Alex Jacques

So the only time I've ever been asked to include a British driver when I hadn't is sometimes I did a few races as cover for Five Live.

And after you do the broadcast, it's all gone out live on BBC radio.

You do a report for all the news bulletins that are carrying an update of what happened in this case and qualifying.

And I hadn't mentioned Lewis Hamilton.

I think he did a bad session.

I think he was P4 or P5 and he wasn't the story.

The Ferrari's at the front.

That was the story.

It's the first time doing it, and I tapped it all out.

It was my 30 seconds, and I read it.

And then the producer was like, you've not mentioned Lewis.

The majority of the BBC audience want to know where Lewis is qualified.

That is the only time I've ever been instructed to include a driver because of nationality ever.

It's a news bit.

It's not a live commentary.

I've never, ever been told to do this or not do this or focus on this or not do that.

And I've got to say, I've been very, very fortunate, both Channel 4 and F1 TV, in that we are given a lot of room.

We are given a lot of room to...

decide the direction of travel editorially and i'm forever grateful for it because it saves you having to argue over every every tiny piece um and and go no that is that is relevant no i need that no that's due to performance you don't have to do any of that which is which is interesting the bias thing is i've i've genuinely in in the modern age so i started in 2015 i've never met a

commentator who's anything other than biased about it being exciting they just want it to be exciting they want the motor race to be good and i've never i think if you're in the paddock for a very long time just the nature of uh like it would be in an office environment there are going to be people that you get on with the people that you maybe you get on less with