Murray Walker and James Hunt. Birdsong of the highest order and impossible to match. It was Marc Priestley and the Test Team who DC bailed out of the minivan incident in Spain 2000. Cost you £20k DC!
Sticking with the topic, Marc Priestley has moved over to BBC 5 Live commentary and does quite a good job in my opinion. Would be good to have him on here, I think some great stories could be told.
I miss the DC/Jake/Eddie days. I’d go to extreme lengths to download the shows (since I’m in the US now), but Jake’s enthusiasm and the experience of EJ & DC were a great combo.
i remember murray freaking out " john watson has overtaken a second car on this lap... a big R in the corner of the screen... james just says in his best teenager attitude " no Murray ,... thats a REPLAY!!!!🤪🤣
David Hobbs on US broadcasts in the 2000s was supreme. Old school sensibilities, no nonsense, let the event sound breathe and of course his mumbles and weird noises. Wish the US broadcast/commentary were available on F1tv replays.
Varsha, Hobbs and Peter Windsor in the pits! The first time I heard Murray Walker on TH-cam, I was like. Oh! That's awful,! Why is that guy calling the race? Hunt made it somewhat watchable.
Some sound EJ financial advice: If you buy things you can't afford you are guaranteed to be able to pay for them in future. The only potential downsides to this strategy are the piles it causes
Genuinely think mark Webber and David Coulthard make for a fantastic combo. Mark isn’t backwards in coming forward and calls it as is with proper excitement . DC brings the calm yet somewhat lightly jovial comment and it just blends so well.
Murray Walker and James Hunt. As EJ said they were very different personalities. Murray was excitable and James provided a grounded analysis and said it as it was. I presume media training wasn’t to the level it was back then so the duo could say what they wanted but with common sense and human decency keeping them in check. As modern pundits turn to commentary is there a chance we hear more of the media personalities rather than the individual?
I'm a big jean alesi fan, so was never interested in what David was doing as a driver. But over the years as a TV pundit, thank you DC, I'm a big fan of your work. To me you are mr formula one and it would not be the same without you. Down to earth, tells it how it is, and very much enjoy your input and knowledge. Also leigh mckenzie is amazing and don't forget Billy monger who both does a fanstic job as well.
I see that someone has already mentioned that the time constraint was called 'Curfew'. I remember at the British GP at Silverstone in 1994 when we were camped out at Copse Corner we could hear engines bring reved up to the max by the teams mechanics or engineers at one o'clock ion the Saturday morning. I guess the curfew was a good thing to give those guys back some semblance of a normal life.
Hi fella, absolutely loving these podcasts, they are so enjoyable and insightful. It’s great to get the inside track and the driver perspectives. You both have had extraordinary lives and took the chances life has given you. I love the friendship you both have. I will have to go back and listen to the older ones as I’ve only in the last few months found this. I’m a Scot from Fife. Can I share with you a wee bit of trivia about Fife. There is a tiny village there called Killmany and in Killmany there is a statue of Jim Clark there. Apparently Jim Clark was actually born in Killmany and lived there as a lad then moved to the boarder later. I think it well worth a visit and is very interesting. So please come and see it. Thank you and God bless.
Max Verstappen lol … George Russel … Alex Albon and Oscar Piastri for English …. Carlos Sainz Spanish lang and English …. Yuki for Japan would be awesome
I think Jack Doohan is amazing on the microphone. Full of knowledge at such a young age. Obviously another reason why they chose him for next year. Always enjoy his commentary
@@JohnSmithShields agreed, and speaks the hard truth on certain subjects which is probably why sky got rid of him... He veered too far from the agenda, especially when it came to subjects such as AD21
@@degeautd40 I hear you, and he has to a degree, but not like Jonny.. even on the night he was the only pundit to instantly call it out as robbery.... The only one, he paid the price.
Martin and Murray.... Personal favourite would be Kimi Raikkonen, if he would do it.... Nico Rosberg holding down the fort for more recent punditry....
Yes Eddie! Thank you! Never give up! Always believe! With 24 out of a job, in a horrible place mentally and in life. Im 27 now. I part own a company. I will mot have to ever worry about money again. And I am healthy and happy. Never give up. Ever.
For me it's when Gaetan Vigneron has le beau Jacky Ickx on. Usually at Spa and where he lives in Monaco. Gaetan is an amazing commentator and journalist and Jacky is such a legendary racer with a mind that is still as sharp as a knife.
Max was bred to race. Being on the winning team at the virtual 24hrs of Nurburgring on the same weekend as winning the Imola F1 GP was extraordinary - both were very competitive events. His ability to seamlessly switch between them is mind-boggling to me, but the man can wheel.
