{"id":13514,"date":"2022-03-19T15:31:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/formula-one-rwandan-naomi-schiff-lands-deal-as-sky-sports-commentator"},"modified":"2022-03-19T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:05:49","slug":"formula-one-rwandan-naomi-schiff-lands-deal-as-sky-sports-commentator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/formula-one-rwandan-naomi-schiff-lands-deal-as-sky-sports-commentator","title":{"rendered":"Formula One: Rwandan Naomi Schiff lands deal as Sky Sports commentator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan racing driver Naomi Schiff has been added to the presenting team behind Sky Sports Formula One\u2019s new show \u2018Any Driven Monday\u2019 \u2013 a 60-minute programme streamed on Mondays after race weekends on Sky Sports F1’s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

The giant broadcaster secured Naomi\u2019s services last week as race analyst. The new show takes a look at the latest goings on in the world\u2019s biggest racing championship, and guests will include F1 stars, influential voices and celebrity fans of the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper excited to announce that I\u2019ll be joining the Sky Sports F1 team on their coverage this upcoming season!\u201d Naomi posted on her Instagram page.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrazy to think in a few days I\u2019ll be joining the team I\u2019ve been watching on TV for years,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Naomi is a Rwandan-Belgian professional racing and stunt driver. Fresh from presenting the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team car launch, she joins the Sky Sports F1 team for the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

Prior to her new assignments, Sky Sports F1 Director Billy McGinty hailed Naomi\u2019s career as \u2018interesting\u2019 and persuaded her until she agreed to join Sky\u2019s Formula One team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve watched Naomi’s career with interest, I’m excited she’ll be contributing to our coverage and co-hosting our new YouTube show Any Driven Monday,\u201d he said of Naomi.<\/p>\n

?\ufe0f”For me and Max, we see each other in the paddock, things are normal”<\/p>\n

Naomi Schiff sat down with Lewis Hamilton ahead of the new Formula One season! Keep your eyes peeled for the FULL interview during the first race weekend of the season in Bahrain!<\/p>\n

Naomi will co-host the show with Matt Baker from Sky Sports Studios in London. She will also be attending races on-site and was spotted in Bahrain inspecting Lewis Hamilton\u2019s W13 in the garage ahead of the first practice session of the new season.<\/p>\n

WHO IS NAOMI?<\/b><\/p>\n

Born in 1994 in Belgium to a Rwandan mother and Belgian father, Naomi started racing at the age of 11 with karting in South Africa. Kart racing or karting is a variant of motorsport road racing with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits.<\/p>\n

Naomi began racing at a young age \u2013 first in prototype, GT and single seater cars \u2013 has since seen her star shine as one of the most renowned women in car racing.<\/p>\n

At the age of 14, she represented South Africa in the Karting World Championships for four consecutive years, 2008 to 2011, thereafter entering the domain of circuit racing which took her around the world.<\/p>\n

Her major successes include the 2014 Clio Cup Asia championship title with seven wins from 10 starts, 2018 KTM GT4 X-Bow Battle championship title and a second place in the 2018 ADAC Zurich 24 Hours N\u00fcrburgring. Naomi became W Series\u2019 Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador in 2020.<\/p>\n

In a past interview with The New Times, she explained that her role entailed \u201cnot only to help spread the word about the unique role that W Series is playing for female drivers worldwide, but also to attract the best drivers to the league.\u201d W Series is the women\u2019s equivalent of Formula One, and its inaugural racing season was held 2019.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwandan racing driver Naomi Schiff has been added to the presenting team behind Sky Sports Formula One\u2019s new show \u2018Any Driven Monday\u2019 \u2013 a 60-minute programme streamed on Mondays after race weekends on Sky Sports F1’s YouTube channel. The giant broadcaster secured Naomi\u2019s services last week as race analyst. 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