2016 Pirelli Spanish Grand Prix

[Samus]

Pat Symonds pretty brutal there on the C4 coverage, basically saying it was all Massa's fault for being slow.

 

[NW48]

McLaren in Q3!!!! Alonso! Nearly had two cars in there as well!

 

[ukfan758]

McLaren in Q3!!!!

What is this?

 

[NW48]

What is this?

Excuse me whilst I run around in the street screaming at the top of my lungs.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

For the first time in a long time, Sky seem to have forgotten about Lewis Hamilton. They're getting carried away with Max Verstappen instead.

 

[Lewis_Hamilton_]

I like that the Marussias are about 5km/h quicker in the speed trap than any other car.

I imagine that's the result of the Merc engines with less downforce dragging them down.

 

[NW48]

For the first time in a long time, Sky seem to have forgotten about Lewis Hamilton. They're getting carried away with Max Verstappen instead.

Rightfully so. This is probably his most important race so far in his career. A make or break for him.

 

[Samus]

"Has be blown it?!?!?"

Really Ben, you think that huge lock up and running wide might have cost him? I like Ben but he doesn't half say stupid stuff.

 

[Carlos]

The hype is real

 

[Tired Tyres]

Ben does seem to have completely forgotten the lock up doesn't he.

 

[ukfan758]

Excuse me whilst I run around in the street screaming at the top of my lungs.

It's a fantastic result for McLaren .

 

[Liquid]

"Has be blown it?!?!?"

Really Ben, you think that huge lock up and running wide might have cost him? I like Ben but he doesn't half say stupid stuff.

Ben does seem to have completely forgotten the lock up doesn't he.

I avoid C4 and avoided the BBC because of Ben Edwards commentary. Not that David "For-mulla" Croft is any better...

At least Sky have Brundle.

 

[Ryk]

22 dead

 

[ukfan758]

1:22 exactly! Great job Lewis.

Also, cue the Hamiliton haters.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Great lap by Hamilton!

 

[NW48]

Hamilton on pole. Rosberg second. Ricciardo third.

Alonso 10th.

 

[Samus]

Great, now hopefully we can finally have a nice race for the win tomorrow, first of the year.

Oh dear Ferrari. Have they turned the wick down to improve reliability? Still nowhere near Mercedes.

Great result from both Red Bull drivers.

 

[Adam41]

I'm surprised Lewis has such an upper hand on Nico. Nico normally looks more comfortable here. Looking forward to the race. 👍

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Rightfully so. This is probably his most important race so far in his career. A make or break for him.

There was always going to be a grace period for Verstappen - new car, new engine, new team. But Sky have been getting carried away with Verstappen getting closer and closer and surpassing Ricciardo weekend. But I imagine that they just came crashing down with Ricciardo up by half a second.

 

[mustafur]

That was a smack of reality by Ricciardo.

Sky is wetting their pants over Verstappen this week lol.

 

[Tired Tyres]

That's the interesting part of this Grand Prix out of the way.

 

[GTP_Ingram]

I avoid C4 and avoided the BBC because of Ben Edwards commentary. Not that David "For-mulla" Croft is any better...

At least Sky have Brundle.

I don't mind Ben Edwards in general, but the way he pronounces Ess-teben Gutierrez really irritates me.

 

[GTFan24]

Sky's addiction to Verstappen this week is the equivalent of BBC's addiction to Hamilton

 

[Samus]

I'm surprised Lewis has such an upper hand on Nico. Nico normally looks more comfortable here. Looking forward to the race. 👍

That was his first great lap of the weekend really, did it when it mattered.

I avoid C4 and avoided the BBC because of Ben Edwards commentary. Not that David "For-mulla" Croft is any better...

At least Sky have Brundle.

I stick with C4 on their weekends because I just greatly dislike the entire Sky presentation. Boring host, always stirring stuff and Crofty is usually blinder than Edwards. Brundle used to be a draw but even he has been taken in by the Sky mentality in the last season or two.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Sky is wetting their pants over Verstappen this week lol.

At least there's substance to it, unlike their fixation with Jolyon Palmer.

 

[Samus]

I don't mind Ben Edwards in general, but the way he pronounces Ess-teben Gutierrez really irritates me.

I dislike the way he tries to correctly pronounce anything non-English. Yes, I know the correct way of saying Bahrain in local dialect is almost with a K sound but it grinds on me each time he does it. Just say Bar-Rain like every other English person.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Just say Bar-Rain like every other English person.

Source required . I don't say it like that, I personally think it odd when commentators do

Let's hope they never talk about Gloucester.

 

[Dennisch]

Aaaaw yeah.

Going from fighting for Q3 to fighting for P3. Excellent.

Podium for Max tomorrow?

 

[Ryk]

Channel Four presents the Downhill Cheese Rolling... with your host, Ben Edwards and Davey C

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I dislike the way he tries to correctly pronounce anything non-English.

It annoys me when anyone tries to do it. Especially when they really exaggerate the accent that they're trying to imitate. There's an ad on Australian television for Italian cheese that has the line "the flavour is just perfecto", but the woman pronounces it "pair-FAIRK-toe", and it drives me mad because it doesn't even sound remotely Italian.

Channel Four presents the Sky Commentary Team

Fixed that for you.