Croft has to go

[grassomaniac]

While Alex's single seater career wasn't anything to write home about, he's become a very good endurance racer too, proper chip off the old block in that regard.

[ajprice]

Has he said anything about pitlane messages today? https://twitter.com/f1elvis/status/130435465073740...

PS. It's not just us, Marc Priestley thinks he's crap too

[anonymous-user]

Adrian W said:

How it should be done

https://streamable.com/amp_player/5d07om?__twitter...

These two in F3 and F2 commentary are excellent too. What broadcast were they doing for F1? Just an alternative?

[Adrian W]

mstrbkr said:

These two in F3 and F2 commentary are excellent too. What broadcast were they doing for F1? Just an alternative?

I think they do the official F1 channel

[DanielSan]

Neil Crompton/Mark Skaife, best commentary pairing in motorsport by a long way.

https://youtu.be/LeexgsL7q_o

[coppice]

Nah - if you want real class go to a VSCC meeting, none of that undercut and over cut bks . The usual fare is whether a Frazer Nash TT Replica raced in Bunty Trumpington's hands at Ards in '36 but on one surreal occasion I heard the commentator spend 10miutes on the best ways to cook a partridge....

[Sandpit Steve]

Adrian W said:

mstrbkr said:

These two in F3 and F2 commentary are excellent too. What broadcast were they doing for F1? Just an alternative?

I think they do the official F1 channel

The support race commentary team do the live F1 race for F1TV, then F1 do their highlights clips and usually replace them with Croft and Brundle from the Sky presentation.

[Steamer]

Blimey - I think he's had Haribo for breakfast today

[Adrian W]

Alex Jaques was funny in the F3 race, apologised fir getting a bit excited and said he will go and listen to whale music.

I think DiResta was having a pop at Croft at the beginning of the FP3 session

You really are an idiot, none of the teams have selectable engine modes, it’s not just the Mercs

Edited by Adrian W on Saturday 12th September 12:02

[JonChalk]

...just said "first track onto the car", and didn't even spot it.

I do this at times, but I'm a confused 52 year-old who doesn't make his living speaking publicly.

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

"and George Russell is the first track onto the car"

Brilliant Crofty, just brilliant less than a minute into the commentary.

I think Brundle has given up correcting him.

[anonymous-user]

Ricciardo speaking on the radio about how good his lap was, and then croft starts saying that’s good because we need red bull to be able to challenge Mercedes idiot

[paulguitar]

He just said 'Arctic trucks'.

[anonymous-user]

paulguitar said:

He just said 'Arctic trucks'.

Heard that too. And then he said “sector 9” twice

[Polite M135 driver]

It’s by no means unique to David Croft but “six one hundredths” really annoys me. Nobody says “six one apples” or that “i lose four one tenths of my income to tax” [keeping it PH]. “Six hundredths [of a second]” is fine.

[Teddy Lop]

Crofty points out nearly every qually that Lewis is slower in q1. Yes crofty he's sacrificed q1 for tyre life for years now. Maybe one day you'll get it you stupid fat lump.

And "OH BOTTAS HAS PARKED IN THE WRONG PLACE!!!??!?OMG!!"

Yes he obviously aborted his lap you stupid fat lump.

Is he even a fan of the sport? Does he just "turn off" and do completely different things when not on air? He just has no grasp of what's going on, no intuition.

[Polite M135 driver]

David Croft also kept saying that arrabiata means ‘hungry’?

[paulguitar]

Teddy Lop said:

Is he even a fan of the sport? Does he just "turn off" and do completely different things when not on air? He just has no grasp of what's going on, no intuition.

I get the impression he's never even done any £15 karting, he has an amazing lack of understanding of all racing, completely clueless. Brundle must find it so frustrating.

[Mr.Tremlini]

I find Crofty 49/51, like nearly perfect weight distribution, but in this case it`s not a great analogy... constant verbal muck-ups that make me roll my eyes, and yeah, his gushing horse-race commentary at the start is a bit hard to listen to but in the overall scheme of things it`s bearable. My wife leaves the room when things get exciting, as Croft ramps it up to a point that annoys the hell out of her, or she`ll ask from another room if the guy is having a seizure.
When we`re watching the start and first lap I need to wind down the volume so she can handle him, and I can still hear a bit of info! He obviously provides lots of valid facts and figures and generally makes a decent fist of it, and when he blurts a factual blunder, Brundle (Blunder, Brundle... hmmm...) will often jump in and correct it. The balance of Brundle`s knowlegable influence and coming out with gems like "Ambition well ahead of adhesion" gives it all a Laurel and Hardy kinda stability, & means I won`t be in the vigilante brigand that calling for Crofty`s head.
Well, not yet.

[Mr.Tremlini]

Polite M135 driver said:

David Croft also kept saying that arrabiata means ‘hungry’?

Yeah... Arrabbiata means "Angry" ... trust me, my wife is half Italian!