Throughout the winter break Motorsport Week will be providing insight into the various aspects of the Formula 1 world. Today we take a look at the life and role of a commentator. In every major sport the promotion of its core product is vital and the primary way of achieving this is through visual means. In a broadcast package there is typically a lead presenter and an array of pundits who preview, analyse and dissect the action. For the main event the action is usually described by one person with a microphone. But what it is like to be that person standing and staring at a screen, facing the task of relaying the unfolding and unpredictable events to thousands if not millions of viewers...
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