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Color commentator sportif" (who is also a journalist). In Italy, the color commentator is usually referred to as responsible for the "commento tecnico" (technical comment) whereas the play-by-play commentator is the main "telecronista". In Italy, too, the color commentator is usually a person formerly directly involved in the sport (as an athlete/player/pilot or as a coach). Recent Formula 1 races have no fewer than three commentators: the "telecronista", a former pilot, and an engineer, the last two sharing the "commento tecnico". In Turkey, the term "spiker" is used for the play-by-play announcer whereas the color commentator is referred to simply as "yorumcu"