LOUISE GOODMAN “MOTORSPORT IS NOT JUST FOR BLOKES, IT IS FOR EVERYBODY’
Louise Goodman spent over 25 years working in Formula 1 as a press officer for Jordan Grand Prix and then as a pitlane reporter for ITV when the channel had the broadcasting rights between 1997 and 2008.
Since then, Goodman has been an integral part of ITV4’s British Touring Car Championship’s presentation line-up. Now, speaking about her journey to become one of Britain’s most well-known sports broadcast journalists, Goodman tells Motorsport News what it’s been like from being one of the only women in the paddock to being a key role model for the younger generation.
“I sort of fell into motorsport,” she says. “My entire career has sort of been a set of happy circumstances! I grew up in Hampshire where Derek Warwick comes from.As a youngster, I would walk past Warwick trailers, their family business. There was a beautiful orange Ford Capri Mk2 that was often parked outside. I always loved cars. I always love things with an engine.”
One of her first roles was working for a powerboat magazine, where she eventually met motorsport PR impresario Tony Jardine who she went to work for.
She then made the move to the Jordan Grand Prix team as a press officer. Then, during her time there, she was contacted by an independent broadcasting company who were bidding to do the production for ITV’s Formula 1 coverage.
“I was
