David Coulthard replaces Jonathan Legard as a commentator at BBC
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) recently announced that David Coulthard and Martin Brundle will be the official commentators for the channel for its live coverage of Formula 1 races in 2011.
Jonathan Legard was BBC’s commentator for the past two years but after a lot of criticism, it seems the channel has released him of his duties and now, David Coulthard is going to take his place alongside his former manager.
“Life moves on. Ask Nick Heidfeld or Narain Karthikeyan. You never know what's next. To the critical and the complimentary, thanks for the company,” according to Jonathan on his official Twitter page.
Ben Gallop, BBC’s head of Formula 1 claims that BBC is always hoping for better results as they hope to take Formula 1 coverage to another level.
“We're keen to make the most of Martin Brundle's wealth of broadcasting experience and his popularity with the audience by giving him the role of lead commentator and putting him alongside David Coulthard, one of the biggest names in British motorsport and
a skilled race analyst,” he said.
Gallop believes that BBC needs to tap into its combined on-track expertise and deliver a more “immediate discussion” for their viewers along with detailed analysis and debates during the action.
As a result, there is no place for Jonathan Legard unfortunately in BBC’s commentary set-up but Ben thanked Jonathan for his contribution since the past two years for the channel.
On the other hand, David Coulthard is pretty happy with this achievement but he stated that he would also continue his role as an analyst alongside Jake Humphrey and the legendary Eddie Jordan in the paddock.
‘I'm very excited to be joining forces with Martin in this new role of co-commentator. F1 is all about challenging yourself and this will be a big challenge for me, but one that I am looking forward to,” said David.
BBC’s Formula 1 team is looking forward to the 2011 Formula 1 season as it is expected to be one of the most exhilarating and competitive seasons in the history of the sport. Since 4 teams are expected to run for the title this season, it would be interesting
to see how Martin and David’s opinion varies from race to race and how they look at things keeping in mind that both of them were former Formula 1 drivers themselves.
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