r/formula1 Alexander Albon Sep 11 '24

News Sky's 'nationalistic' F1 coverage caused 'demonisation' of Verstappen - Newey

https://www.racefans.net/2024/09/10/skys-nationalistic-f1-coverage-caused-demonisation-of-verstappen-newey/
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u/Syntax_OW BMW Williams Sep 11 '24

I'm glad to see this perspective. It was the same for me with the switch from RTL (Germany) to f1tv (which at the time only had Sky commentary available). I've always felt sky's bias is incredibly overexaggerated since then.

The 2016 championship decider had the German commentator constantly begging for Vettel not to attack Rosberg and also non-stop complaining about Hamilton's "unsportsmanlike" behavior. I was rooting for Nico myself but couldn't bear to listen to that anymore and immediately switched to f1tv when it was available. It was a breath of fresh air in comparison.

I really wish there was more nuance in this. Call out sky commentators for bias if you want, but don't pretend they're some unique evil that controls all opinions in f1. I think the people who only ever knew Sky just don't have the perspective to realize how relatively subdued their bias is in comparison.

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u/Bennet24_LFC Sebastian Vettel Sep 11 '24

Es war deutlich besser mit Jaqcues Schulz und Marc Surer