#not hating on crofty’s commentary

[foreverfearlessred]

you know what I’m glad I had Crofty’s “the son of a hairdresser is a cut above the rest” as my commentary for the chequered flag bc that made me emosh enough like I was already on the floor but I’d have collapsed if I’d heard Alex Jaques’ “his career would’ve been over without the intervention of the late Jules Bianchi…the grandstands he saw built as a kid growing up now rise for him” commentary live in the moment

[f1-birb]

Jenson and Jamie instantly and decisively shutting down Lazenby's narrative around Lando feeling pressure because of Oscar and Jamie pointing out that Lando's amazing performances this season are being overlooked. I love them both ngl

we all know Jenson loves Lando, and if I'm remembering rightly, Jamie was in karting with Lando, I'm pretty sure I've seen her name in race tables with him, so she'll have a very good idea of exactly how good he is and it's nice she's so vocal about it

and she's right, Oscar's putting in a stunning performance as a rookie and because of that some people are missing Lando's consistently good and great and incredible performances

I just really enjoy when people shut down a stupid narrative, and honestly I've been living for Jenson v Danica this weekend lol

[collecting--stardust]

Wish there's a mute commentary option xx

[slutforpringles]

Daniel spoke openly about struggling to keep enough weight on during his McL stint. But apparently Crofty thinks it's appropriate commentary fodder to joke about needing "smaller lighter drivers like Yuki and [Liam]" during FP2.

I don't care if you dislike Daniel, in fact I don't care if you hate him, surely we can all agree no driver should be subjected to comments like this. This inappropriate, nasty unprofessional commentary needs to be called out, particularly coming on a day where Ricciardo has already been subjected to some pretty gross on air remarks by other presenters.

F1 drivers are people and deserve to be spoken about with respect. And driver's weights and bodies are never appropriate topics for on air jokes.

[lavenderspence]

I'm watching tiktok edits of charles win in monaco, and let me tell you...the commentary on f1tv is actually so much better than skysports...

Monaco gp is going to be the last race I watched on the skysports broadcast, because wtf kind of commentary was that? "the son of a hairdresser"?

was that the best you could come up with? I'm sorry his parents aren't rich CEO's or anything of that sort (no hate to any other drivers), but just ordinary people with ordinary jobs that gave everything to see him racing.

Alex Jaques' commentary when the chequered flag was being waved for Charles was beautiful, emotional and packed a punch when he actually mentioned Charles' dad. So maybe Crofty can learn a thing or two😇

[itzmaxiel]

I'm so done with all these hate towards Daniel. Jacques Villeneuve has always to complain about drivers, never hear him say something positive. And then you have Crofty fat shaming Daniel about being a heavy driver and it is better to put Liam in for that. Remember 2022?

I don't understand why they can say all these things. Daniel had an eating disorder in 2022 and now we are starting this shit again. Weight should be no reason to put Liam in. And there should be no room in here for body shaming. Ugh I hate @SkySportsF1

Tiktok of Crofty body shaming Daniel Ricciardo:

Thank you Mekkies for giving a good awnser and not continue to Shaming Daniel ❤️ Not everyone is so little and light like Yuki. Everyone has a diffrent body and needs more of things when they are higher.

[l-norris]

The second-to-last race before summer break has arrived, and yet again I have written down my own commentary, poking a little fun and trying to be funny I guess.

DISCLAIMER: Remember that this is just for shits and giggles, I'm not trying to actually hate on any of the drivers cuz all (most) of them are very dear to me!

Pre-race anxiety is strong

McLaren 1-2 start

Formation lap starts

Lando is hurrying through it

It's lights out and away we go!

