Best of ITV's Mark Blundell

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I'm glad I don't get ITV!

He's that lovable cockney "git orf me barra" geezer what helps Steve Rider explain ve races. Mark Blundell makes ITV compulsory viewing in much the same way that standing near a sharp icy corner in winter is so rewarding. You know something disastrous is going to happen, it's just a question of waiting. We're only halfway through the season and already our treasury of Blundellisms (take a perfectly good cliché and introduce one wrong word) is building. Here's some of the best from 2007 so far. Mark on how to use the word "durable" in a sentence. "To be fair to Massa, Steve, he had durability problems over the qualifying. He achieved a great result compared to what was out there traffic-wise." Mark's view about Renault's dominance in 2007: "It's not no longer happening." Mark's view on the conditions in Sepang. "It's just immensely humidity." Mark's view on Alonso's prospects in Malaysia. "He's up in the mix and I think he could pull something out of the bag." Mark's view on DC mounting Alex Wurz in Australia. "It could have been a lot worse, Steve. Gratefully nothing happened." Mark on the data screens. "You can see the laps what have been consumed." Mark on drivers trying 100%. "Everything he had under his armoury there he used and you've got to take your hat off to the guy." He likes to play around with language. "A lot of anticipation into that first corner." Mark's zen philosophical view on Hamilton's approach to racing. "Lewis just needs to go home and understand where he sits." Mark back on one of his favourite themes involving Alonso and bags. "I fink Alonso's one of those guys, when it comes to digging deep, he can pull it out of the bag." Mark on McLaren strategy. "We've seen every race this season that's the tactics they've done with." Mark on Fernando's qualifying effort: "The experience of Alonso made itself known out there." Mark on not taking nothing away from Alonso. "Don't take nothing away from Alonso, Steve." Mark on Lewis Hamilton's race prospects. "I have a feeling that we might see a great driver come his age today." Mark on Kimi's slow start to the season. "It's not the Raikkonen we thought was going to be the package challenging for Ferrari." Mark on the Montreal Wall of Champions. "You see people hitting the wall after a couple of contretemps." Mark on the high temperatures experienced at Indianapolis: "It's as hot as what I've felt it here before." Mark on why he'd really like to be commentating on football not F1: "The new boy Vettel done a good job." (the boy done good) Mark on Lewis's ability to run at the front. "Start to finish, under a little bit of pressure from time to time but nuffing what worried him one little bit." Mark on strategy not going wrong. "I don't fink there's anything strategy there what went wrong at all." Mark on where it all started. You know it all started off at the start, Steve." Mark on Lewis's brain. "Lewis Hamilton has to be in the reckoning now to pull this off - he's two in a row - he's got a little bit of an advantage now, a whole grand prix advantage at this point and at some stage in the near future his brain will have to tick in that the World Championship is there for the taking." Mark gives his view in the the "points good/points bad?" debate. "Points are very valuable for these teams, Steve." Mark on Kimi Raikkonen's qualifying in France. "He would have been on pole if he hadn't have made two critical mistakes, so if he can take that consistency (into the race), he stands a chance." Mark on Fernando's task starting from P10 in Magny Cours. "He's got a lot to pull out of the bag what we have seen before." And finally, talking about Jenson's attitude to the Honda situation. "He's physiological about the situation at Honda. Steve Rider: "He showed ice cool nerve there." Blundell: "That's what he's all around." Mark on Lewis's GBGP preparation. "There is some levels that he's going to have to put under his belt and just make sure he focuses and gets the job done." Mark on getting three out of four words correct. "Pressure. Performed. 100%. Faultless."

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haha that guy is just great!

Mark on not taking nothing away from F1's Lance Bass. "Don't take nothing away from F1's Lance Bass, Steve."

i had to laugh sooo hard