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Staying with the BBC for 2012...
posted by Lee McKenzie on 27/11/2011
A short note to say that I’ll be staying with the BBC next season. Having been at Sky and ITV previously, I did think about it all for a long time but the BBC will be at every race next year and it is not often that you can be part of a BAFTA winning team. Of course, like you, I wish we could do every race live but I’m sure you will be suitably impressed with our highlights show for the non-live events and as for the lives – well they’ll be bigger and better than ever. I am very proud of what we have achieved over the last three years and there is no reason that should change in the future. Thanks for reading,as always.
Lee x
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Don't Stop Believing!
posted by Lee McKenzie on 18/11/2011
When I first suffered an anaphylactic shock, my main concern was that it would prevent me from travelling abroad – not because I am a travel junkie but because that is how I earn my living.
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SPECTACULAR SPA
posted by Lee McKenzie on 17/11/2011
After a three week break in F1 world, no one minds getting to work when we have Spa to look forward to. Some tracks might leaving you longing for another few days off but the trip to the wet and cold corner of Belgium seems to unite everyone and people return to work with a smile on their face!
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The "glamour" of F1
posted by Lee McKenzie on 05/07/2011
I am not sure if it was when I was standing on the podium with Michael Schumacher or when I got caught in a stampede of girls heading towards Sebastian Vettel that I realised I was in a pretty unique job.
I am lucky enough to travel to every F1 race as a reporter for the BBC’s F1 programme but for me the glamour is not really at the race track, it is when I film and spend time with the drivers away from the circuit.
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2011 F1 Season Preview
posted by Lee McKenzie on 24/03/2011
You would think with a two week delay to the Formula One season and an extra test in Barcelona,that F1 armchair experts and paid experts would know exactly what was about to unfold this weekend on the streets of Melbourne. It actually seems the opposite!
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WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
posted by Lee McKenzie on 27/01/2011
After all the controversy in the media this week about chauvinism the Daily Express asked me to write about my thoughts and career.
So let’s get this straight – it is OK to run for Prime Minister, fine to run a multi-million-pound company but we can’t run a line in football? Do me a favour, love!
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LOOKING BACK AT AMAZING SEASON
posted by Lee McKenzie on 22/11/2010
At times it seemed like no-one wanted to win the Drivers’ Championship this year; the victories were there for the taking and yet it seemed like all front-runners were refusing to make things easy for themselves. In one of the greatest seasons ever, the only thing that was consistent was inconsistency.
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A Presenter's Life - Japan!
posted by Lee McKenzie on 13/10/2010
What a weekend! Where to start? I am pretty happy with my Presenting debut at the Japanese Grand Prix, all things considered! It was a very unusual weekend with scripts going out of the window and water and excitement being thrown at us in equal measure...
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Goodbye Europe...
posted by Lee McKenzie on 20/09/2010
Goodbye Europe. Hello Asia, Brazil and Abu Dhabi! This is the point where F1 leaves the European summer behind and heads to the heat and humidity of Asia. But this season, the championship has been at boiling point since wet and cold Spa.
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MONACO FUN and KARTING FOR CHRIS
posted by Lee McKenzie on 08/09/2010
This weekend I dried out from a soaking but thrilling Belgian Grand Prix by heading to the Monaco sunshine – work not play of course!
On Saturday night I had the pleasure of hosting a dinner where every guest had the chance to take part in an F1 pit-stop on the Jordan F1 car which carried Heinz Harald Frentzen to 3rd in the Drivers Championship all those years ago.
Unsurprisingly, everyone had a pretty good time including myself....
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