Bernie Collins joins Sky Sports F1

Former Formula 1 strategy head Bernie Collins has joined Sky Sports for the 2023 Formula One season.

Her expertise lies in F1 engineering and strategy having formerly worked as performance engineer at McLaren and head of race strategy at Aston Martin.

“I am really excited to begin this new chapter with the Sky Sports F1 team and want to thank them for the opportunity,” Collins said.

“After many years on the pit wall I’m keen to embrace this new role within F1 from a viewer’s perspective and enhance their experience of racing.”

She will take on a role both on and off-screen, helping explain and demystify all things team strategy and engineering for Sky Sports F1 viewers old and new.

Bernie will join Martin Brundle, Nico Rosberg and Damon Hill at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ahead of a number of other races throughout the calendar.

From Northern Ireland, she began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduating from Queen’s University Belfast in 2009.

Three years later, Collins became a performance engineer and became its leader in that role full-time in 2014, working for 2009 World Champion Jenson Button.

She joined Force India in 2015 and helped the team finish fourth in the following year’s Constructors’ Championship.