From F1 to karting, Legoist, musician, podcaster, movie nerd, gamer. Autistic. Wants a Herbie, a golf cart and a Sinclair C5. Seen on
#ThePiano
Series 2.
Massive thanks to
@JakobEbrey
- one hell of a pair of photos when I felt at my most confident, most relaxed and most at ease with my role at the
#BritishGrandPrix
- in a sea of self doubt and imposter syndrome, this was one of the moments I felt I deserved it and that I belonged.
Ollie Bearman finished P7 on his debut yesterday in a Ferrari at the age of 18, with no warning.
And what did the British press make of it? Nothing. Not a single British newspaper saying anything on the front or back page about F1 other than the Horner scandal. Shame on you all.
Of all the recent additions to the F1TV lineup,
@lauracwinter
is my new favourite.
Energy, intelligence, well-researched, pragmatic, down-to-earth, no nonsense, good questions in interviews, brings her own personality to the table.
THAT is what
@F1
needs. A dozen Laura Winters.
Find it hilarious that I should never be allowed near a mic again for getting excited, or as one fan described me I’m clearly on “the Baylis and Harding payroll.”
Have a feeling that if one of the others had won, I’d have been on the “Alpine payroll” or the”Yas Heat payroll” 1/2
Perfectly ok to not like my style, I can’t please everyone. But the fact that you have to make your opinion felt knowing that I will see it says a lot more about you than it does me.
The client’s happy. That’s all that matters. I’m doing what they asked me to do. I won’t change.
Also Baylis and Harding have never given me a penny, and unless I was doing a specific job for them I certainly wouldn’t expect them to.
Come in the comms box, have a go for 28 minutes plus one lap and see how easy it is to be engaging, entertaining and interesting. Good luck.
Reddit is terrifying. But occasionally, the crowd can be on your side.
Massive thanks to the supporters I never even knew I had. It’s a big motivator heading into the weekend.
#commentator
#motorsport
#nevergiveup
“Thank you everyone for being so kind since I’ve been the English voice of Super GT and Super Formula. I adore Japanese motorsport and culture, and it’s a privilege to help educate Europe about how good the racing is in the land of the rising sun!
Thanks! See you this weekend!”
Thanks to everybody for a terrific winter in the UAE - congratulations to Tuukka Taponen, Freddie Slater and Kean Nakamura-Berta and here’s to a strong 2024 season for you all in Europe.
And a shoutout to Emerson Fittipaldi, who is absolutely the loveliest man in motorsport.
Such an incredible six weeks in the UAE, huge thanks to TopSpeed, P1 ME, MediaMania, EMSO and everybody else involved for making
#FRMEC
and
#F4UAE
my most successful season in car racing yet.
Can’t wait to see you all soon, Eurocup3 and F4 Spanish are not far away!!
@feeder_series
Love his energy. You can’t have motorsport comms without energy, and
@AlexJacquesF1
is the master. He’s taught me a lot, and the two days I worked beside him were a true education. Can’t wait for the greatest F2 season of all time, with him at the helm.
@LastLapLucy
Water, not energy drinks.
You hit the “fatigue crash wall” far quicker with energy drinks.
Regular snacking, pick a team to root for in each class, and have a
@gracingline
style bingo card at the ready.
Was informed today that I needed 50k followers to join an agency to accelerate my career.
Fairly sure Jesus was talented enough to only need 12.
Hate what social media has made us into - talent doesn’t win, popularity does.
A fighter. A little scamp. A grinder. A ruthless dueller. An introvert. A humble tiger. A prodigy. A friend.
This one hurts. A lot. Cried so much. Watched him grow from karting to F4 to Formula Regional. He would’ve gone far. I can still feel his handshake yesterday.
RIP Dilano
It’s madness to me that social media has all the power now.
Employers in media don’t hire you if you don’t have a huge social media presence, but at the same time the toxicity that generates from it is deemed as part of the gig.
Talent should win out, a following should not.
I’m delighted to announce I have joined
@feeder_series
for 2023 as Karting Editor!
So passionate about the sport getting the recognition it deserves and I’m ecstatic that Feeder Series shares our passion. Let’s go for 2023!!!
Say whatever you like about
@f1
coverage, but the fact that I can sit here watching testing live is a privilege I thought only reserved for the elite.
So grateful to everyone involved for allowing us mere mortals access to all the exciting drama and intrigue. I feel 9 again.
Why, oh why, oh why have Doriane Pin and Maya Weug been forced into going for race seats in F1 Academy? Two drivers who ultimately are good enough for FRECA NOW.
Sadly it seems women are still not being given the correct opportunity. Opportunity yes, but still so much to do.