I would love to hear Nelson Piquet doing some commenting, that would be hilarious 😂 if his English was a bit better it would be another type of James Hunt.
At the risk of sounding controversial, Murray used to wind me up. It was almost like he was getting stuff wrong on purpose. Many's the time a car went off and then later in the race, the team mate would go off and Murray would say it was the first guy.
MB and DC were a great combination. Deeply miss Murray aways thought James Hunt was pretty useless I really appreciated the season when Gary Anderson when into the deep technical stuff. Mark Webber is always good to hear as is Jenson
For me, Ant Davidson is probably the best right now. You can't trust any of the other Sky stooges; they all have striking and obvious biases. An excellent pundit doesn't let their personal biases affect objectivity.
F1TV tried with Alex Albon in their post qualifying show 2 years ago. It was painful to watch. That experiment really showed that not everyone can do it. Maybe with extensive training from your consulting service.
When JH corrected my namesake on live tv it was always accepted by Murray who always deferred to James' vast knowledge, we didnt have this machine gun commentary which we now have on sky, we can hardly hear the engines. Take a breath as we are watching it isnt radio, and i would like to not be annoyed by unnecessary descriptive blah blah, facts are fine but we are not blind. In fact the only time its quiet is for team radio, sorry Crofty much love but please take a breath. 🤞🕊
Today's British F1 driver's are in the main, boring and " characterless " , none of them would attract the genuine enthusiasm the British fan's had for The Dick of Death, that was James Hunt, OMG the booze and the bird's and then his accent Jeez Louise, he had it all. If you wanted to be anyone else in them far off day's of Your, then it was a toss up between Hunt or Connery's Bond end of .........
Murray and James were this sports swan song Now it's some clown with fake commentary and a "lights out and here we go " tag line race after race year after year Boring af
Many of the people mentioned let their nationality dictate the quality of their commentary. They can do even better if they can avoid this. Martin Brundle, etc come to mind.
I hate to say it’s more about box ticking now rather than experience. Really don’t want to sound like the anti woke brigade but some of the commentators in all sports today are pretty hard to listen to. Staying with F1 it is really the ex drivers knowledge and understanding of every detail that makes the commentary enjoyable. Well apart from Damon Hill. Yes he has the knowledge but a bit bland. But some of the rest and I’m so uninterested in them I don’t know their names can be frankly quite pathetic to listen to. And dare I say it even more pathetic the real reason they are there. Box ticking
He was forced out. Johnny didn't get over 2021 and directed it at the FIA but also said some things about red bull and max and he didn't hold back on it. Red bull made a complaint to the fia and liberty media over it. After that Johnny was forced out.
I just want to say thank you to DC. I grew up as a fan, there is a picture of me when I was 6 or 7 next to his McLaren in 2000, 2001 maybe. I Went to Melbourne in 2015 and happened to be against the perspex on the pit straight when we spotted him talking to Suzi Perry, he gave us a little wave and I'll never forget it. You're a legend DC! Wishing everyone well. ❤
The best intro to a GP was the British GP when all three of you arrived on Bi-planes iv'e never seen anybody so white as EJ it scared him so much...but great TV boy's
As ever absolutely brilliant, when FFS was purely a podcast if i didn't listen in mine or the MRS's car i would miss many episodes, now its also available on TH-cam its a must watch , carry on the fantastic video-podcast Gents & please don't go back to been just a podcast. I look forward to the next episode .
I was not a DC fan until after the Malaysian Grand Prix 2000. Michael Schumacher had claimed the title in the prev round in one of the greatest races of all time. The race is over and DC goes over to Michael and has a private word about some of what was said during the season. Class all the way.
I wish it was EJ, DC and Martin Brundle all commentating together during F1, that would be epic
Murray Walker and James Hunt. Birdsong of the highest order and impossible to match. It was Marc Priestley and the Test Team who DC bailed out of the minivan incident in Spain 2000. Cost you £20k DC!
Sticking with the topic, Marc Priestley has moved over to BBC 5 Live commentary and does quite a good job in my opinion. Would be good to have him on here, I think some great stories could be told.
I miss the DC/Jake/Eddie days. I’d go to extreme lengths to download the shows (since I’m in the US now), but Jake’s enthusiasm and the experience of EJ & DC were a great combo.
i remember murray freaking out " john watson has overtaken a second car on this lap... a big R in the corner of the screen... james just says in his best teenager attitude " no Murray ,... thats a REPLAY!!!!🤪🤣
Love the Marvin Hagler quote “hard to get out of bed when wearing silk pyjamas” hahaha 🤣
Eddie on Channel 4 was standout , I couldnt wait to see what he would say on a GP day.
