Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator - Page 3

Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59427

By darwin dali - 04 Aug 08, 14:15

- 04 Aug 08, 14:15#59427

EwmanM wrote:
Selcouth_Feline wrote:I really like the way Damon Hill says "Felipe Massa". It sounded like a really nice dish at a posh restaurant or something

Not something i'd order, but maybe it takes your fancy He called Vettel, Stefan a few times. Good Job Damon!

I'd order a piece of FM's sweet arse, for sure!

And a fine Bordeaux to go with it...

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59429

By EwanM - 04 Aug 08, 14:20

- 04 Aug 08, 14:20#59429

darwin_dali wrote:
EwmanM wrote:
Selcouth_Feline wrote:I really like the way Damon Hill says "Felipe Massa". It sounded like a really nice dish at a posh restaurant or something

Not something i'd order, but maybe it takes your fancy He called Vettel, Stefan a few times. Good Job Damon!

I'd order a piece of FM's sweet arse, for sure!
And a fine Bordeaux to go with it...

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59439

By madbrad - 04 Aug 08, 15:02

- 04 Aug 08, 15:02#59439

Too bad about James; he was pretty good when he was down in the pitlane. One of the more frequent things you heard Murray say was "James Allen in the pits".
I'm not too sure Damon would be available to work full time on the races, or want to be. From what I gather his plate is either full or decorated how he likes it.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59817

By racechick - 06 Aug 08, 16:13

- 06 Aug 08, 16:13#59817

f1maniac95 wrote:It will be nice if he was commentating next year along with Brundle, that would be perfect.

Id agree with that combo. Missed damon unfortunately this time but i have it taped so that treat is to come. I was a huge fan of his too. That was the start of my dislike of Schuey.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59822

By EwanM - 06 Aug 08, 16:55

- 06 Aug 08, 16:55#59822

racechick wrote:
f1maniac95 wrote:It will be nice if he was commentating next year along with Brundle, that would be perfect.
Id agree with that combo. Missed damon unfortunately this time but i have it taped so that treat is to come. I was a huge fan of his too. That was the start of my dislike of Schuey.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59827

By texasmr2 - 06 Aug 08, 17:09

- 06 Aug 08, 17:09#59827

I wish us american's had a choice as to what coverage to watch as I would love to hear Damon commentate, he is an ace bloke and someone I respect a great deal.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59828

By EwanM - 06 Aug 08, 17:11

- 06 Aug 08, 17:11#59828

texasmr2 wrote:I wish us american's had a choice as to what coverage to watch as I would love to hear Damon commentate, he is an ace bloke and someone I respect a great deal.

You never know, James Allen may join Speed Next year

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59837

By texasmr2 - 06 Aug 08, 18:10

- 06 Aug 08, 18:10#59837

EwmanM wrote:
texasmr2 wrote:I wish us american's had a choice as to what coverage to watch as I would love to hear Damon commentate, he is an ace bloke and someone I respect a great deal.
You never know, James Allen may join Speed Next year

I did not mean a commentator moving from one channel to another. It would be nice if we ALL had a choice as to what coverage we watch.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59864

By McLaren Fan - 06 Aug 08, 19:43

- 06 Aug 08, 19:43#59864

Interest in Formula 1 in America is back enough without James Allen being on TV!

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59878

By deMuRe - 06 Aug 08, 19:54

- 06 Aug 08, 19:54#59878

McLaren Fan wrote:I only half agree with EwmanM that Hill's commentary today was poor. Yes, he did forget a lot of names and there were some awkward pauses, but he made up for that with some insightful comments throughout the coverage. Also, as 7Up says, it is only his second time commentating on a race. Given a wee bit more practice, he could do a very good job. I'd rather listen to Hill than that tosser Allen.

Incorrect, he was a commentator for F1 Digital + in 2004.

I hated his commentary back then, for some strange intergallactic reason I enjoyed it last race, thought he did a great job.

Could have been my new sound system however ;p

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59899

By McLaren Fan - 06 Aug 08, 20:08

- 06 Aug 08, 20:08#59899

deMuRe wrote:Incorrect, he was a commentator for F1 Digital + in 2004.

I see. I didn't know. In that case, you'd think he'd have learned to be a little better with names.

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59903

By deMuRe - 06 Aug 08, 20:10

- 06 Aug 08, 20:10#59903

McLaren Fan wrote:
deMuRe wrote:Incorrect, he was a commentator for F1 Digital + in 2004.
I see. I didn't know. In that case, you'd think he'd have learned to be a little better with names.

You obviously weren't one of the fools that paid £12.95 a race to have F1 from 8 different feeds all day Saturday and Sunday...

I was and I loved every second of it...

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59919

By 7UpJordan - 06 Aug 08, 20:28

- 06 Aug 08, 20:28#59919

deMuRe wrote:Incorrect, he was a commentator for F1 Digital + in 2004.

I didn't know F1 digital was still going as far back as then! I thought it went off the air in 2003!

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Re: Damon Hill - unintentionally amusing commentator#59950

By deMuRe - 06 Aug 08, 20:50

- 06 Aug 08, 20:50#59950

7UpJordan wrote:
deMuRe wrote:Incorrect, he was a commentator for F1 Digital + in 2004.
I didn't know F1 digital was still going as far back as then! I thought it went off the air in 2003!

You are probably right mate, it only lasted one year, much to my dismay.

Just so happened to be a year where Schumi was lapping everyone 15 times and handing wins to his partner, not a good year for it to catch on in the UK

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