NATALIE PICKHAM has been a fixture on Sky Sports’ Formula One coverage for over a decade.
Here, we look at her career and how she got into working on Formula One.
Who is Natalie Pinkham? Sky Sports F1 presenter
Natalie Pinkham is an English television presenter from Buckinghamshire.
On September 20, 1977, she was born.
She is currently a pit lane reporter for Sky Sports F1 at grand prix races.
In addition, Pinkham has provided coverage for a variety of sports.
The Isle of Man TT and the Goodwood Festival of Speed are examples of this.
She also hosted the Chelsea FC segment Blues News and has over 200 episodes of her podcast In The Pink.
In the podcast, she interviews a variety of people about their lives and careers, including Damon Hill and Sir Chris Hoy.
Pinkham began her career in television after studying politics at the University of Nottingham.
Pinkham is married to Endemol Games’ Managing Director, Owain Walbyoff.
The couple proposed in November 2010 and married in July 2012.
They have two children, a son named Otto who was born in January 2015 and a daughter named Willow who was born in June 2016.
Pinkham began working with Sky Sports for the 2012 Formula One season in December 2011.
She had previously worked as a pit lane reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live’s commentary team during the 2011 season.
She took over as host of The F1 Show in 2013, replacing close friend Georgie Thompson, and has since established herself as an important part of their coverage.
Pinkham made history as the first woman to commentate on a Formula One session on British television in 2021, when she led Sky’s commentary of first practise at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, alongside Karun Chandhok and Jenson Button.
She currently hosts the F1 report and conducts interviews with drivers and others in the pit lane.
