Just wanted to say. I'm a huge fan of Sam. So great to see him out in meatspace. Hope we can see him out and about more often.
Been a fan ever since his super formula commentary for The Race. Good to see him doing well!
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Love his tech talk!
Sam is amazing, and Iโve loved his energy and enthusiasm this weekend. The man wasnโt slowed down by the rain!
What did I miss? He was always there no?
He's usually back at the studio doing analysis. Haven't seen him do on paddock commentary before.. has he been out? He looked kind of nervous and out of place but was absolutely on point with his commentary, and also, he's awesome
I think I've seen him doing walks in the pitlane similar to Ted Kravitz? I don't have F1TV though so it might've just been a YouTube video
Sam is great
I love Samโs personality but he seems to always super confidently make predictions that - to a one - never are born out.
I think that's cause Sam is a car guy not a driver or strat guy. Imo though, he is the car guy.
So how many of his predictions were born out this weekend? I thought we were in for a three stop race at Ferrari, if Sam was to be believed. Look, I love the guys energy, but he is wrong way way waaaaay more often than heโs right โ so how exactly is he an expert?
Wow you came back to this huh? I don't think what's important about Sam is his predictions...that was the point I was trying to make because 'predictions' involve coalescing a whole bunch of different aspects of the sport at the same time. Do you watch Sam's beloved tech talks? Every week he goes in deep about car upgrades and I think it's pretty clear that yes he's an expert. Just check out the Hungarian gp tech talk and the comments on that video. Maybe you're right and literally everyone commenting on that video is an idiot, but I certainly learn something from every one that I watch and I think a lot of other people do too.
Yeah I think itโs important to balance supposedly knowledgeable tech talks with reality checks. Iโve watched his tech talks before, but theyโre the same over confident โexplanationsโ of CFD or changes down to airflow that imo donโt seem to be backed up by statistical or actual evidence. Itโs easy to sound expert, but itโs not clear to me that heโs much more valuable than any of the other pundits F1TV / Liberty is employing. Ex-Aston strategy Bernie Collins over at Sky, for example; or ex Red Bull engineer Blake over at Engine Mode 11 both seem way more knowledgeable and their insights seem to correlate more to reality โ and are better pundits as a result.
Imo the car guy should be able to make accurate predictions/statements about the car, but I havenโt exactly seen that from Sam
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