Brawn GP

So to keep it short and to the point we here at cheap TVs just wanted to say good luck to Jenson Button and the Brawn GP F1 racing team this Sunday in the British GP. Cheap televisions loves it when the underdogs come good .

God only knows who the BBC will pick as the new Formula One commentary team but I pray its not Murray Walker! ITV claim that they didn’t want to renew the TV rights contract they have to broadcast Formula One stating the decision was a “straightforward commercial decision”. I personally think that’s rubbish especially when you consider how much more popular Formula One is now Lewis Hamilton is a real contender for the F1 title!

Adam Parsons who is a BBC sports correspondent said “ITV are saying it was a straightforward commercial decision. A lot of people I have spoken to today have queried that. Within ITV, what they are saying is that even though Lewis Hamilton is great, even though the Brazilian Grand Prix [at the end of last year] got a huge viewing figures, that actually over the course of a year viewing figures are not that impressive, they’re not that great. A lot of races are happening at night, they’re not happening at peak time. That it is not particularly good value for money. The other side of that is the BBC is saying, Lewis Hamilton and the ripple effect of that is wonderful, millions of people tune in and the Brazilian GP was the most-watched sports event of last year. You might say ITV would rather bad-mouth it because they’ve just lost the rights but on the one hand they’re saying straightforward commercial decision. But on the other plenty of people are saying that having spent a decade broadcasting when a German, a Finn and a Spaniard were winning world titles, it seems a bit curious [for ITV] to pull out when a Brit is on the verge of winning it.”

Its hard not to agree with him! But who really cares, I’m just happy I can watch great Formula One Grand Prix races like last week in Australia without having to be interrupted by a load of random adverts trying to sell me a Skoda! High brum brum five!

Update 21/03/08:

It appears that after yesterdays news about the BBC winning the broadcasting rights to air F1 again that they are trying to line up Top Gears Richard Hammond to front the new F1 coverage. Thankfully it appears that Murray Walker wont be the BBC F1 commentator although he may make occasional appearances. A friend of Richard Hammond last night said “Richard would love to do it – he’s mad about F1.”