Croft has to go

He'd eat yours too, based on the size of his stomach.

Croft just said Verstappens failure is a turn up for the books, oops

I couldn’t help but notice he has been removed from the F1 YouTube channels qualifying highlights yesterday. I have high hopes for more of the same during the race highlights

Taking impartiality lessons from Fiona Bruce, maybe...

Yep, the race highlights used the C4 commentary! Made it so much more watchable.

Advised that the tyre compounds had changed this year and then kept going on about how many laps the medium lasted last year, seemingly giving insight as to how long they would last this year.

It was on in the background for me yesterday so was never really paying full attention or listening to him... thankfully. Did we we get a switcheroo' or any of his other classics?

Two things that I spotted yesterday; there was a point when Max was working his way up through the field and he carried too much speed into a fast left/right and the rear broke loose through the first left. The correction took Max wide through the right turn where there was (thankfully for Max) plenty of run off, missing the Apex and cutting the corner but no harm done. Croft commentated that he'd "outbraked himself". It was nothing of the sort, it was a loss of grip on the rear of the car that left the only option to correct and straighten the wheel and have no hope of making the next corner. Yet the fat shouty imbecile can only associate CORNER + OFF TRACK = OUTBRAKE HIMSELF and obviously spouted it like it was gospel.

The other example was that given above where Lewis was battling with someone, and those familiar with race craft could see what Lewis was doing, he was sacrificing some entry speed to take a different line to get on the power earlier and go for the overtake. It was one of those subtle things that anyone who has ever done a bit of go karting can see unfolding and it's lovely to watch an overtake being set up 2-3 turns in advance, but the fat shouty imbecile only has it down to GETTING BETTER DRIVE THERE because of the 3 LAP NEWER TYRES MAKING THE DIFFERENCE.

It's st like this that winds me up so much, wheel to wheel racing isn't just who can stomp on the accelerator, open DRS and stomp on the brakes later than the other guy, it's a subtle art where the leader and following driver are playing cat and mouse over a lap or two, figuring out where they are weaker or stronger, what line the other guy takes so they can plan a move 2-3 corners in advance. It's like a snooker player setting up a difficult ball position several shots in advance.

Yet the fat shouty imbecile can't see. He has one of the most privileged, prominent publicly facing roles in the sport, travelling the world commentating on these races with the best drivers and engineers in the world and has no fking idea what he's looking at on the screen.

Bernie Collins was brilliant, she gave her summaries in a logical, calm and clear manner and that is so much more interesting than the fat shouty imbecile.

Presumably he has never had personal experience of being a race car driver or he would be aware of all the stuff in your full post?

Oh for the love of cheesecake take a look at him. The only thing he's ever raced towards is a buffet and the closest he'd get to experiencing race car driver is eating one if they weren't so evasive.