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Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:36 pm
by paulsf1fix
Hello, I have been enjoying watching some live coverage of F1 winter testing today (Wednesday 20th February) and I have watched Sky F1 testing review.

Any way like him or hate him where is Ted Kravitz? I hope he's back at some point I like his notebooks and input.

If anyone knows please let me/ us know. Thank you.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:35 pm
by pokerman
I think last year he showed up for the second week of testing, as an analyst he can make a better judgement of what the pecking order looks like, presently there's more speculation.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 12:51 pm
by tootsie323
Taking over temporarily, whilst Wally takes a couple of weeks off?

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:57 pm
by klevispin
Dunno where Ted is, but the last two days of testing without Crofty were wonderful. Shame it can’t last.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:13 am
by Black_Flag_11
Rumoured that he isn't with Sky anymore since they put out an article mentioning all their reporters by name with no mention of Ted.

According to a source banned on here (so take with an appropriate dose of salt), the new boss of Sky F1 hasn't renewed his contract and Chandhok has been brought in to replace him.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... clusive-f1
Sky Sports F1 coverage will reflect the changes and excitement with some new and returning faces joining the lineup. 2009 world champion Jenson Button joins the team, adding to Sky Sports' roster of world champions alongside Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.

Martin Brundle's expert analysis and famed grid walks will be a key feature in the coverage, as well as in commentary with David Croft. Karun Chandhok who worked on Sky Sports F1 in the past returns to the fold, ready to give his insight as a former driver with years of experience in the sport together with Johnny Herbert and Paul Di Resta.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:18 am
by Jezza13
Black_Flag_11 wrote:Rumoured that he isn't with Sky anymore since they put out an article mentioning all their reporters by name with no mention of Ted.

According to a source banned on here (so take with an appropriate dose of salt), the new boss of Sky F1 hasn't renewed his contract and Chandhok has been brought in to replace him.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... clusive-f1
Sky Sports F1 coverage will reflect the changes and excitement with some new and returning faces joining the lineup. 2009 world champion Jenson Button joins the team, adding to Sky Sports' roster of world champions alongside Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.

Martin Brundle's expert analysis and famed grid walks will be a key feature in the coverage, as well as in commentary with David Croft. Karun Chandhok who worked on Sky Sports F1 in the past returns to the fold, ready to give his insight as a former driver with years of experience in the sport together with Johnny Herbert and Paul Di Resta.
That'll be sad if that's true. Ted's notebook's a top shelf segment if you ask me.

Still, Croft & Herbert aside, it'll still be a good team with Chandhok & Button joining Brundle, Hill, Lazenby & Pink........ ah....um hang on, somethings not right here.

Where's Natalie's name? Natalie? Nat? My little Miss Pinky? No, no say it aint so. Just say it aint so. Nat's coming back right? Tell me she's coming back. Oh my God. Oh my dear God.

NATALIE!!!

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:39 am
by lucifers
Jezza13 wrote:
Black_Flag_11 wrote:Rumoured that he isn't with Sky anymore since they put out an article mentioning all their reporters by name with no mention of Ted.

According to a source banned on here (so take with an appropriate dose of salt), the new boss of Sky F1 hasn't renewed his contract and Chandhok has been brought in to replace him.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... clusive-f1
Sky Sports F1 coverage will reflect the changes and excitement with some new and returning faces joining the lineup. 2009 world champion Jenson Button joins the team, adding to Sky Sports' roster of world champions alongside Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.

Martin Brundle's expert analysis and famed grid walks will be a key feature in the coverage, as well as in commentary with David Croft. Karun Chandhok who worked on Sky Sports F1 in the past returns to the fold, ready to give his insight as a former driver with years of experience in the sport together with Johnny Herbert and Paul Di Resta.
That'll be sad if that's true. Ted's notebook's a top shelf segment if you ask me.

Still, Croft & Herbert aside, it'll still be a good team with Chandhok & Button joining Brundle, Hill, Lazenby & Pink........ ah....um hang on, somethings not right here.

Where's Natalie's name? Natalie? Nat? My little Miss Pinky? No, no say it aint so. Just say it aint so. Nat's coming back right? Tell me she's coming back. Oh my God. Oh my dear God.

