Will Buxton

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Will Buxton
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Buxton in 2014
Born (1981-02-14) 14 February 1981 (age 40)
Portsmouth, England[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationDigital presenter
Journalist
Sports commentator
Author
Years active2002–present
EmployerLiberty Media/FOM

Will Buxton (born 14 February 1981) is a British Formula One digital presenter and reporter who works for Liberty Media.

Early career[]

Whilst at university Buxton started writing for GrandPrix.com. In 2002 he joined the Official Formula 1 Magazine, and was a staff writer there until it closed in February 2004, when he went on to freelance work.

Buxton was offered the role of press officer for the inaugural GP2 Series of 2005, and was later promoted to Director of Communications. In 2008 Buxton became editor of the GPWeek virtual magazine, and in 2009 he started providing live commentary for the GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series for Formula One Group.[citation needed]

Formula 1[]

In 2010, Buxton joined Speed, a motorsports channel which was owned by Fox Sports, as Formula 1 pit-lane reporter, until it lost the rights to broadcast F1 at the end of 2012.[2] In 2013, the broadcasting rights for Formula 1 went to NBC Sports, where Buxton resumed his role as pit-lane reporter, as well as later joining NBC's broadcast team for Indycar races, until 2017.

In a Sky Sports F1 interview in December 2017, Buxton supported the changes Liberty Media had made whilst running Formula 1, despite these changes having lost him his job at NBC Sports.[3]

Buxton returned to Formula 1 in an official capacity in 2018, becoming Formula One Group's first Digital Presenter.[4] He hosts a number of features on their official YouTube channel, including Paddock Pass, a feature he carried over from NBC.[citation needed]

In 2019, 2020 and 2021, Buxton appeared in Netflix's documentary series Formula 1: Drive to Survive based on the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Formula 1 seasons giving his opinions on the events covered in the series.

Buxton was forced to miss the 2020 Russian Grand Prix and the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix after testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus.

In 2019, Buxton released his first book, titled: My Greatest Defeat: Stories of Hardship and Hope from Motor Racing's Finest Heroes, featuring illustrations from Giuseppe Camuncoli.[5]

Filmography[]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2019-2021 Formula 1: Drive to Survive Himself Netflix Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 [6][7]
Web
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2018-2021 Paddock Pass Himself F1TV 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 season. [8]

Gameography[]

Year Title Type Platform Developer Ref.
2020 F1 2020 Sport Playstation, Xbox and PC Codemasters [9]
2021 F1 2021 Sport Playstation, Xbox and PC Codemasters and EA Sports [10]

Personal life[]

Buxton was born in Portsmouth, but grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire. He attended King's School, Worcester where he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral under Donald Hunt. He went on to study at Lord Wandsworth College and Sixth Form College, Farnborough in Hampshire before studying Politics at the University of Leeds.[1][11]

In 2018 Buxton announced he was engaged to Victoria Helyar, who worked in marketing for Racing Point F1 Team.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Will Buxton". Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ Gordon, Claire (12 October 2012). "Sports Reporter Will Buxton Fired Over Twitter". AOL.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ McAssey, Pat (14 December 2017). "Despite Losing NBC Job, Will Buxton Supports Liberty's Vision For F1". New England Sports Network. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  4. ^ Nelson, David (19 March 2018). "Will Buxton joins Formula 1's in-house team". Motorsport Broadcasting. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. ^ ""My Greatest Defeat" by Will Buxton reviewed · RaceFans". RaceFans. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Will Buxton". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ ""I can honestly so it's the best so far"- Will Buxton on F1 Drive To Survive season 3". The SportsRush. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Formula 1". F1 TV. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  9. ^ "The 'F1 2020' Racing Game Can't Keep Up With Reality". www.vice.com. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  10. ^ "F1 2021 Game Review: A turbo-charged triumph". Racing Games. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  11. ^ "About Will Buxton". The Buxton Blog. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Who Is Will Buxton's Wife? Had Tweeted About His Engagement With HIs Girlfriend". Ecelebritymirror. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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