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John R @ Mar 25th 2008 11:32AM
Having Clarkson and May running around the paddocks would be more entertaining than what Speed Channel does currently. I forget the fellows name but its sometimes cringing to watch as it get summarily dismissed by drivers and managers.
John R @ Mar 25th 2008 11:33AM
as "he" gets dismissed...
Alan @ Mar 25th 2008 2:06PM
That would be Peter Windsor and I think he gets a much more cordial response than most since he was one of the gang back in the 80's. He worked for Williams and Ferrari I believe.
I'd like to see Hammond give it a try, but also is the BBC coverage going to be commercial free...if so now I'm jealous being in the US.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Mar 25th 2008 12:13PM
You will not there is only one person who asks the questions in the post-race driver interviews, and it's Peter Windsor. It's clear he's far from the bottom of the barrel.
The problem is just F1 itself. No driver of any note except Barrichello (or Coultard if you count him) will give an interview on the track except possibly to their home country media.
F1 really needs to take a tip from NASCAR and require their drivers to be more accessible.
Tim @ Mar 25th 2008 12:43PM
Peter Windsor is about as much of a fixture in the F1 paddock as Murray Walker was in the broadcast booth, which is to say an important one.
chris @ Mar 25th 2008 5:21PM
'why not', it's just because no one cares about some crappy Speed channel, not because the drivers don't do interviews. Here in Australia we get the ITV (and probably BBC starting next year) coverage, and their pit lane woman interviews basically every driver who DNFs. Alonso and Kimi are probably the only drivers who don't do interviews, though even they might sometimes, I can't remember every single race.