Peter David Windsor was born on 11 April 1952 and is a Formula One journalist, and former Formula One team and sponsorship manager.
19 Facts About Peter Windsor
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Peter Windsor was the motorsport editor for the British weekly magazine Autocar from the late 1970s until 1985, and was lauded for his Grand Prix reports.
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In 1985, thanks to his close relationship with Nigel Mansell, Peter Windsor became sponsorship manager at Williams.
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Shortly before the start of the 1986 season, Peter Windsor was in an automobile accident when the car he was riding in with Frank Williams crashed on the way from the Paul Ricard Circuit in southern France to the Nice airport, causing Peter Windsor minor injuries but leaving Williams, who was driving, paralysed.
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Peter Windsor then worked as general manager for Ferrari's UK base in 1989, only to return to Williams as team manager in 1991.
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From 1998 to 2000, Peter Windsor was the on-location reporter for Fox Sports Networks' coverage of Formula One.
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Peter Windsor then joined Sky Sports as a pit reporter on their F1 Digital + package.
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Peter Windsor worked as a pit reporter for the American Broadcasting Company's coverage of the 2002 United States Grand Prix.
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Peter Windsor returned to WilliamsF1 as the narrator of the museum in the team's Interactive HQ website.
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Peter Windsor carried out on-location reports from Formula One venues for Speed, with colleagues Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett, and David Hobbs covering the races from the studio.
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Peter Windsor traveled to the various race venues to provide interviews with drivers and other F1 personnel during each race weekend.
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For several seasons Peter Windsor was the moderator for Formula One's post-qualifying and post-race press conferences.
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Peter Windsor handed the interviewer's microphone to James Allen from the 2009 British Grand Prix due to a concern over a potential or perceived conflict of interest as a future team boss; but returned to the interview room at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix.
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Peter Windsor did reports and phones in from the pitlane before the start of each race for Network Ten Australia F1 broadcaster.
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Peter Windsor was Grand Prix Editor of the F1 Racing magazine from 1997 to 2009, and is the current senior columnist and feature writer on The Racer's Edge section.
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Peter Windsor has spoken out against making changes to Formula 1 to improve the quality of racing by making overtaking easier.
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In 2009 Peter Windsor joined the management team of the inaugural Grand Prix Shootout to find a future Marussia F1 Team test driver for 2013.
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Peter Windsor was brought up in Australia, but now has residences in London, Sydney and Spain.
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Peter Windsor has won five awards for his writing, including Sports Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year.