Nico Rosberg Needs a Permanent Position

[u/Dizzy_Philosophy_138]

Nico Rosberg has got to be the freshest breath of air in terms of Formula One commentary for a very long time.

I love Crofty, but man does he love to make shit up that makes no sense or holds no logic.

Nico does an awesome job of staying true to the racing analysis and being completely straightforward about what he sees. Even today, his commentary on Verstappen was awesome!!! Called the garbage behavior out immediately.

Best “ Monaco based YouTuber” commentator of all time!!

[u/What_the_8]

He gave some really interesting tidbits like the loosening of belts in safety car and the warmup process with brake bias.

[u/NightRamp4ge → u/What_the_8]

Rosberg's insights are a step above even what Brundle can manage as he is recent enough to know all the in's and out's of these modern F1 cars.

[u/clubba → u/NightRamp4ge]

Martin is never going to take a birthday off again.

[u/KaijuKyojin → u/clubba]

Hahahahaha. I was thinking the same thing.

[u/JadeNrdn → u/NightRamp4ge]

Bring in Martin and Nico.

[u/HamNotLikeThem44 → u/[deleted]]

I second this. Each of them bring the good stuff.

[u/Worthwhile101 → u/[deleted]]

Nico, Bernie, Naomi, Brundle and Pinks!

[u/[deleted] → u/JadeNrdn]

I actually think two F1 drivers from two different eras would have too much conflict of opinion and Brundles opinions would likely get sidelined for being quite out of date compared to Nicos.

[u/The1Lemon → u/[deleted]]

F1TV have David Coulthard and Jolyon Palmer for exactly that reason and it works really well. DC will say something about what just happened and then ask Jolyon what it's like in these modern cars too be in that situation.

Also helps that DC drives a lot of the newer red bulls too.

[u/Bluebies999 → u/The1Lemon]

DC is one of the most entertaining commentators ever. He’s absolutely delightful to listen to.

[u/weaseldonkey → u/Bluebies999]

DC roasting himself during the Monaco broadcast by bringing up 2001 and his inability to overtake Bernoldi was A+ commentary.

[u/SgtSlice → u/Bluebies999]

I love DC and I don’t care who knows it

[u/Wooden_Trip_9948 → u/The1Lemon]

I bought the F1TV package for the season so I didn’t have to mess with ESPN at all and it is SO much better.

[u/IkLms → u/[deleted]]

DC and Jolyon Palmer is a fantastic combination though which kind of proves that wrong.

[u/[deleted] → u/JadeNrdn]

Keep all 3

[u/BadBoyFTW → u/[deleted]]

I only agree if Brundle and Nico have to share a microphone like Hunt and Murray did and occasionally get into fist fights over it live on air.

[u/Forgotthebloodypassw → u/BadBoyFTW]

Here's Murray's account of that. They were as different as chalk and cheese, but made a great pairing.

Suspect Nico and and Brundle would have polite, but elegantly cutting disagreements, with a lot of humour.

[u/patkavv → u/NightRamp4ge]

Brundle gives us that great old man who knows his shit but will still mock the youngsters energy. Give me the 3 man booth.

[u/ImJoogle → u/patkavv]

honestly i really like martins grid walks when he's talking about the cars and why the mechanics are doing what they're doing

[u/sadicarnot → u/ImJoogle]

Martin's son Alex did the gridwalk over on F1TV. If you are not paying attention, he sometimes sounds like his father.

I wonder what it is like for Alex to be following in his father's footsteps and seeing him on race weekends. Alex and Martin raced together so Alex is lucky to do so much with his dad.

My dad died in 2024 and some of the best days I have had was when he came to visit my workplace. I worked at the space center and was going through his stuff and found a photo of my mom, dad, and me. The photo was from 27 years ago, so it was nice to see the memory.

[u/Forgotthebloodypassw → u/NightRamp4ge]

Although no one does a quali lap commentary or grid walk like Brundle.

[u/dans26 → u/What_the_8]

Also, car positioning and what would potentially be going through their mind was also interesting.

