Andy_Bangle Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Channel 4 and Whisper Films have today confirmed the line-up that will cover Formula 1 throughout the 2016 season. Steve Jones is presenting Channel 4’s coverage. Alongside Jones in the pit lane will be a plethora of pundits. Ben Edwards joins from the BBC, where he was lead commentator from 2012 onwards. Edwards will again be joined in the commentary box by Coulthard. In pit lane, Karun Chandhok will be interviewing the drivers up and down the grid (his role is billed as ‘technical expert’), with Lee McKenzie also jumping over from the BBC. On the punditry side will be Eddie Jordan, Mark Webber, Susie Wolff, Bruno Senna, Alain Prost, Alessandro Zanardi and Nicholas Hamilton, all of which will be used in rotation through the season. Like his previous role at the BBC, Murray Walker will be interviewing stars of Formula 1 away from the race circuit. There are three main surprises here. The first is that Jordan and McKenzie will be part of Channel 4’s coverage despite early suspicions that both would not be involved, the former having recently signed up for Top Gear. Furthermore, Bruno Senna has defected from Sky Sports to Channel 4. Lastly, Hamilton may be a surprise, but he has presenting experience having presenter Whisper Films coverage of the Race of Champions last November. Overall, this looks like a fantastically strong team that Channel 4 have put together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Top Gear's 35 presenters are dwarfed by the number in the C4F1 team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Glad they managed to get Lee McKenzie:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Not a bad line up, looks like the coverage is going to be well supported which is promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 It's all about the Team and Entourage! The more the better! (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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