Jack Nicholls
Sports Commentator
Biography
The first motorsport I ever saw was qualifying for the 1997 British Grand Prix. That short glimpse of the greatest sport in the world got a little 7 year old hooked on F1, and from then on I hardly ever missed an F1 race, including saving the money to follow the circus to Monza, Spa, Melbourne and Valencia.
As soon as I turned 18 I began marshalling on the banks of the UK's circuits, and soon decided I'd like to become involved in circuit public address commentary. After getting in contact with a number of working commentators in the summer of 2009 a couple were kind enough to help me out, and towards the end of the year opportunities started to crop up which allowed me to pick up the mic myself.
In 2011 I was given a big break by Jonathan Palmer, as he asked me to provide the commentary for the live FIA Formula Two TV coverage, leading to work with the FIA GT1 World Championship.
It was an honour to cover Olympic Games in London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
I was the BBC's Formula 1 commentator for ten years, as well as covering the first ten years of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
In 2024 I fulfilled a childhood dream of commentating on the Dakar Rally, and other rounds of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship.
2010 - present
2010 - present