Nelson Valkenburg

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967 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 16 Sep

Nelson Valkenburg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I understand when...

Early on in the year, F1 was a little concerned with tone, especially in interviews and sometimes in commentary across the board.

Because I'm not going to shy away from the fact that I'm not extremely keen on these regulations from a pure motorsport situation.

I've done Formula E. I've very much enjoyed Formula E commentary because it was very entertaining.

But for me, it will still have to track what F1 is.

And I will not shy away from that because people will know when I'm not doing that, when I'm not being myself and when I'm just putting on an act.

That is when the other half of the viewership will rebel against you.

And once you lose them, you lose them.

So that is the balancing act in that.

But as Alex said, you also need to understand these regulations completely.

So if something happens and you can't understand it and explain it, you've lost your audience anyway.

So, yeah, it is quite a busy year this year mentally because there's always something.

I don't know if you find it the same, Alex.

There's something in the back of your mind, right?

Like that battle of this is maybe not how I would like to see it.

However, I do need to sell it because I'm working for a company.

My situation is also a little different because we have two commentators, me and myself and Melroy.

Both grew up on track as motorsport people and worked in motorsports until 2021, basically.

And after the start, we don't have a lead and co-commentator role.

After I've done the start, we go equally.

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