Rachel Brookes

Rachel Brookes is a British TV sports presenter and reporter for Sky Sports News and Sky Sports F1.

Not to be confused with Rachel Brooks.

Career

Brookes started her career at KISS FM then worked for Rock FM and Power FM, before moving to talkSport. After working with Sky for 18 months, she began working as presenter for Setanta Sports News. Following the channel’s collapse, she worked for IMG, before going to Sky Sports News, where she worked as a presenter for their coverage of Cricket and Formula One racing, and as a news presenter and reporter. She now reports and presents for Sky Sports F1 channel.[1]

Brookes has interviewed many important people in Formula 1 including Bernie Ecclestone,[2] Lewis Hamilton & Sebastian Vettel.[3]

Education

Brookes studied media and communications at Birmingham City University.

Personal life

Her father was the organiser of, and a driver on, record attempts at Montlhery and Monza, setting several world endurance records. One of her two brothers also had a brief but successful stint as racing driver.[1]

References
  1. "Fast and Fearless". Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. "Interviewing Bernie Ecclestone". Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. "Rachel's Diary: Interviewing Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton after Baku mayhem". Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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