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@TotosHeadphones wrote:
@SteveJacksonJust to bring in another point; women have been excluded from the commentary space for quite a while, especially from Motorsports, so could be argued that they're playing catch up and hence the perceived difference in quality. I don't mind Pinkham, it's always difficult for females to offer great insight, at least on a technical part, in a sport that they aren't likely to have competed in like F1. But when we talk about "presenters", I agree that some presenters, both male and female are awful. I see why Danica Patrick has been recruited; to appeal to the US side and offer that US based opinion but she's lacklustre at offering anything useful.
This is so important, right? I don't know how that goes abroad but here in Brasil we see a great effort to make female representation on sports larger. The same channel that broadcasts F1 overhere is enforcing this by broadcasting the female national soccer league and even some games of smaller leagues - trying to engage audience.
Specifically on F1 we have Mariana Becker which has been covering F1 in loco for what? Maybe 20 years now. Very reputed in the paddock but clearly an exception.
(Last saturday she asked Alonso if Swift was some kind of money transfer or ~something else~ haha)
About Pinkham, with english not being my mother language, she has one of the cleanest accents of any international coverage, really easy to follow.
