[1] She has covered major sporting events for the network since then, including the US Open Tennis, and has been part of Sky's coverage of the F1 Grand Prix, Grand Prix Masters, Speedway World Cup, Race of Champions, America's Cup and the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

In the May 2007 issue of the British men's magazine FHM, Thompson was voted the 93rd Sexiest Female in the World.

During the 2012 season, Thompson presented the Friday night magazine show The F1 Show alongside pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz and during race weekends, presented the Sky Pad segment of Sky's F1 coverage, usually alongside Anthony Davidson.

She was replaced as co-host of The F1 Show by close Sky Sports F1 pit-lane reporter Natalie Pinkham.

It was announced on 1 July 2014 that Thompson would be one of the new presenters of BBC Radio 5 Live's Saturday Morning comedy show Fighting Talk, sharing duties with comedian Josh Widdicombe.