Danica Patrick absent from Sky Sports F1 team as 2026 coverage changes revealed
· Yahoo Sports
Sky Sports has confirmed its Formula 1 coverage plans for the 2026 season, revealing changes to its broadcast presentation and its on-screen team, with Danica Patrick absent from the published line-up.
The broadcaster released a full list of presenters, analysts and commentators alongside new production features that will appear during the upcoming championship.
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Sky Sports confirmed its Formula 1 coverage plans for the 2026 season as the championship prepares to begin in Melbourne in March.
The announcement sets out how the broadcaster will present the upcoming campaign as it continues its long running role as the main Formula 1 rights holder in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The coverage reveal included updates to presentation, production and the on screen broadcast team that will appear throughout the 2026 calendar.
Sky Sports also published the confirmed group of presenters, reporters, commentators and expert analysts who will feature across race weekends.
Sky Sports confirms its full on screen Formula 1 team
The broadcaster also published a full list of presenters, commentators and analysts who will appear during race weekend coverage.
The confirmed expert group includes Martin Brundle, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Jacques Villeneuve, Naomi Schiff, Bernie Collins, Karun Chandhok, Jamie Chadwick and Anthony Davidson.
The presenting team continues to feature David Croft in the commentary box alongside Harry Benjamin.
Coverage across the paddock will include Simon Lazenby, Natalie Pinkham, Ted Kravitz, Rachel Brookes and Craig Slater.
The lineup reflects the core group of analysts and presenters who have become regular figures within Sky Sports’ Formula 1 coverage.
Danica Patrick absent from Sky Sports F1 line up
The published lineup does not include Danica Patrick, who had been part of the broadcaster’s rotating pundit group in recent seasons.
Patrick worked as a Sky Sports F1 pundit since 2021 after joining the network’s broadcast team following her racing career.
During that period, she appeared during selected race weekends as part of Sky’s analysis coverage.
Patrick’s pundit appearances had generated criticism from some viewers in recent seasons, with sections of the audience previously calling for Sky Sports to drop her from its coverage.
Reaction on social media following the lineup announcement showed some fans welcoming her absence from the 2026 broadcast team.
Coverage of the lineup announcement noted that she is absent from the Sky Sports line up for 2026 following the release of the official broadcast roster.
The announcement therefore confirms the group of presenters, commentators and analysts who will deliver Sky Sports’ coverage throughout the upcoming Formula 1 season.
The broadcaster’s production plans and confirmed on screen team now set the structure for its coverage as the championship prepares to begin in 2026.
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