itv's "we" comment at chinese gp

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did anybody else notice peter windsor, (i think it was peter windsor anyway) say something along the lines of "we, i mean mclaren" when talkin about something to do with lewis hamilton during the start of the race. i will find it on my tape and give the whole story, but it was along those lines. interesting little stuff up do you not think.
 
It was probably just a Freudian Slip. You know, when you say one thing and mean your mother?

I don't see what you're getting at; the only thing I can think of is that you're an advocate of this whole FIA-conspiracy-to-have-Hamilton-win thing. Allow me to disillusion you: Windsor is an Australian journalist and in no way connected with the FIA. In fact, I don't think he has anything to do with ITV; I've only ever seen the Australian broadcaster of the races cut to him and ITV make no mention of him insofar as I can remember (their only two reporters other than James and Martin are Lousie and Ted ... and I can never remember any of their surnames).
 
(their only two reporters other than James and Martin are Lousie and Ted ... and I can never remember any of their surnames).

James Allen, Martin Brundle (👍), Louise Goodman, Ted Krabitz (sp).

And yes, Windsor works for SpeedTV and the FIA (or FOM or whatever) in some form since he always conducts the press conferences.
 
1 - im not stupid enough to think they are rigging it to make hamilton champ. 2 - journalist on sporting events are supposed to be unbiassed so they can provide the audience with a clear view of the whole picture. not the hamilton mania that has been happening at itv the whole season. 3 - it was the same guy that does the press confrences that made the stuff up, so if that is peter windsor, then there you go. 4 - seeing as someone pointed out that he works for the fia and not itv i think that makes it even more interesting.
 
i think that makes it even more interesting.
But how? It's nothing more than a simple slip of the tongue; you don't even know what context it was in! Don't tell me you actually think the FIA is discreetly assisting Lewis Hamilton? Why do you want this to happen so badly?
 
Anyone else bothered by how James Allen pronounces "sixth"?
"SIKTH place"

How James Allen pronounces "sixth" is the very least of his problems.
 
seriously man, stop putting words in peoples mouths, i never said the fia were assisiting anyone, im simply getting at the way the media truly does love lewis and how they are struggling to hide it. maybe to show a different side to the whole "fernando is a sore losing cheating liar" side of things. which frankly i think is a bit biased and un objective. but if u want to keep going there do, u seem a bit touchy.
 
did anybody else notice peter windsor, (i think it was peter windsor anyway) say something along the lines of "we, i mean mclaren" when talkin about something to do with lewis hamilton during the start of the race. i will find it on my tape and give the whole story, but it was along those lines. interesting little stuff up do you not think.

1 - im not stupid enough to think they are rigging it to make hamilton champ. 2 - journalist on sporting events are supposed to be unbiassed so they can provide the audience with a clear view of the whole picture. not the hamilton mania that has been happening at itv the whole season. 3 - it was the same guy that does the press confrences that made the stuff up, so if that is peter windsor, then there you go. 4 - seeing as someone pointed out that he works for the fia and not itv i think that makes it even more interesting.

seriously man, stop putting words in peoples mouths, i never said the fia were assisiting anyone, im simply getting at the way the media truly does love lewis and how they are struggling to hide it. maybe to show a different side to the whole "fernando is a sore losing cheating liar" side of things. which frankly i think is a bit biased and un objective. but if u want to keep going there do, u seem a bit touchy.

I'm not exactly sure what the point of this thread actually is, D0wNForc3.

As far as I can tell, somebody who has nothing to do with anything said something and that means... something about Lewis Hamilton.

Help me out here. And, no offence intended, use paragraphs - I'm having trouble extracting the point from a large stack of word.
 

Help me out here. And, no offence intended, use paragraphs - I'm having trouble extracting the point from a large stack of word.