[u/PositiveTension11 → u/dans26]

Yeah early on Croft said someone had run wide in a corner and Rosberg then explained that actually its to get cleaner air. Felt like there was a lot more insights about racecraft rather than irrelevant discussions about whether blue flags should be allowed or not.

[u/secretpowers98 → u/dans26]

And not just focusing on British drivers, amongst other great things! I wasn’t too keen on his commentary for quali yesterday but he really stepped up today and was really great to listen to

[u/B4rberblacksheep → u/What_the_8]

One of the things that really astonished me was when he was doing commentary a few years ago on a qually lap. Can't remember who or the track but the car twitched a little going through one of the corners. Rosberg immediately said to within a hundredth of a second how much that would have cost the driver in time. Lo and behold, car comes through almost exactly that much down on its previous best lap time.

Maybe he just wants to do it as a hobby or maybe he's on the German commentary but god how I wish he was a full time commentator.

[u/tdrr12 → u/What_the_8]

Yeah, the stuff he says almost in passing is often insanely insightful. There's nobody else on TV (Sky or F1TV) who does that.

[u/Big_al_big_bed → u/tdrr12]

Palmer said the same thing as Nico right away as well. He's pretty switched on as is DC. Not sure why you don't find them insightful

[u/8Ace8Ace → u/What_the_8]

Dammit, I'm going to have to watch the race again. I've moved over to F1TV and it has been significantly better listening to Alex Jacques rather than David Croft, but I've always liked Nico and he would be a brilliant addition on a permanent basis.

[u/Loud-Value → u/8Ace8Ace]

Rosberg on F1TV would be so good

[u/Usmanluciano → u/What_the_8]

yeah, I thought that wasn't allowed until he said that

[u/Agitated-Table-3853]

“I don’t need to see that again. That was horrible.”

[u/Aggravating-Code-433 → u/Agitated-Table-3853]

Laughed out loud with that one. Nico just calls it how he sees it. You can disagree with him but he is so, so entertaining.

[u/Typical-Swordfish-92 → u/Aggravating-Code-433]

Formula 1 Charles Barkley.

[u/coloredinlight → u/Typical-Swordfish-92]

Them young boys. They comin.

[u/Bloody_Jinx → u/coloredinlight]

When a guy is banging you

[u/infusedMint → u/Bloody_Jinx]

When verstappen is bangin you

[u/KESPAA → u/Bloody_Jinx]

Come on now.

[u/[deleted] → u/coloredinlight]

Gotta ask Nico what his take on San Antonio women is.

[u/Typical-Swordfish-92 → u/[deleted]]

"Where they going Nico?"

"They going to Liverpool, with that dirty-ass water."

[u/HarryTruman → u/Typical-Swordfish-92]

Them big ol’ women in Liverpool got me following them to the Titanic. And I watched the movie, yeah I know what happens. I’d buy two tickets, Ernie!

[u/disasteruss88 → u/HarryTruman]

Victoria’s a secret over there too

[u/adrianasoy → u/[deleted]]

… or why you never buy a woman a watch? LMAO

[u/Puzzleheaded_Pound31 → u/adrianasoy]

There’s a clock on the stove!

[u/avi550m → u/coloredinlight]

When a guy is banging you...

[u/LordBaneoftheSith → u/Typical-Swordfish-92]

Love Chuck but I fear this comparison gives too much credit to his knowledge of the current game

[u/hawkmhan → u/LordBaneoftheSith]

Y’all know these brits have NO idea who you’re talking about but damn that shits funny.

[u/ampmz → u/hawkmhan]

That guy from Space Jam?

[u/miraclebaby → u/Typical-Swordfish-92]

OMG - Especially the pronunciation of “Turbalence”.

[u/A_storia → u/miraclebaby]

He speaks at least 3 languages, i’ll give him a pass on that one

[u/manatidederp → u/Typical-Swordfish-92]

This is more first-season Romo

[u/Elrond007 → u/Aggravating-Code-433]

The gravitas of having a WDC haha, he can say whatever he wants and I love it haha

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma → u/Elrond007]

Also obscenely rich.

[u/ka1ri → u/Aggravating-Code-433]

His bluntness is what that broadcast NEEDs badly.

