Ted Kravitz
Ted Kravitz (birth name Theodore Slotover[1][2] 1973/1974[3]) is a British Formula One pit-lane reporter working for Sky Sports F1.
Early career
In his University days, Kravitz began presenting on University Radio Exeter. Upon graduation, he trained as a journalist at CBS News' London bureau before working for local radio stations in the South-West of England as a news and sports reporter. He then returned to London to work for 95.8 Capital FM, on their Sony award-winning news show, The Way It Is.
After a spell as a news and sports reporter for LBC and London News Direct, Kravitz joined Chrysalis Television at the end of 1996 to work on their Grand Prix programming.
ITV
Kravitz worked with ITV since the beginning of their F1 coverage in 1997, initially as a producer, and then as a pit-lane reporter from 2002, alongside Louise Goodman. He replaced James Allen who was promoted to the post of race commentator, following the retirement of Murray Walker.
In 2007 and 2008 he presented ITV's British Touring Car Championship coverage.
BBC
Kravitz continued his pit-lane role, now alongside Lee McKenzie [4], as the Formula One coverage moved to the BBC in 2009, and remained in this position until the end of 2011.
Sky Sports F1
In December 2011 it was announced that Kravitz would follow Martin Brundle and others from the BBC to join BSkyB's Sky Sports F1 coverage in 2012. Kravitz will also host The F1 Show alongside Georgie Thompson.
Personal life
During the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, commentator Jonathan Legard revealed that Kravitz is an aircraft pilot.
In the 2011 British Grand Prix edition of his 'Grand Prix from the Pit Lane' video series for the BBC website, Kravitz said that his wife had given birth to a baby girl and that he would miss the next two Grands Prix because he will be on paternity leave.
References
- ^ "Charles Sale sports column". Daily Mail. 2008-04-15.
He felt that Ted Kravitz had more of an F1 feel about it than the name on his birth certificate, which is Theodore Slotover.
- ^ "New Vroom". Daily Telegraph. 2004-05-08.
Ted Slotover, ITV's Formula One reporter, has seen at first hand that engineers get just as much satisfaction from their contributions to working on a successful car as the drivers.
- ^ "Button raring to go in Malaysia". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Scroll to 01:40, states age is 35
- ^ "Coulthard, Jordan & Brundle join BBC". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2009-04-03.