Originally Posted by downforce

which frankly i think is a bit biased and un objective. but if u want to keep going there do, u seem a bit touchy.
May I just add to famines post, it is writen you, rather than u,
I see that mistake in almost every post you make, I don't mean to nag but it does annoy me.

and back on topic, its a err..very speculative topic to say the least, please try and gather a bit more substancial evidence before you go posting conspiricy theories, or are you just trying to tell us everyone loves Hamilton, which I can assure you isn't the case for many people, even if it does appear the case for ITV...
 
seriously man, stop putting words in peoples mouths, i never said the fia were assisiting anyone, im simply getting at the way the media truly does love lewis and how they are struggling to hide it. maybe to show a different side to the whole "fernando is a sore losing cheating liar" side of things. which frankly i think is a bit biased and un objective. but if u want to keep going there do, u seem a bit touchy.
Words in your mouth? No, I'm simply trying to work out what the hell it is you're on about.
I'm not exactly sure what the point of this thread actually is, D0wNForc3.

As far as I can tell, somebody who has nothing to do with anything said something and that means... something about Lewis Hamilton.

Help me out here. And, no offence intended, use paragraphs - I'm having trouble extracting the point from a large stack of word.
As Famine says, there's not really anything going on here; it would help if you'd be a little more specific.
 
what i was getting at is that the journalist seem to be rooting for hamilton and arent giving a very unbiased coverage at the races. and this slip up may or may not show peter windsors feelings for one. i for one would like a more rounded coverage rather than what we have seen this year.

my bad about the "U" thing, it is a habbit i have, and it seems rather hard for me to break it. i am trying. :sly:
 
Man, it’s sports journalism. Sport without the passion is nothing—I’d rather hear biased commentators who love the sport rather than some unbiased hack who reports the obvious and never says anything remotely intriguing or insightful.

Anyway, most English reporters are British and are reporting for British audiences. They’re always going to be more popular if they can convince everyone that the British driver is great and that the country nurtured such a talent. Can’t really blame them for that. The Spanish do exactly the same thing. The Australian commentators also do for Webber.
 
what i was getting at is that the journalist seem to be rooting for hamilton and arent giving a very unbiased coverage at the races. and this slip up may or may not show peter windsors feelings for one. i for one would like a more rounded coverage rather than what we have seen this year.

It's a commercial, British channel. They aren't paid to give unbiased coverage - they're paid to say what the sponsors tell them and what they think we want to hear.

Which is "YAY HAMILTON!".

Considering ITV spent the last 4 years fellating Schumacher (no, not Ralf), it's not exactly a shocker.
 
They were ?!? :eek:

All of them, or just Louise?

If you listened very careful while James Allen was saying "Schumacher" (followed by a string of praises), you could just hear a faint slapping sound and the jingle of a belt buckle.
 
did anybody else notice peter windsor, (i think it was peter windsor anyway) say something along the lines of "we, i mean mclaren" when talkin about something to do with lewis hamilton during the start of the race. i will find it on my tape and give the whole story, but it was along those lines. interesting little stuff up do you not think.

I think that you need to solidify this a lot before people can comment. The negative replies you've received thus far seem to stem from a genuine confusion about your analysis of a point which you don't describe very well.

Peter Windsor is a respected journalist for F1 Racing magazine (plus some freelance work) and as such is only vaguely connected with NorthOne, (mainly through journalistic assistance with the truly awful itv-f1.com website) which produces the F1 programming for ITV and other English-speaking markets. Following this through, the editor of F1 Racing and sometime contributor to motorsport bible Autosport magaize, Matt Bishop, has recently been appointed Head of PR for McLaren. It is possible, although unlikely, that Windsor has gone too.

But from your OP, I doubt even that it was Windsor who was speaking. I cannot recall having seen him on an ITV show ever, whilst I do not have a perfect memory, I have seen every GP since 1991, so I'm reasonably confident in my assertion that Windsor is a print journalist (and author), but not a TV type.

If you're referring to the "general questions" in FIA press conferences, the last I knew was that it was Bob Constanduros who was doing the questioning. He has had a long and varied career in British TV. Quite often the FIA press conferences reflect national interest (transcripts are available on autosport.com).

So, please clarify. Then you'll get some sensible comment. There are a lot of people who hang out here who know a lot about F1 and who like to talk.
 
I cannot recall having seen him on an ITV show ever, whilst I do not have a perfect memory, I have seen every GP since 1991, so I'm reasonably confident in my assertion that Windsor is a print journalist (and author), but not a TV type.

FYI he also does on-location reporting for SPEED’s F1 coverage, as well as a pre-race phone call to Australia’s hosts for the F1 coverage on Channel 10. He also moderates the official F1 press conferences.
 

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