Lando, Max and Oscar three-wide into turn 1

Max goes wide, rejoins in second

Lando bottles it once more (sigh)

Oscar is first

Max under investigation for leaving the track and gaining an advantage (3)

Checo in 18th rip

Max has to give the position back to Lando (4)

He's not happy

very aggressive

McLaren 1-2

First pitstops by Kevin, Alex and Esteban (7)

People are actually going for three-stops

very bold

Accidentally deleted the draft for this, had to start over (rip)

Oscar being told to save tires in lap 2 already help😭

They're just cruising along, saving tires (13)

"Lando, your race is with Verstappen"

Uh... yeah I sure hope so?😬

Fernando does not give a shit about what Lance does (so real) (15)

Pit window is open (16)

Lewis pits (17)

Lando pits (18)

Slight issues on front-left

Max complains (what a surprise)

Oscar pits (19)

Good stop

"Think about plan C" oh no Charlie, oh no no no😬

Just like old times

Max and Carlos pit (21)

Slow stop from Max

Checo is in 8th🤯 (22)

Charles first, yet to pit

Lewis fastest lap (23)

Charles pits (23)

Lando pulls away from Lewis (25)

Carlos is plowing through the field (26)

Quick PSA: Logan is not last!🎉

Oscar fastest lap (28)

Lewis falls back (28)

Checo, Pierre and Danny pit (29)

Fuck VCarb, all my homies hate VCarb

Charles fastest lap (30)

Yuki pits (30)

Max is in Lewis' DRS

George pits (34)

Pierre retires again after DNF-ing in Silverstone (34)

Lewis locks up, goes wide

Max passes

Max goes wide

Lewis passes

That was funny to watch

Lando gains on Oscar (36)

More complaining from Max

Lewis holds Max up so nicely (38)

Keep the scrap up boys :)

Even more complaining

"He sounds like a man who could've used a bit more sleep last night" HELP HAHAHAHA

Lewis and Charles pit (41)

Nothing is going Max' way apparently

McLaren strategists cooking?!

Lando pits (45)

2.3 second stop

Oscar pits (47)

McLaren don't fuck this up for Oscar I swear

...

Brother eugh

Nevermind McLaren strategists didn't cook AT ALL

massively overreacted to undercut Lewis tbh

McLaren want them to swap positions

Oscar almost bins it

Oh, Lando wants Oscar to work for it😵‍💫

Oh no, oh dear...

Max pits (50)

Red Bull fucked their strategy lmfao

Oscar catches up to Lando

"Lando radio check please" LMAO PLS

Temporary moment of deafness

Max is grumpy

Oh jeez

"Multi-21, anyone?" Crofty please😭😭😭

10 laps to go

McLaren are playing the emotional card now

Fuck you McLaren

Honestly yeah Lando, you're right, Oscar should catch up if he wants the win /hj

Max locks up

divebombs Lewis

and goes flying

Mad Max is back (63)

Rejoins in fifth... so lost everything he made up

GP scolds Max like a toddler😬

Max under investigation again (after the race tho) (67)

And the McLaren boys finally swapped😮‍💨(68)

This 1-2 is so, so bittersweet

The strategy ruined it for me

But hey!

Oscar won!

McLaren 1-2, but at what cost?

I need some strong liqueur and a cigarette after all this

At least Lando doesn't seem too upset about it

I hope this won't have consequences for them

Well, they both seem pretty high-spirited

I think we're good

So unusual to not have Max on the Podium podcast /hj

Oscar protecting his trophy from Lando😭 pls they're so goofy

Champagne Pop is back baby!

... feel free to add on :)

... This race subtracted multiple years off my lifespan. Fuck VCarb for ruining Dannys race, fuck McLaren and their strategy for ruining the 1-2 for us.

Also, important PSA since I've seen some negative stuff about the whole teamorder thing from McLaren:

Remember, don't blame either Oscar OR Lando for the drama, no matter what side you're on. This is totally on the team for fucking up the strategy once again.

Thank you for your attention, have a nice rest of your day :)

[carletes]

I know you're on cloud 9 about Carlos & Lewis, but I'd just like to have a rant on Lando's behalf if you don't mind.

Despite Ted Kravitz & Crofty claiming he was feeling much better today, he's not. He said clearly in a pre-race interview that he had to take a break during FP2 because he felt awful & he was worried about making it the length of the sprint. Will kept having to remind him on the radio to drink & by the end of the race Will was asking him to press a button to let him know if he was okay because Lando had gone completely quiet. He was out there feeling dreadful yet doing everything he could to try & hang on for some points for McLaren & all the Sky commentary team could do was shit on him, saying he had a bad start (he didn't, he held P4), saying he had no pace every time one of the much faster cars he had managed to qualify ahead of inevitably passed him (they were doing the same to K-Mag too but K-Mag was apparently making a 'valiant effort' while Lando was 'all over the place' because he got squirmy in one corner trying to defend against Carlos).

