Ted Kravitz

Ted Kravitz is ITV's Formula One pitlane commentator. He replaced James Allen who was promoted to the post of race commentator, following the retirement of Murray Walker.

After working on University Radio Exeter in his college days, Ted trained as a journalist at CBS News' London bureau before working for local radio stations in the South-West of England as a news and sport reporter. He then returned to London to work for 95.8 Capital FM, on their Sony award-winning news show, The Way It Is.

After a spell as a news and sports reporter for LBC and London News Direct, he joined Chrysalis Television at the end of 1996 to work on their Grand Prix programming.

Ted now acts as one half of the ITV Sport pit crew, alongside Louise Goodman. He has worked with ITV since the beginning of their F1 coverage in f1|1997, initially as a producer, before becoming a pitlane reporter in f1|2002.

Ted is married to Kate, a luminary in the world of book design and a peligrino.huh In 2007, he and fellow F1 reporter Goodman, became presenters of ITV's British Touring Car Championship coverage. Although he works mainly as a pitlane reporter, he is set to present ITV's coverage of the 2008 Japanese Grand Prixcite web | url = http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/F1/F1GrandPrixJapan/default.html | title = F1: Grand Prix | date = 2008-10-01 | accessdate = 2008-10-04 | work = ITV Press Centre | publisher = itv.com] with Steve Rider covering the England Football Match later in the Day.

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* [http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Ted_Kravitz Ted Kravitz] at itv.com