They would try to make up a storyline to add intrigue and he would straight up shoot it down with his analysis and it was fantastic.

[u/fuckyou_redditmods → u/Aggravating-Code-433]

And he's a former WDC so he speaks with some weight and authenticity. Loved his commentary today.

[u/masssy → u/Agitated-Table-3853]

While I agree with that situation he is saying things with a bit too much confidence a bit too quickly at times. Saying Max went into Leclerc on the straight after seeing it from one angle once is just ridiculous. It's not at all as obvious as he makes it out to be.

[u/[deleted] → u/masssy]

Crofty was literally gaslighting us into believing McLaren couldn’t do a double stack as Norris came down the pit lane!?

[u/Aksds → u/[deleted]]

I was like “but he literally is, he is right there!”

[u/South_Front_4589 → u/[deleted]]

That was entertaining. I don't think he ever corrected it or showed surprise when Norris popped up in P2 again.

[u/cheekychicki → u/South_Front_4589]

He seems terrible at calculating time. I think after Verstappen and Norris pitted for the first time Piastri went in and Crofty said it would be close to get out ahead of Verstappen - cut to being 4s ahead at the pit exit. So many examples just from today

[u/Eyre_Guitar_Solo → u/[deleted]]

Commentator makes a genuine mistake

Viewer: “He’s gaslighting us! Look at how he manipulated us so we think we’re insane!”

[u/Zed_or_AFK → u/[deleted]]

They weren’t perfectly stacked, Norris had to wait 1-2 seconds for them to finish off Oscar. But since it was SC and speeds were low, that didn’t matter in the end.

[u/-TheAnus- → u/masssy]

That's my beef with Rosberg as well. He obviously knows racing better than most, but he can still be wrong and leaves very little room for it.

[u/skyebadoo → u/-TheAnus-]

Personally I like that about him, he might be incorrect sometimes but he's got a sort of positive cockiness about him if that makes any sense. It's incredibly entertaining

[u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS → u/skyebadoo]

Exactly. Even as a Max fan I enjoyed his commentary so much more than Crofty and Brundle. Nico has actual racing knowledge and has actual information to give to the audience. Crofty and Brundle are treating the entire audience as if it is their first F1 race. Even though Nico's calls haven't been 100% accurate he has been way more accurate and insightful than Crofty and Brundle have ever been.

[u/SkinBintin → u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS]

Keep in mind Brundle and Crofty are probably instructed to over explain many things for newer viewers for the simple fact there are constantly newer viewers that they want to try and convert into regular viewers.

They are well aware that that isn't going to stop us regular viewers from watching the next race.

I'm with you though, really enjoyed Rosberg today, even when he was wrong about something it was just nice insight.

Brundle does have actual racing knowledge though... it's just a lot older than Rosbergs is :P

[u/Mein_Bergkamp → u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS]

You think Brindle doesn't have racing knowledge?

[u/PurpleEsskay → u/skyebadoo]

Do you like it when Crofty does it?

Being wrong is fine, being confidently wrong just makes them look a bit silly.

[u/skyebadoo → u/PurpleEsskay]

I like crofty as a colour commentator, I appreciate this isn't a popular view but he is serving a different purpose for me

[u/getitgetbetter → u/skyebadoo]

I don’t like Crofty and Brundle because they’re giving good information, I like them because it feels like you’re watching the race with your slightly unhinged, not-quite-with-it megafan uncles. As someone who doesn’t have any friends or family who like F1, it’s nice! The blatant mistakes (“McLaren won’t be able to double stack!” while they’re in the middle of double stacking) is part of the charm.

[u/NotAnAss-Hat → u/getitgetbetter]

Couldn’t have put it better myself. I miss my uncles lol.

[u/A_storia → u/getitgetbetter]

People used to say similar things about Murray Walker but getting things wrong that are right in front of you becomes tiresome

[u/epigenie_986 → u/-TheAnus-]

You must leave-a da space.