NATALIE!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: , i just hope it ain't true about ted i really liked his notebooks.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:03 am
by Black_Flag_11
Jezza13 wrote:
Black_Flag_11 wrote:Rumoured that he isn't with Sky anymore since they put out an article mentioning all their reporters by name with no mention of Ted.

According to a source banned on here (so take with an appropriate dose of salt), the new boss of Sky F1 hasn't renewed his contract and Chandhok has been brought in to replace him.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433 ... clusive-f1
Sky Sports F1 coverage will reflect the changes and excitement with some new and returning faces joining the lineup. 2009 world champion Jenson Button joins the team, adding to Sky Sports' roster of world champions alongside Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg.

Martin Brundle's expert analysis and famed grid walks will be a key feature in the coverage, as well as in commentary with David Croft. Karun Chandhok who worked on Sky Sports F1 in the past returns to the fold, ready to give his insight as a former driver with years of experience in the sport together with Johnny Herbert and Paul Di Resta.
That'll be sad if that's true. Ted's notebook's a top shelf segment if you ask me.

Still, Croft & Herbert aside, it'll still be a good team with Chandhok & Button joining Brundle, Hill, Lazenby & Pink........ ah....um hang on, somethings not right here.

Where's Natalie's name? Natalie? Nat? My little Miss Pinky? No, no say it aint so. Just say it aint so. Nat's coming back right? Tell me she's coming back. Oh my God. Oh my dear God.

NATALIE!!!
Actually come to think of it that might offer a bit of hope. Natalie was doing the testing shows last week, so she is definitely still there and not mentioned in that article.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:26 pm
by paulsf1fix
Thank you for your answers, that's quite sad if sky have not renewed his contract. I too enjoy his notebooks on the show and like him or hate him he will be missed. Maybe C4 could pick him up?

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:42 pm
by AstoriaisBACK
theres too much driver presence. I have been watching the coverage in London and USA to be honest Ted was great really enjoyed his commentary. I had the chance to watch F1TV for the 4 days and Chandhok was terrible. Not as good as others and now the booth is crowded with former race winners...not very strong to let Ted go and bring on Chandhok...bad move.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:09 pm
by F1_Ernie
What a huge mistake by Sky if the rumours are true, theres not many good things about Skys coverage but Ted was one of them. Listening to Hill and Herbert banging on about the same rubbish and Crofty in the commentary is painful. I only watch sky because I have no choice, was always C4 when I had the chance.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:13 pm
by F1_Ernie
Theres a petition for Ted, get on it :thumbup:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:05 pm
by TheGiantHogweed
F1_Ernie wrote:What a huge mistake by Sky if the rumours are true, theres not many good things about Skys coverage but Ted was one of them. Listening to Hill and Herbert banging on about the same rubbish and Crofty in the commentary is painful. I only watch sky because I have no choice, was always C4 when I had the chance.
I find Kravitz very irritating a lot of the time. I've watched back and i actually liked him when he was on the BBC. Crofty has infected him with his stupid off topic comments and other annoying things too. Even without Crofty, he used to be way better on the BBC.

I struggle to watch his pit lane stuff. He is very knowledgeable but from many I've watched, it looks like the people around him find him annoying and nosey and wish he wasn't there. This will be the same with most media I guess, but he somehow looks like he gets in the way more. And just find it hard to watch because I can tell a lot of the time, people around him are wondering what on earth he is doing when he is demonstrating something. As if it is loud, only us can hear him describe what he was doing. There was one time where he was trying to show how F1 drivers sit in a car. But without anything near him. The position he was in made it just embarrassing to watch and i don't know how he can't be himself. He gets stared at often enough by others. I may have only watched a few race weekends of this, but they were painful enough that I would be just as pleased if he wasn't on the coverage as if Crofty wasn't.

