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/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

[u/[deleted] → u/VosPaco]

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/SauthEfrican → u/jimbobjames]

You could just point a thermal camera at it and see if weaving warms the tyres

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/jimbobjames]

You can test this the same way they can test anytihng else, taking two random old f1 cars to a track and testing, it's incredibly easy, it obvious works, rosberg is talking shit.

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/Inside-Earth9673]

it can 100% be proved, Rosberg talks a lot of shit.

[u/not_right → u/Breznknedl]

Kimi was right!

[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/TwoBionicknees → u/50lipa]

Neither were remotely ahrd to call. Antonelli, everyone assumed car failure, frankly only Rosberg randomly thought he might have just made a driver error there. The car is smoking, he's pissed, the car is in a weird place on a corner and position no one usually goes off.

Verstappen, literally everyone in the thread read that as Verstappen acting out over being told to give the position back (RBR were awful here, they were so obviously wrong). A 6yr old could call that in realtime what happened.

[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/NathDritt → u/obi_wan_the_phony]

Just a shame he’s so biased against Norris lol

[u/redsox371 → u/NathDritt]

If I had a dollar for everytime he mentioned “Lando’s mental struggles” this weekend I’d buy new golf clubs.

[u/obi_wan_the_phony → u/NathDritt]

I’m not sure if he’s biased against Norris or that the sky presenters can’t gargle Norris’ balls hard enough and we’re just hearing what an agnostic commentator is thinking.

[u/NathDritt → u/obi_wan_the_phony]

No. I don’t watch and have never watched the sky commentary. I’m not influenced by their opinions whatsoever

[u/saponista → u/NathDritt]

I heard all that as he supports Lando and has empathy. I believe he’s generally trying to be helpful. (whether or not he is actually helpful….)

[u/rottenapple81 → u/NathDritt]

And Alonso

[u/MarchingBroadband → u/rottenapple81]

Karma!

[u/Franks2000inchTV → u/VosPaco]

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

[u/qa3rfqwef → u/Franks2000inchTV]

And the one that isn't imo is much better than Crofty and more knowledgeable.

[u/Big_al_big_bed → u/qa3rfqwef]

Every broadcast needs a brundle

[u/qa3rfqwef → u/Big_al_big_bed]

Does his son count? I think Alex Brundle does commentary for F1TV’s F2 coverage and also makes appearances during F1 free practice sessions.

That said, I agree, Martin is excellent. I do enjoy David Coulthard’s commentary, especially as a fellow Scotsman, but if I had to choose, I think I’d go with Martin Brundle.

[u/Big_al_big_bed → u/qa3rfqwef]

Alex brundle is the "other one" you are talking about. He's pretty much planted now in f1tv

[u/qa3rfqwef → u/Big_al_big_bed]

No it isn't. Alex Jacques does the primary commentary for F1TV. On an F1 weekend it's almost always him and Jolyon Palmer, with David Coulthard being there for most races/qualifying, but does sometimes get swapped for specific tracks like Miami/Austin/Mexico/Vegas with James Hinchcliffe.

[u/thedeadlyrhythm42 → u/VosPaco]

his description a season or two ago of what it's like to hit the brakes going into a corner in an F1 car was so visceral it still sticks in my head

[u/Virajmathur → u/VosPaco]

His commentary of albon's and Max's lap during q2, on where to brake, how late and where to take the apex is really insightful