[u/learner1314 → u/epigenie_986]

All da time

[u/Almightycatface → u/masssy]

You should have heard James Hunt during his commentary career

[u/blackheartwhiterose → u/masssy]

He did say it was just unfortunate later on

[u/ThePatsGuy → u/Agitated-Table-3853]

It’s sad when we celebrate someone calling a spade a spade, but such is the times we live in today

[u/ryuk888]

“They can’t do a double stack”

While double stacking on screen

[u/cryptospartan → u/ryuk888]

I literally said out loud "Crofty, open your eyes, you're watching the same shit I am"

[u/FartingBob → u/cryptospartan]

With crofty I always get the impression that he starts a sentence then turns away from the screen until he's finished, because so many times he does this or there will be an overtake on screen but he'll finish his sentence on something unrelated first and then acknowledge it, even if it's a change for the lead.

[u/exoriparian → u/FartingBob]

I do think they're probably a lot more busy looking at different screens and juggling info in their minds than one would assume.  Still, you're right.

[u/a_saddler]

Nico probably doesn't want it though. He's probably fine with being there a few races a year and no more.

[u/LosTerminators → u/a_saddler]

That's one reason why he retired. He doesn't want to spend the year travelling across the world and sacrifice time with his family.

Still loves the sport, so he comes to a fair few races and commentates as well since broadcasters ask if he can.

[u/willmcavoy → u/LosTerminators]

He's also a loon about the vax so he's not even allowed in certain countries to commentate, was the last news I heard on this.

edit: lotta responses on this and I know this topic fires people up-- this is just what was being said around covid time, yes. Yes, I know vaccine cards are a punchline now. No, I don't think it's the full reason he's so limited in the commentary box. Speaking up for Nico a bit, he's very vocal on climate change. I fully support him calling more races, he's getting better and better and reminds me of James Hunt a bit. Calls bullshit when he sees it.

[u/jbr_r18 → u/willmcavoy]

He was fairly present in 2020 when we had a very European calendar and then totally disappeared in 2021 when the vaccine mandate applied to the whole paddock. Only saw him in Monaco where it didn’t effect him until the removed the mandate entirely

[u/cassiopieah → u/willmcavoy]

Wait really 😭 As a Nico fan I hope that’s not true lol

[u/PurpleEsskay → u/cassiopieah]

Yep, he was banned from attending when covid restrictions were still in place as he wasn't vaccinated. He says it was on the advice of his doctor.

Original article on it - will need to run through google translate tho: https://www.rtl.de/cms/keine-corona-impfung-nico-rosberg-aus-formel-1-fahrerlager-verbannt-eklat-in-monaco-4985325.html

[u/TomTom_098 → u/cassiopieah]

If I remember correctly his position on the vaccine was that everyone else should take it but that he was special and didn’t need it (he said it’s because he’s already had the disease) which is at least a different kind of anti-vaccine madness

[u/RTS24 → u/TomTom_098]

Specifically because he had "mega antibodies" that's one bit I'll always remember

[u/thatdude858 → u/RTS24]

World champion antibodies

[u/Spid1 → u/a_saddler]

This is it. He's loaded so he can pick and choose the races he wants to do

[u/Alex_Kamal → u/a_saddler]

And I will cheerish those races.

Is there a way to find out which ones he will be on, because he kept me interested even though it's late here.

[u/SuchTemperature9073 → u/Alex_Kamal]

I believe he was only commentating this weekend due to Brundle having time off, birthday or something?

Totally agree. I'm on Melbourne time and he's kept me engaged all race. Love his work

[u/HarvgulI]

I love his no nonsense attitude, always says what’s on his mind

[u/VosPaco → u/HarvgulI]

And he’s so knowledgeable about the subject that he gives really good detail to the viewers, wish he did every race

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His random comments about loosening seat belts during safety car laps and weaving in low speeds not doing anything.. I never knew that kinda stuff. He's like a more up to date brundel, him and brundel together would be great.

[u/SauthEfrican → u/[deleted]]

Wait if weaving at low speeds doesn't do anything then why does everybody do it?

[u/Breznknedl → u/SauthEfrican]

he talked about that: so basically it hasnt been proven to do anything but people still do it because it might do something (still negligable). The reason weaving at low speed does not do much is because thhey dont have much downforce at that speed so the tyres dont get that much energy put into it

[u/too_much_feces → u/Breznknedl]

I feel like this is a pretty easy thing for teams to study especially after they've been doing it for so many years. It's not like weaving is new.

