Natalie Jane Pinkham (born 20 September 1977) is a British television presenter and Formula One pit lane reporter for Sky Sports F1, having held the same post for BBC Radio 5 Live in 2011.
Pinkham was born in Buckinghamshire to barrister mother Joy, and property developer John,[1] Natalie and her older DJ brother Sam, who presents the early morning show for Virgin Radio, were raised at the family home in Northants.
In recent years Pinkham has also hosted the International Rugby Awards with Joel Stransky in 2004; the SALSA fashion show in 2004 with Craig Doyle; GOAL's Aura of Asia fundraising event with Liz Bonnin in 2005 and Extreme Sports Channel's coverage of the Euro Beach Soccer League and the Beach Soccer World Cup Draw with Eric Cantona in 2006.
[6] Pinkham was reported to earn £35,000 for taking part[7] but exited in Week 2 on 20 January 2008 after a skate-off with ex-Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent and his partner Viktoria Borzenkova.
[citation needed] It was confirmed on 13 January 2011 that Pinkham was to join BBC Radio 5 Live's Formula 1[9] commentary team as a pit lane reporter for the 2011 season - a role she took up beginning with the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.
[11] In 2021, Pinkham became the first woman to commentate on a Formula One session on British television when she led Sky's commentary of first practice at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, working alongside Karun Chandhok and Jenson Button.
[17] A keen fundraiser and campaigner, Pinkham is on the board of trustees for Access Sport and is an ambassador for her mother's charity KidsAid and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.