So many people on sky have got worse since they have been with people I really dislike. Brundle was far better when he was with DC on Channel 4. Has Crofty infected him too? About the only people I like on Sky are Anthony Davidson and I now think Di Resta is pretty good. But I somehow think that he thinks Crofty is irritating. He always goes quiet when crofty makes a stupid comment and I can almost feel him wondering why he says such things.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:07 pm
by sandman1347
Unpopular opinion: Never liked Ted much.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:00 pm
by Jezza13
F1_Ernie wrote:Theres a petition for Ted, get on it :thumbup:
Action taken.

C’mon people. Be the change you want to see.

https://www.change.org/p/sky-sports-f1- ... vitz-in-f1

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:46 pm
by Lojik
F1_Ernie wrote:Theres a petition for Ted, get on it :thumbup:
Need one "get rid of Crofty" now

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 6:49 pm
by Jenson's Understeer
I like Ted, and would definitely miss him if he's gone from Sky's coverage, but I can also see why he might rub people the wrong way.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 7:41 pm
by Exediron
Lojik wrote:
F1_Ernie wrote:Theres a petition for Ted, get on it :thumbup:
Need one "get rid of Crofty" now
I would sign that so fast my hands would catch fire.

Listening to Will Buxton commentating over testing just reminded me of how much better he is than Crofty. :uhoh:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 5:34 pm
by pokerman
Ted was a maverick and added something extra to the show, ex drivers tend to be one of the same, bring back Ted. :x

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:37 am
by jimmyj
I like Ted and his notebook. If he is gone they better have someone better in his place.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:18 pm
by F1_Ernie
Lojik wrote:
F1_Ernie wrote:Theres a petition for Ted, get on it :thumbup:
Need one "get rid of Crofty" now
Yes please, I would get every one I know to sign that.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:28 pm
by F1_Ernie
Sky F1 has alot of ex drivers now. Hill and Herbert are not good pundits, they are like the Michael Owen of F1 and just state the obvious. Rosberg is cringey and just states the obvious alot of the time. My favourites are actually Di Resta and Davidson, they know alot about these cars, really describe the technical side well for people like me who don't understand much, I enjoy listening to them. Crofty is Crofty and someone start the petition :lol: Brundle is good and I'm sure Button will be a good addition. I also like Chandhok when he was on CH4 aswell as Webber and DC, both pundits who pretty much say it how it is.

I did like the sky f1 advert at the weekend, very good :thumbup:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:14 pm
by Yellowbin74
That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:17 pm
by Jenson's Understeer
Yellowbin74 wrote:That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.
Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert said he should retire :lol:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:21 pm
by Yellowbin74
Jenson's Understeer wrote:
Yellowbin74 wrote:That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.
Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert said he should retire :lol:
Yes I remember that. :lol:

Hill I really like, Rosberg and Button I think I can learn to tolerate, but Herbert... ugh..

Chandhok I think will be a handy addition too.

I'd miss Ted and his flip flops if true - his notebook could often uncover truths not known during a race.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:09 pm
by Black_Flag_11
Yellowbin74 wrote:
Jenson's Understeer wrote:
Yellowbin74 wrote:That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.
Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert said he should retire :lol:
Yes I remember that. :lol:

Hill I really like, Rosberg and Button I think I can learn to tolerate, but Herbert... ugh..

Chandhok I think will be a handy addition too.

I'd miss Ted and his flip flops if true - his notebook could often uncover truths not known during a race.
Problem with Rosberg, Button and Hill is they all fill more or less the same role: F1 champion, quite polite and not very blunt. They're all pretty good but I'd drop one and take Webber instead for some more on the nose commentary personally.

Herbert I agree with though he seems like a nice person but I don't quite get the appeal from a pundit standpoint.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:57 pm
by AstoriaisBACK
#freeted

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:20 pm
by AstoriaisBACK
Ted is BAAACK !!!!!!

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:36 pm
by Black_Flag_11
AstoriaisBACK wrote:Ted is BAAACK !!!!!!
Yup mentioned by name in the recent Sky article and has retweeted it on Twitter.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430 ... ula-1-2019

Hopefully it was all a load of rumour without substance and they've all been laughing at everyone losing their heads for the last few days.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:14 pm
by Yellowbin74
Black_Flag_11 wrote:
Yellowbin74 wrote:
Jenson's Understeer wrote:
Yellowbin74 wrote:That would be a shame as he's one of my favourites.

