Sky confirm F1 line-up

Martin Brundle

Published: 1:29pm, 7th December 2011
Updated: 2:33pm, 7th December 2011

Sky Sports have confirmed Martin Brundle will head up their presenting team when Formula One moves to the satellite broadcaster from the start of next season.

Former grand prix driver Brundle switches from the BBC having worked as the corporation's lead commentator last season, before which he spent two years as co-commentator to Jonathan Legard.

Brundle, who began commentating for ITV the year after his 158-race F1 career ended in 1996, leads a BBC exodus that also sees Radio 5 Live's David Croft join Brundle in the commentary box, a move which will see Brundle relinquish lead-commentator duties.

Former F1 driver Anthony Davidson, who worked as co-commentator alongside Croft at Five Live, also makes the move and will commentate on practice sessions.

BBC TV pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz and Five Live equivalent Natalie Pinkham have also been unveiled in the new Sky line-up.

Current Sky Sports presenters Georgie Thompson and Simon Lazenby will also be part of the coverage. Thompson will co-present an F1 magazine show alongside Kravitz, while Lazenby will host each grand prix weekend.

Steve Rider, a former BBC presenter who in 2006 moved to ITV to front their F1 coverage, returns to the grand prix paddock after being lined up to present a series of interviews with former drivers to be broadcast on Sky's new dedicated F1 channel.