English because it's all about Lewis, and before that, it was all about Jenson. They were never that bias towards DC. I really like Brundle, but in the last few races, I'm beginning to wonder if he's getting on the Hamilton band wagon. In Bahrain, he was very quick to defend Lewis and rule out the possibility that he could've rear-ended Alonso. Instead, the blame instantly shifted to the Spaniard. Or last weekend, praising Lewis' performance very early on, before his first stop whilst pursuing Massa. However, I certainly hope he's retained by the BBC next year. Also, my theory on Steve Ryder and Mark Blundell being idiotic by standing in the paddock and trying to talk over F1 engines really came to fruition on Sunday. Steve took on a V8 Honda...and lost. I seen a couple of ITV's races on YouTube recently from 1997, and it's amazing how much the coverage has declined since then.
