Wow, I really enjoyed the race in Bahrain. Those first few laps were phenomenal, the drivers must have felt like any maneuver was possible on those super duper ultra mega softs. My wife said she didn't think she was up for two hours of David Croft's exclamations but damn, there was move after move worth screaming about.
Super impressive drives by both of the proclaimed title protagonists. Hats off to Seb for bring it home entirely inflated
and leading the pack. Made my own exclamation when Lewis pulled off his three at once pass but his in car shot made it look like he mostly took the preferred line while the others were defending against each other.
Honda showing some muscle
RoGro still dealing with his brakes
No objection but personally I'd rather not have seen the tib/fib snapping multiple times.
So ESPN is unwilling to field its own team of announcers? IMHO Croft is a big upgrade, I find his commentary to be nicely crafted and info dense. Brundle and di Resta are high quality but the whole experience seemed antiseptic compared to the chumminess of Hobbes, Matchett and Buxton. Seemed like there was a lot less humor in total and when one made a joke the other responded with silence. I did appreciate that the presentation assumed that the viewer had a clue. Felt like I was listening to professionals rather than watching with three really insightful friends and a loud mouth
Three days until practice