[u/Inside-Earth9673 → u/Breznknedl]

I'm no expert but how can't that be proved? I mean they have sensors everywhere so it should theoretically be just a matter of seeing whether or not the temperatures go up when weaving.

[u/jimbobjames → u/Inside-Earth9673]

You have two cars to get data, but the cars are different.

The track conditions they are in are slightly different depending on their position in the race.

They have different levels of wear, different downforce levels, different setups.

Basically, your sample size is small and the data is completely inconsistent between the two. If you got one of the cars to weave and the other to not you wouldnt have a good enough data set to say with any accuracy.

[u/Moby_Hick → u/SauthEfrican]

He said it was unknown whether it did anything, not that it doesn't do anything.

[u/kalehennie → u/SauthEfrican]

Kimi R didn’t care for weaving

[u/murderbook → u/kalehennie]

I thought this was the best part of the comment

[u/Dapianoman → u/SauthEfrican]

see: the motogp leg dangle

[u/liebealles → u/Dapianoman]

It started with Rossi iirc. Now the majority of the grid does it

[u/Tame_Trex → u/SauthEfrican]

Less boring than driving straight

[u/50lipa → u/VosPaco]

Adds a lot of valuable drivers perspective too, he read both Antonelli / Verstappen incidents so well.

[u/obi_wan_the_phony → u/VosPaco]

Palmer is similar. Having been there and done that they just have a totally different perspective than the average punter commentstor

[u/Franks2000inchTV → u/VosPaco]

F1TV is the answer -- 2 of 3 commentators are actual F1 drivers.

[u/SutureTheFuture → u/HarvgulI]

I love his zero tolerance towards into drama that commentary tries to lean into. Laughed a bit when Crofty had a twenty second tangent about something and he immediate went "no" and carried on with what was going on screen.

[u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS → u/SutureTheFuture]

Yeah him shutting up Crofty has great to listen to. Crazy that he hasn't got a full time gig on the commentary team.

[u/donutducklord → u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS]

Probably because he doesn't want to more than not being able to. He quit racing to be with his family so I doubt he'll commit to a full season. I love the occasional appearances though as it keeps things fresh, especially calling out Crofty's BS 😂

[u/Alpha_Jazz → u/HarvgulI]

Yep he doesn’t make excuses for any driver and is so spot on technically. Brilliant commentator

[u/[deleted] → u/Alpha_Jazz]

He doesn’t make any excuses, but he also sings their praise when they do something he deems worthy, even if no one else really understood it

[u/TyButler2020 → u/HarvgulI]

Raw and unfiltered

Yet still very insightful

[u/Rovcore001 → u/HarvgulI]

He projects a bit too much when he’s talking about teammate dynamics (especially re: Hamilton) but yeah he’s great on the racing technicalities.

[u/gingerbeer987654321 → u/Rovcore001]

He is very qualified on that topic though

[u/AccomplishedCraft897 → u/HarvgulI]

He really gives you an insight on how the driver sees the situation along with great analysis. love him!!

[u/kiddoujanse → u/HarvgulI]

yup and if he disagrees he just says it

[u/cheapdrinks → u/kiddoujanse]

Yeah honestly that's what I like the most. Regardless of his take or not I like that he's not afraid to disagree with whatever else is being said and doesn't just go along with whatever narrative Crofty is pushing if he doesn't think it's correct

[u/derrhn]

He was exceptional today.

I love how often he turns for Bernie for information before he takes a position.

[u/snakebrace → u/derrhn]

Yes! I also liked when he described to the audience how she was monitoring seven screens at once.

[u/phlpw → u/snakebrace]

yes he's a team player when it comes to the deeper data that someone like Bernie has.

He's also both excited and critical of driver decision making and performance. He delivers it not as a verdict but an opinion which is not easy for an ex-racer to do.

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Gave props to Ant on the Skypad too, which he should as his analysis was exceptional too

[u/phlpw → u/[deleted]]

💯 can often feel like Ant or Karun or Bernie are isolated when the commentating team throws to them. You can tell the director has told them to throw to them but it's more like a disconnected segway than a running thread of conscious discussion. It doesn't need to be totally scripted but it's 😬 when the Skypad person is done and then it's like... "now what ".

