Will Buxton

 ( 1981 Births ) 

In 2018, Buxton announced he was engaged to Victoria Helyar, who worked in marketing for the Racing Point F1 Team. They got married in April 2022. The couple have a daughter, born on 5 July 2023. Buxton also has an older daughter from a previous relationship.

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.

In 2010, Buxton joined Speed, an American motorsports cable channel which was owned by Fox Sports, as their Formula 1 pit-lane reporter until they lost the rights to broadcast F1 at the end of 2012, which Buxton claimed he found out about through posts by Speed Channel colleagues on Twitter. In 2013, the American 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 the IndyCar Series, 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.

Buxton returned to Formula 1 in an official capacity in 2018, becoming Formula One Group's first Digital Presenter. He hosted 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.

Buxton has appeared in all seven seasons of the Netflix documentary series based on the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Formula 1 seasons, giving his opinions on the events covered in the series. He is often used by the show's producers as a reference point for new viewers, explaining racing concepts and terminology for non-motorsport fans. Many of his sound bites have become internet meme in the Formula 1 community, a fact Buxton is aware of.

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.

On 14 January 2025, Fox Sports announced Buxton as its lead commentator for its first season covering the IndyCar Series in 2025, alongside James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell as race analysts. As a result, Buxton left his roles with F1TV.