Being in Canada I am limited to the only broadcast option of TSN's transmission. We used to have Speed as an option, but in recent years TSN have exercised their right to exclusive Canadain transmission so Speed has to blackout or broadcast some truck building shows or something instead. Because F1 is a little more limited in following here than other locations they only broadcast the FIA primary feed, so we start 5 mins before the Qualifying and end right after the clasification and we get 5 mins before the race and then up to the interviews. The only benefit of this is that TSN do not want to outlay too much on their coverage so they pick up the BBC feed for commentry, which is a good thing.Dave, which coverage of the F1 do you watch? I'm stuck to the swiss tv one or RTL. The Swiss one is great for some additional Sauber info and only one commercial per hour but otherwise pretty unsatisfactory on anything technical (in Australia, they failed to point out on numerous occasions on which tyres the drivers like Vettel or Button/Hamilton were while comparing laptimes to one another). RTL on the other hand... well, far too many annoying commercials (that last about 5 minutes too) and Niki... well...
With the split in coverage between BBC and Sky, it was a gamble to see which way they would go this year - however, even though BBC are not, themselves, showing all the race live they are doing the commetry live so TSN have picked it up again (I guess BBC still had a lot of interest from other broadcasters as well). I was kinda hoping TSN would go with Sky because Brundle is always worth it - he's knowledgable, spots things and often comes up with great one-liners - and Legard knows his stuff from doing the BBC Radeio 5 Live commentry over the years. BBC still has Coulthard, and he knows the tech side well, and Ben Edwards is at least a proven commentator - IIRC he used to be on Speeds F1 commentry team and for the past couple of years he's been doing the British Touring Car Championship commentry.
Like I say, even though the BBC commentry feels like it has lost a little in comparison to Sky, it is still very good, and I shudder to think what would happen if TSN started carrying their own commentry team!