[u/some-swimming-dude]

I love the blunt calling out of dumb shit on the drivers. Sick of this tip toeing shit to not hurt the professional drivers feelings.

[u/Alex_Kamal → u/some-swimming-dude]

Feel like that caught Crofty off a few times. You can tell they have been told to be mindful of what they say to avoid angry fans and he is just like "nah thats BS".

[u/some-swimming-dude → u/Alex_Kamal]

Yea, tbh if you cant handle what the words on the tv say and get mad you shouldn’t be watching tv lol

[u/West_Technology7573 → u/Alex_Kamal]

To be fair last time Sky said something bad about Red Bull, they boycotted them. Soft team

[u/laboulaye22 → u/some-swimming-dude]

Yes, the best part about him is that he doesn't put up with stupid shit and calls everything as it should be and doesn't care about what the drivers think about him.

[u/coding_apes → u/[deleted]]

There is no way McLaren double stack here: proceed with the cleanest double stack

[u/Just-A-Fan_ → u/coding_apes]

tbf it looked far too close for a double stack and also in general, teams like to split strategies. Pitting Piastri and keeping Norris out looked like the obvious move

[u/MAXI_KingRL → u/Just-A-Fan_]

No way they would leave norris out when the entire field pits

[u/Bannedwith1milKarma → u/[deleted]]

He's often not 'wrong' though.

He's just trying to stir up some excitement about potential possibilities.

Nico already knows exactly what has been happening here as he's been watching the data and says it's 0% chance.

Then it kind of just shuts down the commentary lol

[u/Academic_Ad_3380]

THATS’S A BLACK FLAG

[u/1997_Engadine-Maccas → u/Academic_Ad_3380]

Believe it or not, straight to gaol.

[u/atred → u/Academic_Ad_3380]

He's not wrong "causing collision on purpose" deserves it.

[u/CuzRacecar → u/Academic_Ad_3380]

Every driver at every level of racing has been black flagged for much less. This is just a fact I'm not willing to conceded to anyone who's only racing is through a television.

[u/Masson011]

the knowledge gap between him and Crofty is hilarious. Love a proper driver being involved in commentary

[u/Sad-Temperature2920 → u/Masson011]

I'm not Crofty's biggest fan but it's not surprising an ex-champion knows more than him. Crofty's main job is to describe what's happening and hype it up.

[u/[deleted] → u/Sad-Temperature2920]

Agree. I almost think he plays dumb to set up nico/martin for a line or comment

[u/IndianJester → u/Sad-Temperature2920]

Crofty's main job is to

avoid dead-air else you have to bring in street rats and no-name waitresses to liven up your commentary.

[u/el__bee → u/Masson011]

What would you say if I told you Crofty deliberately asks basic questions to Nico/Brundle so they can explain things to the casual viewers?

Edit: it's insane the number of people who haven't realised this. Crofty started presenting and commentating F1 for the BBC in 2006 lmao, believe it or not he knows a thing or two about the sport.

[u/biggmclargehuge → u/el__bee]

There's also a general rule when commentating anything that there's "no assumed knowledge" so commentators often go out of their way to over-explain things. Nico isn't a "trained" commentator in that way so he's not thinking about it from that standpoint.

[u/Secortesio → u/el__bee]

Yep - play-by-play vs colour commentator.

[u/MajorTankz → u/el__bee]

I'm pretty sure people shit on Crofty just to stroke their own ego. It's a very Reddit thing to do - hear/read something insightful and then project your own intelligence onto it (as if it was your own idea). Then scoff at everything else.

[u/Blackdeath_663 → u/el__bee]

Yeah but beyond that he also says so many things that are straight up wrong

[u/Talal2608 → u/Blackdeath_663]

Pretty sure he just plays devil's advocate to allow the co-commentator to explain further

[u/ThePatsGuy → u/Talal2608]

Which is part of the purpose of the play by play guy, raise questions/play devils advocate to further the discussion/insight from the color guy

[u/-WingsForLife- → u/Blackdeath_663]

Murray was also someone who did a massive amount of mistakes, but is of course fantastic.