I respect DC also, the greatest was Murray.
David Hobbs on US broadcasts in the 2000s was supreme. Old school sensibilities, no nonsense, let the event sound breathe and of course his mumbles and weird noises. Wish the US broadcast/commentary were available on F1tv replays.
Varsha, Hobbs and Peter Windsor in the pits! The first time I heard Murray Walker on TH-cam, I was like. Oh! That's awful,! Why is that guy calling the race? Hunt made it somewhat watchable.
@@413TomaccoRoad ohh yea that's where I knew Peter Windsor from. I've watched his yt channel enough that I forgot he was the pit-walker. Excellent.
Varsha, Hobbs, and Steve Matchett were very good. I find Croft to be too chatty and overdramatic at times.
@@Chatta-Ortega those 3 were awesome
@@Chatta-Ortega Oh yeah, Matchett too. Good stuff.
Some sound EJ financial advice: If you buy things you can't afford you are guaranteed to be able to pay for them in future. The only potential downsides to this strategy are the piles it causes
Genuinely think mark Webber and David Coulthard make for a fantastic combo. Mark isn’t backwards in coming forward and calls it as is with proper excitement
. DC brings the calm yet somewhat lightly jovial comment and it just blends so well.
Completely agree, love Mark on anything, he was great with coulthard in the on the marbles podcast.
Murray Walker and James Hunt. As EJ said they were very different personalities. Murray was excitable and James provided a grounded analysis and said it as it was. I presume media training wasn’t to the level it was back then so the duo could say what they wanted but with common sense and human decency keeping them in check. As modern pundits turn to commentary is there a chance we hear more of the media personalities rather than the individual?
I'm a big jean alesi fan, so was never interested in what David was doing as a driver. But over the years as a TV pundit, thank you DC, I'm a big fan of your work. To me you are mr formula one and it would not be the same without you. Down to earth, tells it how it is, and very much enjoy your input and knowledge. Also leigh mckenzie is amazing and don't forget Billy monger who both does a fanstic job as well.
I see that someone has already mentioned that the time constraint was called 'Curfew'. I remember at the British GP at Silverstone in 1994 when we were camped out at Copse Corner we could hear engines bring reved up to the max by the teams mechanics or engineers at one o'clock ion the Saturday morning. I guess the curfew was a good thing to give those guys back some semblance of a normal life.
"Every pound is a prisoner" Love it!
The sensible one is you(Murray Walker) and the lunatic is somebody else(James Hunt)😂😂. EJ, you could not heve described them better.
For me it has to be Murry & Martin.
Now the Collecting Cars podcast seems to be gone, thank goodness for you two fellas.
Hi fella, absolutely loving these podcasts, they are so enjoyable and insightful. It’s great to get the inside track and the driver perspectives. You both have had extraordinary lives and took the chances life has given you. I love the friendship you both have.
I will have to go back and listen to the older ones as I’ve only in the last few months found this. I’m a Scot from Fife. Can I share with you a wee bit of trivia about Fife. There is a tiny village there called Killmany and in Killmany there is a statue of Jim Clark there. Apparently Jim Clark was actually born in Killmany and lived there as a lad then moved to the boarder later. I think it well worth a visit and is very interesting. So please come and see it. Thank you and God bless.
This channel has been brilliant.
Max Verstappen lol … George Russel … Alex Albon and Oscar Piastri for English …. Carlos Sainz Spanish lang and English …. Yuki for Japan would be awesome
When i see the length of EJs face i think my TV picture ratio is on 16:9, then i see DCs and i think its on 4:3
😂😂😂
@@F1ForSuccess hopefully EJ is growling at that one 😂
I think Jack Doohan is amazing on the microphone. Full of knowledge at such a young age. Obviously another reason why they chose him for next year. Always enjoy his commentary
Get Herbert on the podcast! Hearing why he left sky would be very interesting
Just listening to Herbert is good. Says a lot of sense.
@@JohnSmithShields agreed, and speaks the hard truth on certain subjects which is probably why sky got rid of him... He veered too far from the agenda, especially when it came to subjects such as AD21
@FunkyKarting but ted kravitz outspoken on 2021 he still their
@@degeautd40 I hear you, and he has to a degree, but not like Jonny.. even on the night he was the only pundit to instantly call it out as robbery.... The only one, he paid the price.
EJ is brilliant man😂
He’s an absolute nutter in the best possible way.
I have a feeling that a lot of people who don't like Eddie, like Eddie.
Martin and Murray....
Personal favourite would be Kimi Raikkonen, if he would do it....
