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Overview

Allen has worked in Formula One since 1990. He has been in racing all his life; his father Bill raced for Lotus at Le Mans in the early 1960s and was in the sport's administration, on the RAC motor sports council. James started his F1 career with the Brabham Team in 1990 and in 1991 worked with future TV colleagues Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle. He was news editor at Autosport magazine from 1992 to 1994 and in parallel worked as F1 pit lane reporter for American network ESPN from 1993 to 1996. With Nigel Mansell's move to IndyCar in 1993, Allen was hired by ITV in 1994 to help present coverage of the season. When ITV gained the rights to broadcast the Formula One championship in 1997, he joined the team as pit lane reporter. The RAC tower in Bradley Stoke near Bristol, at the junction of the M4 and M5 motorways. ... F1 redirects here. ... Brabham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The 1990 Formula One season was the 41st FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1991 Formula One season was the 42nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Mark Blundell (Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April 8, 1966) is a former Formula One, sportscar, and CART racing driver. ... This article is about the racing driver. ... It has been suggested that AtlasF1 be merged into this article or section. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... This article recaps the 1993 Formula One season. ... The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ... “CART” redirects here. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... The 1997 Formula One season was the 48th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...

With Murray Walker unable to commentate at the 2000 French Grand Prix, Allen took over as one of the main commentators alongside Martin Brundle. Murray wound down his career the next year, missing five races, all of which James covered. ITV had considered trying a number of guest commentators to garner who would be best suited to replace Murray, but instead opted to keep Allen on board full-time. He took over permanently after the 2001 United States Grand Prix and has since commentated on every Grand Prix. The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix was Allen's 100th as a commentator.^[1] Murray Walker. ... Results from the 2000 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Magny-Cours on July 2, 2000 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: David Coulthard 1m 19. ... This article is about the racing driver. ... Results from the 2001 Formula One United States Grand Prix held at Indianapolis on September 30, 2001 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 1m 14. ... The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2007 Formula One season. ...

Despite his long run as ITV's lead commentator, Allen is unpopular with some viewers, and has been the subject of petitions calling for his removal. Satirical motoring website Sniff Petrol ran a campaign to have Allen removed from the commentary box, titled "Stop The Cock", even producing merchandise to support it.^[2][3] A similar Facebook group had over 1100 members as of March 2008.^[4] It has been suggested on Sniff Petrol that 'the cock has been stopped', assuming when F1 moves to the BBC in 2009 that James Allen is left behind. Sniff Petrol is a satirical British online magazine written chiefly by Richard Porter, with contributions from James May and other motoring journalists, dedicated to automobile-related humour. ... Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA Facebook is a social networking website, that was launched on February 4, 2004. ...

Allen has written three books, the first of which was his ghost-written autobiography of Nigel Mansell. He has also written two books on Michael Schumacher: Quest for Redemption (also published as Driven to Extremes) and The Edge of Greatness.^[5] He has been the F1 correspondent of the Financial Times newspaper since 1999. A ghostwriter is an author who writes under someone elses name, with their consent. ... Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE (born August 8, 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver from England who won world championships in both Formula One (1992) and CART (1993). ...

Allen is married and lives in London. He has two sons, Enzo and Emerson. Despite the rumors Enzo is not named after Enzo Ferrari, but rather a TV character. James mentioned this in the Australian Grand Prix Program in 2003. Emerson is named after Emerson Fittipaldi who was a famous F1 driver of the seventies. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946, São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful open-wheel racing series driver, winning world championships in both Formula One and CART, and the Indianapolis 500 twice. ...

External links

• James Allen biography at itv.com

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