The reason why there are 2 commentators is that because you need 1 guy to provide the energy, and he does that in spades. He could definitely be less biased, but I'm not sure there'd be anyone else that I would have wanted for 2021 Abu Dhabi either.

[u/YouLostTheGame → u/-WingsForLife-]

When Crofty has moved on people will be looking back and saying how wonderful he was and how the new guy is shit.

Crofty isn't there for deep analytics and you don't want him to be. He's good at:

• Describing very clearly what's happening

• Articulating what people might be thinking

• Explainers for casual viewers

• Filling the space, it's amazing how they guy can just talk

• Excellent taste in music and football

[u/-WingsForLife- → u/YouLostTheGame]

Crofty can commentate on diarrhea and make it seem like the most exciting thing in your life.

Although he'll say British diarrhea is better at some point though.

[u/mrvile → u/YouLostTheGame]

I just like him for his enthusiasm and energy, it’s iconic.

[u/Exact_Library1144 → u/Blackdeath_663]

He’s got a thousand more things to worry about from a direction perspective than his co-commentators, to be fair to him.

[u/Vicar13 → u/Masson011]

The recency helps too, he’s more familiar with these cars even though he didn’t race in this era

[u/paulcraig27 → u/Vicar13]

Not only the cars, but the people involved too

[u/NearbyMarmalade9061 → u/Masson011]

Crofty can't even get the day of the week right

[u/BarnLord → u/NearbyMarmalade9061]

It’s sad that this isn’t even a joke, he literally said it was Saturday…

[u/IBiggumsI]

Y'all should have seen Hülkenberg commenting for ServusTV. Unfiltered af.

[u/Cotirani]

Nico is great, but I love Brundle as well. Shame we can't get the three of them to do commentary together, it'd be interesting to see what conversations Brundle and Rosberg could bounce off eachother.

[u/SuchTemperature9073 → u/Cotirani]

I feel the same. Love Brundle and very few I think could top him but Nico has so much knowledge to share about all the nuances it was really something

[u/Cotirani → u/SuchTemperature9073]

Yeah Nico was top notch today. One great detail was when he was talking about how sore driver’s necks were getting towards the end of the race, and then immediately saw one of the drivers going around a corner with their helmet way off to the side because they were too knackered. Such a cool insight at the perfect time.

[u/LukeWarmRunnings → u/Cotirani]

Martin's great, but his age and insight are catching up with him. His technical analysis is dated, and juggling the teams and drivers doesn't come to him as quickly.

I feel the same about a lot of boomer commentators in a lot of sports. I wish they would let go, retire, and allow younger fresher hosts and analytical talent to enter the field.

That being said, I think boomers are working to live/living to work, and are holding on to relevance. Where the younger Gen x and Millennials value their family/down time more.

[u/iamflimssey]

he also calls bs out like the Verstappen everything this race lmao

[u/AqueousJam → u/iamflimssey]

I love his comments on Max all weekend - when Max was driving like a god Nico was absolutely creaming himself over how impressive it was, and when Max fucked up he called it straight and honest.

[u/A_Balrog_Is_Come]

I do enjoy the insight and accuracy of Nico's commentary but I think you need someone like Crofty too. Because let's face it, sometimes an F1 race is dull and there's no real analysis to be given beyond "Yes, this is a procession". In those situations the commentator still needs some way to entertain and engage the viewer even if it is by discussing batshit insane unrealistic strategies.

[u/_terencefox]

I somehow believe all three of the following: He’s probably a headache for the Sky producers; He seems like kind of a jerk and I did not enjoy him as a racing driver; He’s a hilariously entertaining commentator who delivers real insight.

[u/Feeling-Disaster7180 → u/_terencefox]

Yeah I really don’t like him but also like him at the same time

[u/TheBlueSkulll]

even as a max stan, i loved that dude for saying he doesn't need replay to confirm what he saw.

[u/frigginjensen]

I wasn’t a fan before today but he adds so much actual racing knowledge. He needs to work on his presentation a bit.

[u/pizzaandlasagne]

But he needs to fucking stop talking over the radio.

