F1
Sky Sports F1 commentator told off for comments as David Croft apologises for colleague
Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft was forced to issue a telling-off to co-commentator Karun Chandhok during the FP2 broadcast at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the former HRT driver used blasphemous language. Croft and Chandhok were discussing the commitment of a Williams fan in the grandstands at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit after the TV cameras panned to a supporter holding up a handmade sign reading: “I flew 10,000km to see Carbono’. This was a reference to the fan-made nickname for Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.
Lead commentator Croft used the sign to pivot to a fact about both Williams drivers having undergone appendectomies since graduating from F1, while also noting that their replacements, Oliver Bearman and Nyck de Vries, both scored points on their debuts.
