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Portsmouth, EnglandABOUT WILL BUXTON URL= HTTPS://WILLTHEF1JOURNO.WORDPRESS.COM/ABOUT/, 13 June 2019, | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = British| citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = | years_active = 2002–present| education = Liberty Media/Formula One Management>FOMTelevision presenter>PresenterJournalistSports commentatorAuthor| height = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relations = | awards = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | alma_mater = University of Leeds}}Will Buxton (born 14 February 1981) is a British motorsport journalist and presenter who works for Formula One.

Early and personal life

Buxton was born in Portsmouth, but grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire. He attended King's School, Worcester where he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral under Donald Hunt. He went on to study at Lord Wandsworth College and Sixth Form College, Farnborough in Hampshire before studying Politics at the University of Leeds.WEB, 2009-05-13, About Will Buxton,weblink 2021-07-19, The Buxton Blog, en, Whilst at university Buxton started writing for GrandPrix.com. In 2002 he joined the Official Formula 1 Magazine, and was a staff writer there until it closed in February 2004, when he went on to freelance work.Buxton was offered the role of press officer for the inaugural GP2 Series of 2005, and was later promoted to Director of Communications. In 2008 Buxton became editor of the GPWeek virtual magazine, and in 2009 he started providing live commentary for the GP2 Series and GP2 Asia Series for Formula One Group.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}In 2018, Buxton announced he was engaged to Victoria Helyar, who worked in marketing for the Racing Point F1 Team.WEB, 2020-08-31, Who Is Will Buxton's Wife? Had Tweeted About His Engagement With HIs Girlfriend,weblink 2021-07-19, Ecelebritymirror, en-US, They got married on 16 April 2022.WEB,weblink F1 Fans Jibe At Newly-Married Will Buxton- "If You Are Married…", Essentially Sports, 17 April 2022, Khyati, Yadav, 3 May 2022,

Racing career

In 2014, Buxton was invited to participate in the inaugural Florida Winter Series. He drove at 3 events, alongside future Formula One drivers Max Verstappen, Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi.{{Citation|title=Buxton's Racing Debut: Episode 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeps-FZAIk|language=en|access-date=2021-11-17}}

Formula 1

In 2010, Buxton joined Speed, a motorsports channel which was owned by Fox Sports, as Formula 1 pit-lane reporter, until it lost the rights to broadcast F1 at the end of 2012.NEWS, Sports Reporter Will Buxton Fired Over Twitter,weblink AOL.com, Claire, Gordon, 12 October 2012, 13 June 2019, In 2013, the broadcasting rights for Formula 1 went to NBC Sports, where Buxton resumed his role as pit-lane reporter, as well as later joining NBC's broadcast team for IndyCar Series races, until 2017.In a Sky Sports F1 interview in December 2017, Buxton supported the changes Liberty Media had made whilst running Formula 1, despite these changes having lost him his job at NBC Sports.NEWS, Despite Losing NBC Job, Will Buxton Supports Liberty's Vision For F1,weblink New England Sports Network, Pat, McAssey, 14 December 2017, 13 June 2019, Buxton returned to Formula 1 in an official capacity in 2018, becoming Formula One Group's first Digital Presenter.NEWS, Will Buxton joins Formula 1's in-house team,weblink Motorsport Broadcasting, David, Nelson, 19 March 2018, 13 June 2019, He hosts a number of features on F1 TV and the official F1 YouTube channel, including Weekend Warm-Up (formerly Paddock Pass), a feature he carried over from NBC.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}Buxton has appeared in all six seasons of the Netflix documentary series (Formula 1: Drive to Survive) based on the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 Formula 1 seasons, giving his opinions on the events covered in the series.{{Citation |title=Formula 1: Drive to Survive (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8289930/fullcredits |access-date=2023-11-29}}In 2019, Buxton released his first book, titled: My Greatest Defeat: Stories of Hardship and Hope from Motor Racing's Finest Heroes, featuring illustrations from Giuseppe Camuncoli.WEB, 2019-06-02, "My Greatest Defeat" by Will Buxton reviewed · RaceFans,weblink 2021-03-31, RaceFans, en-GB,

Filmography {| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"|+Television

! scope="col" |Year! scope="col" |Title! scope="col" |Role! scope="col" |Network! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}! scope="row" |2019–2024(Formula 1: Drive to Survive)|Himself|Netflix|WILL BUXTON>URL=HTTP://WWW.IMDB.COM/NAME/NM6166703/WEBSITE=IMDB, 2021-03-12>TITLE="I CAN HONESTLY SO IT'S THE BEST SO FAR"- WILL BUXTON ON F1 DRIVE TO SURVIVE SEASON 3ACCESS-DATE=2021-07-19LANGUAGE=EN-US, {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"|+Web! scope="col" |Year! scope="col" |Title! scope="col" |Role! scope="col" |Network! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Notes! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}! scope="row" |2018–2022Paddock Pass|HimselfF1 TV>F1TV2018 Formula One World Championship>2018, 2019 Formula One World Championship, 2020 Formula One World Championship>2020, 2021 Formula One World Championship, and 2022 Formula One World Championship>2022 season.FORMULA 1>URL=HTTPS://F1TV.FORMULA1.COM/WEBSITE=F1 TV, en,

Games {| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Title!Type! class="unsortable" |Platform!Developer!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}|2020F1 2020 (video game)>F1 2020|SportPlayStation>Playstation, Xbox and PC|CodemastersACCESS-DATE=2021-07-19DATE=10 AUGUST 2020, en, |2021F1 2021 (video game)>F1 2021|SportPlayStation>Playstation, Xbox and PC|Codemasters and EA SportsURL=HTTPS://RACINGGAMES.GG/F1/F1-2021-GAME-REVIEW-A-TURBO-CHARGED-TRIUMPH-RELEASE-DATE-GAMEPLAY-SCORE-UPDATE-NEWS/WEBSITE=RACING GAMES, en-US, |2022|F1 22|SportPlayStation, Xbox and Personal computer>PC|Codemasters and EA Sports|

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