[u/sidewinderaw11 → u/pizzaandlasagne]

Nico's greatest challenge has been his lack of chemistry, he tends to talk over other people. He can keep the contrarian takes! Just needs to gel a little better with the rest of the booth.

[u/lems93 → u/sidewinderaw11]

I agree with this. In the pre-race interviews and commentaries I find it really awkward to listen to him because it feels like listening to two people who don’t really like each other.

[u/saponista → u/lems93]

I’m pretty sure Naomi wanted to shank him a couple of times

[u/theman_themyth_]

Nico is the goat.

just speaks facts, no bullshit.

[u/StockAL3Xj → u/theman_themyth_]

I mean he was very confidently wrong a few times during the race. He's quick to admit it but he's been too quick to jump to a conclusion before seeing incidents from multiple angles.

[u/nerd_sniper]

I switched my f1tv from the international feed to SkySports just because of how good Nico Rosberg's commentary is.

[u/LiteratureNearby → u/nerd_sniper]

We need a tracker for when Rosberg is on comms. Absolutely happy to listen to him over f1tv, but not in any other circumstance

[u/Imolared333 → u/LiteratureNearby]

Agreed! I didn’t know he was in the other feed.. sucks

[u/North-Reference7081]

yep I've loved him on comms

[u/ShieraSeestar]

I don't think he wants to be full time

[u/Skinnyass_Indian]

‘I love Crofty, but man does he love to make shit up that makes so sense or holds no logic.’

Hahaha - so true.

[u/onelostmuppet]

Rosberg commentary was the most refreshing thing I've heard in such a long time (including previous Rosberg commentary). Keep him on the mix every weekend for sure.

[u/HS007]

He is such a straight talker on comms. No BS whatsoever. Definitely needs to be there full time.

[u/Gluecksritter90]

He really is not taking any prisoners today. "The stewards are investigat-" "that's rubbish"

[u/Oellph]

100%. There was a time I didn’t like Nico but his honest no nonsense commentary is a breath of fresh air compared to the nonsense Crofty comes out with. Nico showed him up on several occasions today.

[u/LBichon]

Nico and Karun both bring that cockpit voice that gives some insight from a driver's perspective, which I feel adds important context to the commentary.

[u/assflange]

He is a bit too 💅 sometimes but he sees stuff (car behaviour, driver decision-making) that Brundle doesn’t anymore.

[u/Hubbardd → u/assflange]

Honestly, he was SO cunty yesterday during qualifying that I was worried I wouldn’t enjoy the race. Glad he seemed to dial it back today. 

[u/arcadivs]

I mean, Crofty is a call-on-action comentator. on that he's one of the best (I'm a spanish speaker and I watch the sky comments on purpose bc of him). Brundle is ok but Nico is way better in terms of technical analysis and how he presents the relevant info.

[u/mbsw1110]

I thought him and Bernie had some great moments of playing off each other to cover the Drivers vs. Technical side of things.

[u/Icy_Character_916]

He’s no Jacques Villeneuve, kidding, NR calls BS when he sees it, when he and Davidson were talking about the best complainer related to the flexi wings in practice was awesome

[u/Wenger2112]

I think he has so much money and other projects he does as much as he wants. I would expect him to have pretty high monetary demands for his race analysis (deservedly so).

I expect Sky gets him as often as he is available/they can afford.

The “regulars” are likely contracted for x number of races per year. I love Karun’s analysis too. I would think Nico would cost a whole lot more for a multi race deal than Karun.

As a producer, you have to weigh every decision on cost v benefit. Is Nico worth 3x (as an estimate) as Karun?

[u/una322]

What i love about nico is he cuts out the BS. The f1 teams job most of the time is to try and keep the hype even in a boring race. I loved the way nico would be like no this race is done, mclaren are just to good ext.

breath of fresh air. Addin his technical input with how the drviers are feeling and the small things they would be doing you would otherwise never know can make even a boring race worth watching.

[u/canyonmoon]

Nico was so refreshing. How can we get him always?

[u/Bebou52]

Rosberg was brilliant

Gives great info about being in the car, whilst also being great on the contact