Johnny Herbert reveals why he was axed by Sky Sports F1

Johnny Herbert has explained how his exit from Sky Sports F1 happened before the 2023 season began.
Johnny Herbert reveals why he was axed by Sky Sports F1

Herbert was a notable absentee from the list of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 commentators when the🐻 TV broadcaster announced its line-up for the new year.

His decade with Sky Sports cam✅e to an end after a shock phone call at the end of 2022, he has revealed.

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"I didn’t decide to step away – I thought everything was going ahead!" he told the . ꦡ;

"And then I got a call in December, I think it was, when I was t𝐆old things wer꧙e changing.

"It wasn't explained why or what was changing. There was a mention of social media stuff and thꦕat was about it, real♛ly. I don't really know.

"I was always aware – at Sky they do these subscriber checks where you're given points out of 10 – and I've always known I wa🔴s always quite popular on that side. It's a shame, but I'm over it. Moving on."

Channel 4 broadcast highlights of every F1 race in the UK but will not use Herbert this 🐻year, either.

“That hasn’t come into play," he said. 💦"I did my 11 yea𒀰rs at Sky and it was good. 

“Now there are other things I'm doing. Because it was♈ in December it was all quite late in terms of sorting other things out. There are a lot of other opportunities but, in terms of seeing me on a TV screen, there's probably nothing planned on that front."

Herbert presents a podcast, , wi﷽th co-host Billy Monger now.

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