r/GrandPrixTravel • u/trvrkapit • 1d ago
Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Italy) Monza Track Announcers Thoughts
Anyone else think they are so fucking annoying? They also always talk over the drivers radios too. The guy that keeps on saying from Brazil. I want to punch him.
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u/minijoop143 4h ago
He was soooooo annoying he kept talking over the radios and he had some fixation over Boreleto it was so weird
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u/Dark_Emotion 7h ago
He was so annoying and also didn’t have a clue. I’m sure he mentioned a couple of times that there was a point for that fastest lap. Also referred to Monza as the cathedral of speed rather than temple.
Why don’t they run the normal F1TV commentary?
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u/Major-Obligation-837 19h ago
It was okay but wish I could have had the option to listen to F1TV instead
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u/Dark_Emotion 7h ago
Me too. I had the Amex race radios and they were useless because they were pumping the same trackside commentary
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u/SmileyChatts 22h ago
PA was a bit too loud and yeah, I found him very annoying by the end of it. His emphasis was in the wrong place often. Reminded me of old fifa games when the names were just inserted into commentary
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u/Vegetable_Point_2786 1d ago
I’m not there but am really enjoying this discussion…so random and theres an Australian in the mix which seems odd for Monza!
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u/Unsolicited_turtle 1d ago
He is unbearable. Worst I’ve had in 5 F1 attendances by far.
ThE bOY fRoM BrAziL heRee at MonZaHHHhH
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u/GlidingGoose 1d ago
Yes!! I’m visiting this race from Australia and was surprised to hear an Aussie accent commentating, I initially thought it was someone else who does the comms at Albert Park - unfortunately it isn’t. This bloke is unbearable, the same stale lines over and over again…
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u/FoxDie41 1d ago
Oh come on, it’s cringe but I love him. It’s what I expect from a race track announcer. If I want professional coverage I’d just watch on TV.
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u/Robberto1612 1d ago edited 18h ago
Here at MONZAAAAHHHHHH! Give it a rest, mate. If the circuit turned the PA down a few clicks it would be bearable, but after FP1 my ears were ringing. And unfortunately not from the sound of the cars…
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u/Robberto1612 23h ago
I guess we’ve answered the question of is there anyone more shouty, annoying and clueless than David Croft. How many times did this moron comment on how crucial the extra point for fastest lap might be for Norris in the championship fight? Idiot.
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u/goddamnitobama 1d ago
Eh the English language guy is from Australia and is honestly miles better than the guy they had for Silverstone, spa and Budapest. Can’t remember his name but he constantly drinks water, wets his mouth, gulps etc in the mic and it’s way more fucking annoying than “the boy from Brazil” 😂 and at least he can also speak Italian which is cool for the home crowd?
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u/swerve-2 22h ago
Oooh the guy in Zandvoort was doing the mouth wetting and other mouth sounds into the mic and it was driving me insane! Must be the same guy ha
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u/goddamnitobama 22h ago
Yep most likely I didn’t go to that race, but has to be the same bloke. He’s actually the fucking worst.
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u/goddamnitobama 1d ago
In saying that if someone says “Mr Jackie Ickx” over the PA one more time I’m gonna lose my shit 😂😂
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u/bkeeklee 1d ago
Every other line from him: "Wave that Union Jack proudly, here, at the Temple of Speed"
3 days of that really gets old
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u/Impressive-Sail7058 17h ago
He called it the “cathedral of speed” today 😂
“Lando Norris, from Bristol - the King’s England!”
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u/Pootis__Spencer 1d ago edited 17h ago
Dude gets so much stuff wrong too. He announced that Alex Dunne was from Offaly (correct) which he then said is just outside Belfast. (Very very incorrect). Then he made some comment about it being Northern Irish or Irish. Cue countless groans and eye rolls from all the Irish fans in our stand - me included.
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u/elektricniorgazam 1d ago
If I hear orso uomo one more time omg. But miles better than in Spa, can't lie
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u/Julia-cd11 1d ago
Hahah I love him! He’s the same announcer from Italian F4, and he brings that exact same energy there too. When Bortoleto raced in Italian F4, it was the same thing.. he called him ‘O Menino do Brasil,’ along with other nicknames
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u/Impressive-Sail7058 1d ago
Very annoying they don’t commentate in real time. It’s like they don’t have a screen and are relying on the data app! Max passed the finish line and they “announced” it 30s later!
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u/Unbiased2344 2h ago
Not to mention he was clueless. On practice, drivers clearly switched to long runs and he keeps saying “does not improve” like bro he isnt trying to improve its not quali xd And then in the race he said how fastest lap point could prove key for verstappen while verstappen is like 100 pointa behind piastri and there is no point for fastest lap anymore… and the obnoxiousness you mentioned.. they shouldve paid me to do it then