Diresta I can put up with, but I'd ditch Herbert who offers nothing.
Definitely agree re: Herbert. Literally the only time I've enjoyed his presence on Sky's F1 coverage was Fernando Alonso's drive-by assassination of him live on air after Herbert said he should retire :lol:
Yes I remember that. :lol:

Hill I really like, Rosberg and Button I think I can learn to tolerate, but Herbert... ugh..

Chandhok I think will be a handy addition too.

I'd miss Ted and his flip flops if true - his notebook could often uncover truths not known during a race.
Problem with Rosberg, Button and Hill is they all fill more or less the same role: F1 champion, quite polite and not very blunt. They're all pretty good but I'd drop one and take Webber instead for some more on the nose commentary personally.

Herbert I agree with though he seems like a nice person but I don't quite get the appeal from a pundit standpoint.
Webber would be awesome - I'd drop both Button and Rosberg for him.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:30 pm
by pokerman
Black_Flag_11 wrote:
AstoriaisBACK wrote:Ted is BAAACK !!!!!!
Yup mentioned by name in the recent Sky article and has retweeted it on Twitter.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430 ... ula-1-2019

Hopefully it was all a load of rumour without substance and they've all been laughing at everyone losing their heads for the last few days.
Good :thumbup:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:45 pm
by JN23
Anyone know what's going on with Ted?

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:27 pm
by TheGiantHogweed
JN23 wrote:Anyone know what's going on with Ted?
I'm not sure, but I don't miss him at all. Chandhok is doing a lot of what he did and I much prefer him. I don't deny Kravitz was very knowledgable, but he was incredibly annoying. H's been infected by crofty and was far better before he came to sky. I have recently watched some videos from nearly 15 years ago with him talking about F1 and he speaks in a more more sensible way. Even when he was on the BBC just before moving to sky, he was far better than recent years. He tries to be funny but badly fails. But this is just my opinion. I can understand if people want him there purely because of his knowledge, but I can see Chandhok filling in for him quite easily.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:00 pm
by Jezza13
JN23 wrote:Anyone know what's going on with Ted?
He's back for 13 race starting in China.

It's only been 2 races but I can't warm to Chandhok. I prefer Kravitz's approach to pit lane reporting. It's not that I feel Chandhok's doing a bad job, in fact I think he's doing well, I just Kravitz's approach to the gig.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:20 pm
by JN23
Jezza13 wrote:
JN23 wrote:Anyone know what's going on with Ted?
He's back for 13 race starting in China.

It's only been 2 races but I can't warm to Chandhok. I prefer Kravitz's approach to pit lane reporting. It's not that I feel Chandhok's doing a bad job, in fact I think he's doing well, I just Kravitz's approach to the gig.
Thanks :thumbup: agree with you as well - I think Chandhok has a role to play on Sky's team and he's very good IMO, just think Ted suits the pit lane gig more

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:29 pm
by Lord Crc
TheGiantHogweed wrote:
JN23 wrote:Anyone know what's going on with Ted?
I'm not sure, but I don't miss him at all. Chandhok is doing a lot of what he did and I much prefer him.
While I'm no super Ted fan, I often muted his semi-coherent ramblings, but what he did do was dig up info about the teams day for his notebook segment. So far that treasure trove of info seems to be missing from the Sky broadcasts so far this season. And I really think the Sky package is much worse off because of it. It let you keep in touch with all the teams in a nice convenient format.

Also, both me and my gf find Chandhok's voice grating. Not his fault, I know, but I just can't help it.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:40 pm
by lucifers
I miss his notebooks. they were informative.

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:56 pm
by pokerman
lucifers wrote:I miss his notebooks. they were informative.
I guess a new boss has always got to change something to make it look like he's doing something? :thumbdown:

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 10:15 pm
by DOLOMITE
He's part of the W Series commentary team apparently: https://wseries.com/w-hub/getting-to-kn ... ottingham/

Re: Where's Ted Kravitz

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 12:22 am
by pokerman
Good to see he's back along with the notebook.