[Background note: Charlie Cox is one part of the race day commentary team for the BBC coverage of MotoGP]

Ok, let me start by getting something off my chest first – Charlie Cox is an twat who ruins pretty much every race I watch on the BBC with his ‘catchphrases’, ‘jokes’ and barely concealed sexism and borderline racism – I seem to recall him repeatedly referring to the Tech 3 Yamaha team in 2007 as ‘Team Froggy’. So, I guess that could be worse, but its another stick we can use to beat his puffy body with I guess. I’d imagine with every blow he’d wheeze out one of his catchphrases – “I need that like a third armpit” *WACK* “”I need that like a third armpit” *WACK* “I need that like a third armpit” *WACK* etc……

Some of his repetitive quotes that BBC viewers of MotoGP have to put up with include:

• “He needed that like a third armpit” (usually mentioned in every single race at least once a lap)
• “A nightmare in a bubblecar” (again, used repeatedly in every single race)
• “As useful as the bottom half of a mermaid”
  

He’s the David Brent of race day, he’s the special olympics of sports commentary…he’s the Sid Wadell of MotoGP (except far less entertaining than Sid)

The good news: This weekend’s Valencia MotoGP is likely to mark his final MotoGP commentary for the BBC. He’s been fronting the Australian version of Top Gear and rumours are that he’s going home to focus on that, which is great news for race fans. The BBC are yet to confirm their plans for MotoGP for 2009, and who will be their chosen commentary team, but I’m in favour of rescuing as much of the Eurosport team as possible (although I think Julian Ryder has signed up for working with Dorna directly already).

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