I usually just ignore their shit takes when it comes to Lando as they're par for the course this season but it's really fucking got to me this weekend. The kid's been carrying his entire team on his shoulders all year, has driven 3 races already while sick (his choice I know, they're not pressuring him, but he also knows they need him to bring them the points because they can't trust Daniel to do so), has dragged that car to places it shouldn't even be on many weekends given what a can it is, is the only non-top 3 team driver to get a podium and score over 100 points, and they talk about him like he's some kind of incompetent midfielder because he qualifies so well that he inevitably goes backwards when the RBs, Ferraris & Mercs he outqualified shoot past him because of their massive speed differential. He's spent the entire season being shat on by fans of not only his teammate but other fans who seem to have some kind of irrational loathing for him, and his own home commentary team can't even bring themselves to give him a shred of credit either - even when he overtook 6 cars in 13 laps in a damaged car in COTA they barely acknowledged it.

Sorry for the rant, I hate being this kind of fan, but it's really getting to me at this point. I'm genuinely as angry as I was when they were shitting on Carlos & making jokes about him loving gravel & trying to place some blame on him when both Russel punted him off. I swear to god if they start shitting on Lando tomorrow, on his flipping birthday, I will throw something at my TV.

i saw that post about sky and the way i rolled my eyes made my head hurt. i really don't know what more they want from lando given that he's CONSISTENTLY in the mix with teams that are way better than mclaren has been this season! like!!!!! he's SO fucking good and i know i don't talk about it on here but my husband and i talk about how impressive lando has been all season a lot. that thing you mentioned about his engineer asking him to press a button...that genuinely makes me so nervous. and people are still out here saying he was hungover. honestly, fuck off?

you're always welcome to rant in my inbox. this is disgraceful, genuinely. i really don't know what people want out of him, because he's giving them more than they deserve.

[pettyseb]

Sky sports really said we’ll really bring Jenson back out again just to remind you that you could’ve had him in on commentary instead of just Crofty and Brundle. This will always be a sky sports hate blog (this statement does not include my fave Ted Kravitz)

[donaidk]

hearing how it should be pronounced i now cringe every time crofty says the track name 😂

I'm so sorry 😬 But welcome to our life 😂 I really hate it. Always did. But it's still better than our own commentary...

[atlaskeira]

Love the start. Already. Norris had a bad start. Britney, thank you for you input on Lewis that is more detailed then the rest of he drivers.

Your commentary is very fun cuz of the extra depth of knowledge and the explanations on the technical side of things. Man, I’m gonna hate going back to just Crofty and Chanduk after his stint here. I want my technical insight and more involved commentaryyyyy.

New drinking game: for every race that nico commentates, drink every time he compliments Lewis.

Hamilton has never lead a sprint before? Damn. A third of the way through the race and it’s really spicy, I like it.

Time for the Chinese Grand Prix, folks! Ahahaha. I have four, to watch. The sprint quails, the sprint, the quails, and the race. Let’s see how many times I have to put the race in Picture in Picture to Google something, shall we?

Holy shit every single one of these is so long. I’m switching off from phone this is a laptop binge time.

I am also putting my devices on charge, and I have got to get a snack, a cup of tea, and cookies to go with the tea ready before I sit down for this it’s going take TIME.

[alfalfatauri]

okay I'm going to ask for run f1 pretty pretty please and if no one asks for kidfic I'll come back later and ask for that 🧡❤️

I actually have a lot to say about this one I’m very excited for her. However I must confess the title is a little bit of a misnomer......

It is about F1. It’s just... not about F1. It’s about BTS as F1 drivers.

Basically it’s a Pierre-Esteban type thing in which two people who were friends have now fallen out and are now places in the same team with each other.

I’m proud of it because... I’ve created a new team - Hyundai Racing, and their livery is purple. Because I can.

And because I’m using inserted pieces of commentary to explain the backstory of Hyundai, and the whole way F1 works to people who don’t know. It’s challenging and it’s so fun!!

Also because I’m furthering the I hate Crofty agenda.

Also for this:

[albonium]

as there's no sound except for the commentary i can hear martin and crofty breathe and sniff in the coms box i hate it