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Alex Jacques

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805 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

So a similar thing in that when it turns into pass and repass and you're still getting used to the nature of it and where that might happen, we had a really...

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

We had a really funny moment in China where Julian Palmer, one of my co-commentators, turned to me and went, you didn't think that move was done, did you?

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

And we're all still trying to work out when the moves actually are done.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

As you point out, there's a rise and fall, there's a cadence to it.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

Like you'd get with a goal in football, that the audience is used to, that is the sort of bedrock of commentary, which is you build to the big moment.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

You're never putting that on, but equally, that's the style that,

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

that's what you're used to doing.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

That's your muscle memory as a broadcaster.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

So suddenly in the same way that, you know, when you'd hang up the phone, everyone's got the muscle memory of how they hang up the phone.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

So suddenly when you don't know when the move is ending, that is an incredible, you're calculating in a way that you'd never normally be thinking.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

You'd be like Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, right?

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

The overtaking opportunities are here, here and here.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

Okay.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

We're getting into the S's at seven and eight.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

This is the last opportunity, except it's not anymore.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

And you're finding yourself having to, again, go back to the first lap thing, having to leave a little bit of headroom just in case there's an unexpected repass.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

Well, the thing with motorsport is you get used to things very, very quickly, especially Formula One reinventing itself the entire time.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

So this is a little bit in the DNA that there's always something new, that you're always trying to explain it.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

You know, every single time I do a qualifying session, I try to rattle through the basics of what's happening because we are getting new audience.

The Race F1 Podcast
The secrets of F1 race commentary - and the unique challenge of calling a race in 2026

But you're trying to almost smuggle it in without the diehards noticing that I've just recapped the same qualifying format that we've had for years now.