Today I realised some things about myself:
I’m not the best. I’m not at my peak. I’m not ok. I’m not quite where I want to be. I’m not truly happy. I’m not achieving my true potential. I’m not satisfied. I’m not feeling good about myself.
But I will be….
#MentalHealthMatters
Personally, as fun as Gunther Steiner has been at Haas, it’s probably for the best.
In ten years, he hasn’t brought the team even close to the podium, never mind the win. It’s sad, but if they want to win, it’s time to think different. Thanks for the giggles, Gunther.
Seeing Twitter chatter about the disrespect of the competitors from the commentators in
#F1Academy
- very sad to see, as I’m friends with the majority of the drivers I hate to see them being disrespected.
If you are “trying not to be sexist” you shouldn’t be commentating on it.
So how do we sum it up?
- Verstappen is 2024 champion already basically
- Sainz is a legend for trying to spice it up
- the results will likely be the championship standings
- Unless Jeddah and every race after are VERY different, 2025 can’t come fast enough
#BahrainGP
#F1
#NewProfilePic
- every day, a step closer to
#F1
- I will never quit, I will never stop, I will never believe I don’t deserve it.
I made it this far in 12 years and nobody can stop me pushing for my goals, my targets, my wins.
And when I get there, you’re all coming with me.
Big shout out to
@ValtteriBottas
for going and supporting the Adelaide Festival. So often now drivers are burnt out and exhausted by the commitments of doing 24 races a year so sensibly choose to take time off from this stuff. But it will have made the fans’ day seeing him.
What can I say. Speechless. Never before have I been given a work birthday surprise from my team on the stroke of midnight. Sometimes you just know where you’re meant to be. Life’s great when you know the right people.
Let’s race tomorrow!!
#iameseriesasia
#karting
#thailand
🇹🇭
After 11 seasons of hard work, to finally become the official English voice of a series as important as
@SUPERFORMULA_En
beside my good buddy
@JamieKlein_
is truly amazing. A massive thanks to
@TomGaymor
@MotorsportTV_UK
and all of you guys for the support. So grateful.
I’m usually asked who do I think will be the next woman in
@F1
so I thought I’d give you the FOUR I think could do it.
Klara Kowalczyk 🇵🇱
Bella Fairclough 🇬🇧
Luna Fluxa 🇪🇸
Elsie Gannon 🇬🇧
I genuinely think if it’s gonna happen in the next 20 years, one of these 4 will do it.
Occasionally you get a really special day in the commentary box that you’ll never forget. That was today.
Talking home
@tadasuke0628
for his first
@SUPERFORMULA_En
race win at Autopolis after 39 races of trying, the raw emotions were such a privilege and an honour to watch.
It’s RACE WEEK!
I’ll be taking to the commentary box this weekend for
@F4Spain
- looks like an incredible grid of talent!
Wanna pay tribute to
@LeighOGorman
who did such a great job on comms last year, always hard to replace a good pro.
Let’s go for 2024!!
#F4Spain
#RoadtoF1
Some drivers clearly want to race single seaters, but can’t race in F1, IndyCar and Super Formula, due to budget and super licence points.
Where can THEY race? I’d love to see an adult single seater series for late starters or low budget. Formula Masters, for over 30s perhaps.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | 🇺🇸 Anthony Autiello will race with Momentum Motorsports in FR Americas!
The 41-year-old joins the team for a partial campaign in the championship having previously raced in sports cars and prototypes.
Great to see
@BillyMonger
get behind the wheel of the Gen 3 at Shanghai and for
@sambirdofficial
to echo my sentiments.
Why is nobody funding a drive for him? He’s super talented and fully focused. It’s time for him to return. Maybe in
@FIAFormulaE
perhaps?
#GetBillyaDrive
I’ve been deliberately delaying watching this series until today. Tomorrow the world will go Senna mad with a million tributes, but let’s not forget this guy paid the ultimate price too, just a day before.
RIP Roland Ratzenberger, gone 30 years today.
It took me ten years to raise my profile to the level it is now, with no agency support, no money, no experience and no foot in the door with a friend or family member already in the sport.
It’s bloody hard to get to the top, and a lot of my first chances were ALL UNPAID.
Massive thanks to everybody at
#FRMEC
#F4UAE
and all the circuit staff at
@Dubai_Autodrome
@kmtkw
and
@ymcofficial
- to cover the whole season campaign has been an honour and privilege and I hope the first of many in cars. It’s been the best start to 2023 and I’m so grateful.
And just like that, it’s over.
A massive thanks to everyone at
@ThePianoUK
- was a great experience. I loved it.