Nico Rosberg holding down the fort for more recent punditry....
Yes rosberg reminds me of EJ commentary
Yes Eddie! Thank you! Never give up! Always believe!
With 24 out of a job, in a horrible place mentally and in life. Im 27 now. I part own a company. I will mot have to ever worry about money again. And I am healthy and happy. Never give up. Ever.
THANKS GUYS ❤
For me it's when Gaetan Vigneron has le beau Jacky Ickx on. Usually at Spa and where he lives in Monaco. Gaetan is an amazing commentator and journalist and Jacky is such a legendary racer with a mind that is still as sharp as a knife.
Thank you Eddie I really needed that pep talk around 15 minutes in , your dead on , I dream of sailing away.😊
Murray and James. Lightning in a bottle.
Get Bubbles Horsley on .. He has some of the best stories.
I loved the pairing of John Watson and Ben Edwards in the early 1990s on Eurosport. But you guys were too busy to watch F1 races on TV back then.
Max was bred to race. Being on the winning team at the virtual 24hrs of Nurburgring on the same weekend as winning the Imola F1 GP was extraordinary - both were very competitive events.
His ability to seamlessly switch between them is mind-boggling to me, but the man can wheel.
Rent free. they are talking about punditry
Max loves racing full stop think Lewis loves just f1
I always felt that James H was doing his best not to lash out at MW
Flavio Briatore and Nelson Piquet jr 😂😂😂
Brundle, for sure. Coulthard is not too bad either!
Murray walker, no contest!!!
I guess Johnny Herbert was removed to allow diversity in Sky!
I like them all including you two!
You all make F1 great.
I’d like to see Paul Diresta back commentating & I think Kimi would be an awesome pundit.
NOTHING compares to Murray Walker and James Hunt.
I was surprised that Colin McRae, RIP, didn't get offered a drive after the car swap with Martin B.
I would love to hear Nelson Piquet doing some commenting, that would be hilarious 😂 if his English was a bit better it would be another type of James Hunt.
He's a disrespectful, bitter, immature & unamusing man child...
It will never be Croft, Awful, feel bad that Brundle puts up with it, must get paid a lot.
Channel four all the way
I stopped paying sky coz of that guy. Just annoying
Wow imagine Montoya and Ralph or Jacques Villeneuve
great conversations !! great podcast !!
12:45 Is it the word "curfew" that D.C. is looking for?
Would be amazing to have Sir Ron Dennis on the show @formula for success
At the risk of sounding controversial, Murray used to wind me up. It was almost like he was getting stuff wrong on purpose. Many's the time a car went off and then later in the race, the team mate would go off and Murray would say it was the first guy.
MB and DC were a great combination. Deeply miss Murray aways thought James Hunt was pretty useless
I really appreciated the season when Gary Anderson when into the deep technical stuff.
Mark Webber is always good to hear as is Jenson
Herbert made the mistake of speaking the truth.
CANCELLED
For me, Ant Davidson is probably the best right now. You can't trust any of the other Sky stooges; they all have striking and obvious biases. An excellent pundit doesn't let their personal biases affect objectivity.
F1TV tried with Alex Albon in their post qualifying show 2 years ago.
It was painful to watch. That experiment really showed that not everyone can do it.
Maybe with extensive training from your consulting service.
David, Eddie and Marc Webber far superior over the Sky Mob.
vettel and Ricciardo should be a media team
Funny conversation. Great to listen to.. 😅🤣😂
John watson very good aswell
Yes agree EJ but max virtual car is a red bull livery
David coulthard and Mark webber are great on channel 4 but I wish they would get rid of Steve Jones put Lee on and Billy monger
Steve Jones is OK, but yes more lee and Billy
I really like Mark, but he isn't a great pubdit
EJ is spot on. Thanks for the channel.
When JH corrected my namesake on live tv it was always accepted by Murray who always deferred to James' vast knowledge, we didnt have this machine gun commentary which we now have on sky, we can hardly hear the engines.
Take a breath as we are watching it isnt radio, and i would like to not be annoyed by unnecessary descriptive blah blah, facts are fine but we are not blind.
In fact the only time its quiet is for team radio, sorry Crofty much love but please take a breath. 🤞🕊
It’s funny how every question usually end up with a Jordon f1 story on these podcasts
It’s like listening to being John Malkovich😂
Grrrrrrr
PLEASE,,, EJ come back to c4 F1... 🙏🙏✌🇮🇪
Alex dunne first f3 podium 😊🤘
Did EJ convince Zak for dunne join mclaren driver program??
David Hobbs
DC And EJ And MB bbc days but obviously james hunt had to edge it.
