Congratulations to the BBC F1 Team

With two races to go, I believe congratulations are in order for the BBC team responsible for covering the F1 races. They have done a super job. I don't want to compare them to ITV'scoverage in the past year but the following are the items that impressed me the most:

1. It was critical that they were able to get Martin Brundle on board. His technical explanations in layman's terms and observational powers are phenomenal. I don't know how the likes of Damon Hill or David Coulthard could have fared, but when comes to F1 commentary Martin Brundle is one of the best. So well done on getting his services.
2. I really like BBC F1 site. They are full of videos and content is posted within a few hours. I am able to go home on Friday and watch the practice with Anthony Davidson's commentary. I also watch the post-qualifying and post-race driver interviews.
3. Smart decision on putting the full race on IPlayer. Five out of ten times I tune into it the week after the race to watch it.
4. The F1 forum is one of the post-race highlights for me. They get some senior people from the top teams and really grill them. 1.5 hours of race is great, but the forum caps it nicely, much like dessert after a meal :).
5. Ted Kravtiz is as big a phenomenon as Martin Brundle. His adventurous interviewing and poking his head around the corner brings us the latest gossip, and he is usually right.

Next season, I hope to follow the blogs with more discipline as they have some insightful content. It would be nice if the site could show the live timing like the www.formula1.com website does.

Anyway, back to work now.