Back to the day job now, but I’ll still be playing at public pianos wherever they may be. Not bad for an amateur. Thanks for dancing, Mika and Claudia.
#ThePiano
@TheBishF1
@MassaFelipe19
@InterlagosTrack
For me, Massa was up there with Gilles Villeneuve and Stirling Moss as the greatest racing drivers never to be world champion. So underrated, a fabulous competitor and such a fighter. The way he bounced back with Williams after his injury was so inspiring. Respect
@MassaFelipe19
I’m delighted to announce that I will now become the official English commentator for
@PorscheBrasil
Carrera Cup!!
It’s a very exciting championship with both sprint and endurance races, and will be supporting the São Paulo Grand Prix! One step closer to
@F1
every year!!
“He’s a good singer, fingering is rather unique.” Lang Lang
“The right hand is a guitar strumming out chords, the left hand is a bass line and that’s how he’s figured it out. He’s literally a band.” MIKA
“So good!” Claudia Winkelman.
Couldn’t have gone any better.
#ThePiano
I do not want primary school children full stop to have sex education. Nor do I want children to be taught about changing gender. We need to protect their innocence and childhood.
Heading into our final
#FRMEC
and
#F4UAE
race weekend live on
@MotorsportTV_UK
I’ve had such fun with the TopSpeed crew for a second year, and it really is true what they say - go where you’re appreciated. This family has been so welcoming, and I hope it’s only the beginning.
The exposure these brands give the rising stars of the sport who need it at a critical time in their ascension to F1 - and they are all unpaid.
Shame on you. They should be charging F2, F3, FRECA, all the F4 series for the FREE coverage they give them. And they don’t. Wake up.
It’s race week! And I’m back into the world of
#karting
again! Delighted and honoured to be asked to be the voice of IAME Series Asia at Bira, Thailand!
You can watch the livestream on Saturday and Sunday! Very excited! 🇹🇭
My patience for this kind of stuff is wearing thin. My ability to do my job bears no relation to how popular I am.
If a person’s social media matters more to an employer than their ability to do a job with passion and talent, that employer is not for me. And never will be.
Very sombre after learning that the
#karting
community is in mourning after the tragic passing of a 15 year old kart racer who perished in an accident yesterday at an event in Norway.
Our sport is never 100% safe. We can only keep working to do the best we can.
@fiakarting
#rip
It’s been a real weekend of being a motorsport fan.
Three days on team radio for
@FIAFormulaE
Watching Leclerc win the
#monacogp
on the way home.
Staying up late to watch the
#Indy500
Motorsport really is the toughest, most emotional, and greatest sport in the world. End of.
If you would rather be paid, then of course you should hang on for the perfect job role to come up and good luck.
If you wanna do whatever it takes to work in the sport you love, then why not give it a go? You can always leave if you don’t like it. But stop the abuse.
Just a few short days after my bemused despair at the collapse of Billy Monger’s driving career, it’s clear that disability is still not on the minds of the powers that be.
Gender ✅ improving
Race ✅ improving
Disability ❌ hello???
Try harder, world.
I had the worst experience of my life today at the
#AusGP
Not much of a birthday. I just want to cry.
Accessibility was a joke. A token gesture to make people with a disability feel better.
We should not be denied the same experiences as able bodied people.
Disgusting.
Here’s a cool stat:
@FIAFormulaE
- 5 different winners in the first 5 races of ‘24.
@NASCAR
- 5 different winners in the first 5 races of ‘24.
@stock_car
- 5 different winners in the first 5 races of ‘24.
Meanwhile in
@F1
…….
And full credit to
@lauracwinter
who really does her homework every time she’s on air, and is genuinely a candidate for the permanent comms box. When Ted Kravitz has decided he’s done, it’s nice to know that his place in the pitlane is safe with a real pro. Great work Laura.
I don’t have a huge following on social media and never will. But the fact that I have been overlooked for work based on it is moronic.
The poison we’ve seen over the last few weeks demonstrates that it does more harm than good. But now people are getting employment based on it.
For me it’s a 5/10.
The result is pleasing but the race itself was no classic. People who believe the sport is dull because Max is dominating should watch this race.
It’s not the reason, cars are too wide, too long and too tame. Ditch hybrid, go back to ICE with
@ZeroPetroleum
I’m really honoured and proud to be returning once more for this incredible event.
Damon is my boyhood hero, so to work with him is just an utter privilege.
Instead of abusing these people who give their free time to tell the stories of the drivers who need media to rise to the top, why don’t you just sit back and continue reading their FREE service that you don’t have to pay a penny for.
If they started charging, you’d be furious.
