{"id":758478,"date":"2026-06-25T03:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758478\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:13:21","slug":"popular-sky-sports-f1-presenter-rachel-brookies-announces-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/758478\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Sky Sports F1 presenter Rachel Brookies announces exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brookes confirmed the news on social media, revealing she had departed the Sky Sports F1 team, but added she intends to remain involved in the sport in a yet-to-be-announced role.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter many years at Sky I am moving on to exciting new ventures and looking forward to what comes next,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I have left the Sky F1 team, F1 still has my heart and so I will still be involved in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll keep you posted but in the meantime see you at Silverstone if you are there!\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookes joined Sky in 2009 and became a regular part of its Formula 1 coverage when the broadcaster took over UK rights from the BBC in 2012.<\/p>\n

She has since become a familiar figure in the paddock, particularly through her work in the media pen interviewing drivers, team principals and other key figures across grand prix weekends.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Speedcafe earlier this year<\/a>, Brookes talked about the challenge of speaking to drivers immediately after difficult races.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we have a bad day at work, we go home,\u201d Brookes told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou shut the door. You talk to your partner or you talk to friends or whatever, and you sit down with a cup of tea or a pint of beer and you just go over the day. They get put in front of the world\u2019s media immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookes said that approach shaped how she handled tense interviews, while also stressing the responsibility that comes with asking difficult questions on behalf of viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not calling them out to have a go at them, you\u2019re calling them out so that hopefully they will answer it and give the fans a reason,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019re giving them a right of reply.\u201d<\/p>\n

The presenter also spoke about the online abuse she had received after her widely discussed interview with Max Verstappen in Spain last year.<\/p>\n

Brookes asked the Dutchman if he had deliberately made contact with George Russell in the closing stages of the race.<\/p>\n

She said it was her job to ask him the question immediately, especially given many fans were already asking it themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time in that moment it\u2019s my job to ask him if he did it on purpose,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t shy away from that. I\u2019ll always go and speak to people afterwards if it\u2019s been a difficult interview and sort out if I think there\u2019s anything to sort out.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it is a challenge. But I enjoy the challenge because that\u2019s why I\u2019m there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brookes also told Speedcafe she remained passionate about the media pen despite the pressure and intensity of the role, and always aimed to retain a respectful relationship between herself and those she interviewed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a mutual respect I feel, and I hope that\u2019s the case that they know I have a job to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I also never ever want an interview to end on a bad note.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside her broadcasting role, Brookes released her first book this year, F1 Racing: Drive, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the teams, drivers and personalities at the centre of the sport.<\/p>\n

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