Sandra Baumgartner is also in use for the Pay TV channel at the Formula 1 season start in Australia-but not long. After the race there is an update.
It was a spectacular start to the 2025 season of Formula 1: The Grand Prix of Australia also became a spectacle through the rain chaos. In the end, Lando Norris (McLaren) prevailed just ahead of world champion Max Verstappen and secured victory at the start in Melbourne (read more about this here).
In addition to the commentators Sascha Roos and ex-pilot Ralf Schumacher, moderator Peter Hardenacke and expert Timo Glock, Sandra Baumgartner was again there in the reporting of the Pay TV station Sky. The journalist has been reporting for the broadcaster about Formula 1 since 2011, and has also been directly from the pit lane since 2019, reports during and after the races with interviews with drivers and team bosses.
But at the race on Sunday, Baumgartner suddenly couldn’t hear after initial interviews. What happened? After the race there was an explanation.
“One or the other will miss Sandra. We do it,” said Hardenacke, who then took over the other interviews with Glock. “She said goodbye during the race, she is not doing well.” And further: “Yesterday she already had a headache after this first day and the first qualifying.”
Hardenacche broadcast best wishes in the direction of his colleague: “Greetings and get well soon in your direction, Sandra. We hope that you will be fit again and will then present the warm-up on Thursday.” Then the preparation for the second race of the season is already pending: the Grand Prix of China in Shanghai.