Just touched down in the 18th different country I have worked in during these crazy 13 years in
#motorsport
- never thought I’d say that back in 2012.
🇹🇭
Honestly the best
#motorsport
series of the year so far -
@FIAFormulaE
The peloton racing these days is insane - like something off a video game. And the drivers that race have to be on their A-game every corner of every lap. It’s chaos.
I love it.
One of the most beautiful things in recent
@F1
broadcasting watching the
@ScuderiaFerrari
team in one voice singing the Italian national anthem for joy. THAT is why we love the team, they’ve always been about passion and unity. Love Ferrari.
#AusGP
#F1
#Ferrari
It’s an interesting decision.
On one side, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
On the other, does he really feel he can win with Aston Martin? Does he know something we don’t? Or does that not matter anymore?
It has just signalled the end of Felipe Drugovich’s chances of F1. Sad.
On Wednesday it’ll be 30 years since we lost the immortal Ayrton Senna.
Many tributes are flowing in from
@PorscheBrasil
but easily this is the best. Josimar Junior’s race car at Interlagos this weekend is gorgeous.
Right gamers, your next project is here.
@ayrtonsenna
Max Verstappen genuinely sounds bored when he wins these days.
Yes, he’s dominant, he’s the king, he has it all.
But where’s the fun?
For Max, racing is about the fun. It always has been since karting. Will he keep at it if it’s not fun?
GT racing is fun…
#JapaneseGP
By all means, go and start your own service, make as much as you can from it.
I started my own radio station with no money or funding, and a decade later
@DownforceRadio
is still going. Only you can decide if it’s worth it. If it isn’t, kindly shut up. If it is, good for you.
Most underrated
@F1
commentary duo of all time -
@benedwardstv
and John Watson.
Wish I’d had access to their work as a teenager, feel like I missed some real gold.
@jeppe_olesen
This is such a point.
I’ve commentated on motorsport for 12 years, including the 2019 British GP for F1TV. I know a lot of the drivers in F1, F2 and F3, having grown up with most of them.
I’m not allowed access. TikTokers are.
I only earn money now because I was swilling to take free roles, sleep in my car, miss trains, walk home several miles late at night, just to be at that event that Jenson Button would give me a free interview for.
And you know what? It was worth it.
Let’s be honest. Verstappen is even MORE dominant here in race trim than usual.
The cars are close over one lap, distant over race distances.
@F1
2024 appears to be already over and the first race isn’t even finished yet.
#BahrainGP
Found myself watching some
@PremierSimGL
last night - can I just say the comms team of
@JessGames95
and
@PGS_JHead
is one of the most watchable and engaging in sim racing on the planet.
Not easy to do this, you nail it every time. I wanna hear more from you both.
@F1
your move…
Looking to know more about
#Karting
, The series where many drivers start their motorsport journey?
Motorsport commentator and our karting editor
@JakeSansOnline
gave us a detailed guide to understanding the sport.
It’s
#Raceweek
over in Brazil! My season on
@MotorsportTV_UK
kicks off this weekend with quali and races for
@stock_car
on Premium!
Join me and Carlos Costa LIVE from Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna!!
Very excited to announce I’m joining the commentary team for this weekend’s
#Sepang12Hours
- the brilliant race returning for the first time since 2016! Massive thanks to
@chinatvservice
and TopSpeed for giving me my first sportscar race of 2023!!
@Sepang12Hours
@Motorsport
Equal what?
Equal on pace? Equal price of hotel room? Equal number of goes on the simulator? Equal pay? Equal hugs from daddy?
Interesting….
Apparently J Sports in Japan are televising a karting battle hosted by Yuki Tsunoda featuring
@SUPERFORMULA_En
drivers Kotaka, Oyu, Sakaguchi, Yamashita, Fukuzumi, Ota and Makino.
This is the kind of content race fans want to see. Yes please, motorsport.
@F1
@visacashapprb
I can finally announce my plans for 2023......
......I'M BACK!!!
I will be staying on with
#RGMMC
for my sixth season, as lead commentator for
@fiakarting
Champions of the future and IAME X30 Euro Series for 2023!!
@feeder_series
I’ve had the honour and privilege to commentate on
@LandoNorris
during his time in
#karting
his Pau GP race in
#F3
and in
@F1
and
@McLarenShadow
He’s always been a proper lad, a terrific role model. It’s wonderful to see him fulfil his potential. A winner at last.
#MiamiGP
The first time I’ll have commentated on me ol’ mate Ben Barnicoat in about 7 years!!
So happy for you mate, this is richly deserved and I really hope it turns into something spectacular for you!!