Louise Goodman

Louise Goodman (born 8 May 1963) is a British motorsport reporter and presenter. She began working in the media as an editorial assistant for the Powerboat and Waterskiing Magazine and worked for the press officer Tony Jardine. Goodman was the head of communications of Leyton House's Formula One team for three years and then became press officer of Jordan Grand Prix until 1996. From 1997 to 2008, she was pit lane reporter for ITV's coverage of Formula One and has covered the British Touring Car Championship on ITV4 since 2009. Goodman has also taken part in rallies either as a driver or navigator.

Biography Early life Goodman was born on 8 May 1963 in Derbyshire. She grew up in Alresford, Hampshire, and has a sister. When she was a child, Goodman wanted to become a doctor but studying chemistry and physics made her decide not to go down their career route. She moved to London and worked at an architect's firm but she soon became tired of the job and made the decision to travel across the United States. It was during the travelling she met the editor of Powerboat and Waterskiing Magazine in Florida.

Journalism She thus began her career in the media as an editorial assistant for the magazine for a brief period of time. Goodman reported on major international powerboating competitions, She worked on introducing the tobacco brand Camel to Formula One as a sponsor of Team Lotus in 1987. Although she was not a fan of Formula One growing up, She was helped by the Williams press officer Ann Bradshaw. Goodman became the press officer for the Jordan racing team in Formula 3000 and Formula One after being offered the job by the team owner Eddie Jordan and remained in the role until the end of the season.

Motorsport She was approached by Kevin Piper, the head of sport for Anglia Television, and the journalist James Allen for an interest to work in television in mid-1996 as various production companies were bidding to produce programmes for ITV, when the broadcaster acquired the British television rights for Formula One from the BBC. Goodman became one of the two roving pit lane reporters for ITV's coverage of Formula One in January 1997, having been employed for her knowledge of the championship, the drivers and people in the paddock. Other than occasional pre-race segments by Beverley Turner, Goodman was the only woman in the team. Her first race was the 1997 Australian Grand Prix, She became the first female to be part of a pit stop when she removed the left rear tyre in a Midland pit stop for Tiago Monteiro at the 2006 British Grand Prix.

Starting in 1991, she also took part in multiple rallies driving either a Ford Ka, In 2007 Goodman became the presenter of ITV's coverage of the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) alongside Kravitz. In 2008 she joined HondaRacingF1.com as guest presenter for Formula One's first online TV channel. The following year, Goodman became an ambassador of the Motor Sport Association UK's (MSA) Go Motorsport initiative to help people get into motor racing. Goodman provided cover for Channel 4's coverage of the 2017 British Grand Prix, for Lee McKenzie who was presenting coverage of the 2017 World Para Athletics Championship. For the 2018 Formula One World Championship, Goodman stood in for McKenzie as reporter for certain races. promoting women in motorsport.