LONDON, UK (Monday, January 6, 2025) The Race is delighted to announce the award-winning Jonathan Noble will join its Formula 1 content team for 2025.
Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Noble has established a reputation as one of the finest news reporters in the sport. His paddock contacts, nose for a story, and deep knowledge of the sport, perfectly complements The Race’s established team of Scott Mitchell-Malm, Edd Straw and Mark Hughes.
As part of his role at The Race, Noble will continue to attend the majority of F1 races, contributing to the website, podcast, video and social media output for the brand.
Andrew van de Burgt, The Race CEO and founder said: “I’ve known Jon for 25 years and have always enjoyed working with him and have immense respect for his abilities. With the F1 calendar ever expanding, we needed additional resource and I cannot think of a better person for the role.
Jonathan Noble said: “I’m excited to be working with The Race this year as it embarks on the next stages of its growth.
“It has pulled together a great team of people, and I’m looking forward to linking up again with many colleagues I enjoyed working with in the past as we aim to deliver the best content possible from the F1 paddock.”
Since its launch in February 2020, The Race has enjoyed spectacular growth. In 2024, it generated over 13m podcast listens, 45m website page impressions, and 160m video views. It also saw its social media audience surpass half a million followers.
There are Spanish and Portuguese versions of The Race YouTube channel, with Italian and Arabic-language channels launching in 2025.
The Race also has dedicated YouTube and social media channels for MotoGP, Bring Back V10s and its podcasting output, which includes The Race F1 Podcast, F1 Tech Show with Gary Anderson, And Colossally That’s History! with Matt Bishop and Richard Williams, The Race Indycar Podcast and The Race Formula E Podcast.
As well as the website, podcasts, YouTube and social media channels, The Race also operates The Race Media Awards, the only awards dedicated to celebrating excellence in motorsport PR, events, marketing and communications.
The Race Media Limited, which is a part of RAFA Media, also runs WTF1, which has over three million social media followers, Driver Database, the world’s largest collection of driver statistics and profiles, WTF Talent – a creator agency with more than 60 creators and 20m followers on its books, and its Special Projects division, which produces white label content and content strategies for a host of blue-chip clients.
