Steve Matchett - always staggering

Lee Diffey, I think.

 

That's the guy - Thanks.

Only problem with him is he tends to fill air-time telling us how he's filling in for Bob, who will be back soon!.....

Cheers,
Ian

 

I like the guy. I like him a LOT. He's at the top of my list of "guyz i'd like to watch an F1 race with"

Quick quiz, from a direct quote :

"Everything about the xxx reeked of perfection, and neither before nor after that bright day in the early autumn of 1987, as we drove along the A6 putting the car through its paces (just as a favour), have I ever been so besotted by a piece of mechanical engineering."

fill in the xxx ... what road car so captured Steve Matchett, like no car before or since?

 

959?

 

nope ... wrong car, wrong marque

 

F-40?

 

No problems here with "Staggering."

However...

"Dude" somehow just sounds wrong with that accent.

 

close ... VERY close but check the date in the quote, gotta go one generation earlier

 

Get after it!!!

 

288 GTO?

 

ding ding ding ... we've got a winner

Yes, the Ferrari 288 GTO. No road car has so captured/mesmerized Mr. Steve Matchett, before or since

And i find it pretty hard to argue with the man, myself

The quote was from his book, The Mechanic's Tale : Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One. A fascinating read, highly recommended

 

....That was Staggering!

 

This thread is staggering.... but now I have to go jump in the chassis and
head out on an errand, Dude. Oh, and that battery symbol on your screen is NOT in my car



Jedi

 

of over-used expressions, how about "Yes, yes...that's what I'm talking about!!!"

Huh?

So what was he "talking" about? Haven't seen any video of him strutting down the pre-grid bragging that he's going to win. Come on Vettel, how about a new catch phrase?

KevFla

 

Honestly, it's no different than any other sport. How many times have we
heard the interviewer of a basketball player ask "so what happened out there?"
followed by a long spew of cliches and catch phrases .... when the real answer is
"we didn't put the orange round thing through that hoop thing as many times as we
had planned and the other guys were able to do it more"

Sports talk is sports talk - largely inane most of the time.

Staggering

Jedi

 

d'oh!

 

At the end of the day, for sure, that's what happens out there. The thing is, you have to go after these things, you can't be intimidated, you've got to dig deep, show your pride, be on top of your game, and the intangibles will be the key - there's no question about it. Obviously, the winners gave it 110% and stayed focused, but the final result in this titanic battle wasn't a true reflection of how it all went down. Mistakes were sometimes made when the desire to win clouded judgements, but deep in our hearts we know we did nothing wrong. There are no easy contests in this day and age, but our tireless work ethic saw us scratch and claw our way back from oblivion with a gutsy move. The home crowd can't believe it... and the silence is deafening!

Blathering profusely,
Andrew.

 

"there you have it..... Jedi Dave reporting from Key Arena.... back to you Joan"




Jedi

 

I think perhaps you are speaking of Hobbs' impression of David Coulthard and Jackie Stewart doing an interview of Paul DiResta. The back and forth in Scottish burr was intentionally unintelligible. Hobbs has, as they say, "done some stuff". I doubt many on this forum are worthy of carrying his helmet.

 

"GO ON! GO ON! GO ON!" is my favorite, especially when it's one of our guys making the pass.

 

I especially like his Ross Brawn/Michael Schumacher exchanges.

Nothing wrong with Hobbo IMO.

 

+1

 

Has anyone mentioned the Matchettism

"Come on boys...push, push, push"

At least once a race.

 

And, there is no I in Team America.

Maybe the volume of "staggerings" is the result of so many "massives," especially with Lewis for some reason. Like when anybody else drags a wheel, it's "a little lockup there," but let Lewis make some tire smoke for 0.001sec, and it's "OHHHH! MASSIVE LOCKUP FROM HAMILTON!"

At least DH hasn't said "neeeeowwwwww" in awhile.

Hey, what happened to the shout outs they used to read to the obscure F1 fan clubs?

 

It could be worse, we could have to listen to the BBC team, and hear Martin tell "this is how he beat Senna" or David, mention how he could of won that race in his time..

I just watched the last two races in the UK, one with sound off (in a pub) and one with sound, now while i cannot fault the coverage and access the BBC get to teams and personal, i find the personality's annoying, basically because they don't have one. I think the US guys are more like the gang from top gear, and i love the enthusiasm, errors and all....speed commentators with BBC coverage....best of both worlds