Today's British F1 driver's are in the main, boring and " characterless " , none of them would attract the genuine enthusiasm the British fan's had for The Dick of Death, that was James Hunt, OMG the booze and the bird's and then his accent Jeez Louise, he had it all. If you wanted to be anyone else in them far off day's of Your, then it was a toss up between Hunt or Connery's Bond end of .........
Murray and James were this sports swan song
Now it's some clown with fake commentary and a "lights out and here we go " tag line race after race year after year
Boring af
Danny Ric
Curfew
James Hunt was and is unmatched as a pundit.
Brundle used to be close, however lately he's been nurtured by the woke idiots at sky 😡
Many of the people mentioned let their nationality dictate the quality of their commentary. They can do even better if they can avoid this. Martin Brundle, etc come to mind.
I certainly agree with you the Sky sports are really good just a little to much British bias
I do think Brundle is really good
Answer to question one Lance Stroll.
Daniel riccardo
I hate to say it’s more about box ticking now rather than experience. Really don’t want to sound like the anti woke brigade but some of the commentators in all sports today are pretty hard to listen to. Staying with F1 it is really the ex drivers knowledge and understanding of every detail that makes the commentary enjoyable. Well apart from Damon Hill. Yes he has the knowledge but a bit bland. But some of the rest and I’m so uninterested in them I don’t know their names can be frankly quite pathetic to listen to. And dare I say it even more pathetic the real reason they are there. Box ticking
Why did sky drop Johnny, I thought he was fantastic, probably not woke enough
He's employed by F1.
Personally I found him so boring and just odd.
I doubt it’s anything to do with being ‘woke’ - they still have Nico on don’t they?
He was forced out. Johnny didn't get over 2021 and directed it at the FIA but also said some things about red bull and max and he didn't hold back on it. Red bull made a complaint to the fia and liberty media over it. After that Johnny was forced out.
@@chriscollins550yes that was exactly right. Shame.
Does EJ wear a syrup ?
Flavios back....
Who are your favourite ever F1 pundits? (other than DC & EJ of course!)
Mark webber was good and Jesson button. Nico is raw as well he doesn't care what he says.
Button, Villenerve, Hill , DC,EJ , Mark Webber. Rest are awful
James Allen.😊
Hunt and Walker, will never be surpassed.
Only ex-world champions should be commentators; not also rans
DC not Scottish 😂😂
🇮🇪🏁
RIP Murray and James 🥰🙏🏼
I think Oscar Piastri will have a massive career as a pundit and commentator. He's a very articulate person.
Piastri is hilarious. But I feel like his sarcasm is missed by many
That’s decades away at this point.
I just want to say thank you to DC. I grew up as a fan, there is a picture of me when I was 6 or 7 next to his McLaren in 2000, 2001 maybe. I Went to Melbourne in 2015 and happened to be against the perspex on the pit straight when we spotted him talking to Suzi Perry, he gave us a little wave and I'll never forget it. You're a legend DC!
Wishing everyone well. ❤
James Hunt was really intelligent with a no BS approach he was a great contrast with Murray who was honest and passionate best combo ever : )
The best intro to a GP was the British GP when all three of you arrived on Bi-planes iv'e never seen anybody so white as EJ it scared him so much...but great TV boy's
As ever absolutely brilliant, when FFS was purely a podcast if i didn't listen in mine or the MRS's car i would miss many episodes, now its also available on TH-cam its a must watch , carry on the fantastic video-podcast Gents & please don't go back to been just a podcast. I look forward to the next episode .
Ant Davidson
Varsha, Hobbs, and Steve Matchett, Sam Posey, Peter Windsor the gold standard!!!
I was not a DC fan until after the Malaysian Grand Prix 2000. Michael Schumacher had claimed the title in the prev round in one of the greatest races of all time. The race is over and DC goes over to Michael and has a private word about some of what was said during the season. Class all the way.
Hey Eddie would you do an interview about how to get sponsorship in motorsport?
A pair of clowns with no makeup LOL, I never miss an episode !!
Perez in Sauber, Liam in Red Bull , Hadjar in RB
You can be the fittest and intellectually active of mind, and dementia can still take you.
Wisdom and Channel 4 kept f1 free to air longer than they had a Right too🇮🇪💚🏁
I think Jolyon Palmer does a decent job
Talent hard work and a bit of luck and some cash 🏁
Henry ran into trouble in Bathgate when he'd thrash his Bentley around the village.
Is saying if retire you dont live long after
Seb needs to either be a race director or head the FIA
Pele 😊RIP over 1000goals
Out of 20 1 not on phone that be me