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Ben Edwards ( * in Surrey ) is a British motor racing commentator. Currently, he is Formula 1 - BBC commentator, Martin Brundle where he has replaced. Previously, he was the official world feed commentator of the BTCC and also commented race of Superleague Formula. In addition, since 2002 he is the spokesman of the official Formula 1- year reviews.
Race car driver
Ben Edwards started as a racing driver and won the Formula First championship, further, he was master of Caterham Vauxhall Sports Cars Series. In addition, Edwards competed in the Euro Vauxhall Lotus Championship, where he among other things, ran against David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen.
Commentator
Ben Edwards began his career at Euro Sports commentators, where he commented on the Formula 1, together with the former racing driver John Watson.
After Euro Sport had lost the rights for Formula 1 in late 1996, was Ben Edwards is the official commentator of the Champ Car series on ESPN International and Euro Sport. He worked with Jeremy Shaw, what brought the two great popularity among motorsport fans. Edwards ' most famous comment was probably that. During the final round of the Champ Car race at Michigan in 2000, where Juan Pablo Montoya gossamer won ahead of Michael Andretti Several stations, including Euro Sport France, to use his comment in the highlights.
Although Edwards was very popular with the viewers, it cost him more and more force between England and the USA to travel back and forth. Thus, he reduced his commitment later in the United States.
In 2001, Edwards was replaced by Guy Hobbs as Champ Car commentator, his last missions as a commentator were the race in Japan, Detroit, Mid-Ohio, Germany, Australia and Houston, because Hobbs and Shaw in this period had other tasks.
In early 2002 Ben Edwards moved to the English TV channels ITV and was commentator for the BTCC, which he did until the end of 2011. Edwards should also take on the role of the Formula 1 commentator on ITV after the legendary Murray Walker had resigned, but James Allen got the job, which was called during his time as a Formula 1 commentator from the British audience as " The Cock ". His unpopularity led to many fans for losing his job in favor of Ben Edwards demanded and even launched several petitions against Allen.
Ben Edwards was hired by the then British pay-TV broadcaster Sky. Sky and F1 Digital transferred in 2002, the Formula 1 from several perspectives. Co - commentator was his old friend and colleague, John Watson. The project F1 Digital failed in England after just one year after Bernie Ecclestone had set the digital transmission of " Bakersville " after almost seven years.
From 2005 worked Ben Edwards and John Watson together again. Both were the World Feed commentators A1GP. Fans had up to and including 2008, the way to hear it in the A1GP transfers of premiere, as the pay- TV channels offered in addition to the German soundtrack to the English. After the series ended in 2009, Edwards moved to Superleague Formula, where he has since also worked as a commentator.
Since 2012 he is Formula 1 commentator on the BBC, where he took over the role of Martin Brundle, who has moved to Sky Sports. Ben Edwards was born in Surrey and currently lives in Norfolk.