Ben Edwards

[wodonnell]

No Ben Edwards on the Eurosport coverage!

I was a bit disappointed by that. Was this a one off or is he not doing CART this year? (Could he possibly be moving over to do F1!?)

[Speed Demon]

Who did do the commentary then? Hope it was someone half-decent.

[wodonnell]

It was Jeremy Shaw and Guy Hobbs - the 2 guys who used to commentate alongside Ben Edwards.

They did an OK job. Guy got a bit excited a couple of times (when Takagi spun at the pit entry and when Dario got a penalty).

[Liz]

We never heard anything about either one.

I wish we could get Ben and Jeremy every week. I like them. They can both pronounce Gil's name consistently and they always seem to notice that there are more than six cars on the grid.

[bobdrummond]

Ben Edwards is pretty good alright but, for me, it's the partnership of Edwards/Shaw that's the winner. Similar to when he shared Eurosports F1 coverage with John Watson, Edwards plays the part of advocate very well, setting up the other party for a bit of commentary. I hope Ben Edwards will be doing the rest of the series.

By the way, Jeremy Shaw is a big ally of Champ Car racing, editing as he does the Champ Car magazine that's a sister to 'Racer' mag. This month's Racer features a story on the Zanardi/Vasser friendship and there's a great side-bar where the lack of American drivers is addressed. Basically, they ask the question why CART doesn't dip into its warchest and place Memo or Alex in a decent car.