The 2024 Formula One world championship has become one of the closer battles in recent memory as Red Bull and Max Verstappen's dominant run has ended. "To see how Red Bull have stumbled, to witness how first Ferrari, then McLaren, and now Mercedes have been able to pull back that advantage and make it a four-way fight, has been utterly astonishing," Will Buxton, Formula one presenter, told the USA TODAY Network. Buxton — one of the most prominent faces on the Netflix docudrama series "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" — has covered the sport for two decades.
With nine races left, this already looks to be one of the most exciting Formula One championships in years. 2024 Dutch Grand Prix: F1 schedule, how to watch and odds A fixture in Formula One In college, Buxton wrote his thesis on the politics of Formula One. His professors hated it, but that was the beginning of his career.
"I sent to the guys at Formula One magazine and they thought it was OK," Buxton recalled. "They gave me a bit of work experience off the back of it." Buxton spent three years as a writer before working as a press officer and director of communications for the GP2 Series, now Formula 2.
In 2010, he joined the Fox Sports-owned Speed channel as a pit reporter. With no prior broadcast experience, he relied on his experience as a writer talking with fans at track campsites as a guide. "When you're given this amazing access and allowed into this hallowed sanctum of the paddock, you're the middleman," he expla.