A talented journalist who worked on various television channels, A. Popov is constantly busy with new projects. As a commentator and presenter of the author’s program, he shares lively emotions that attract the attention and love of the audience. On his page, he left the words characterizing him as a person: “I live and work for Formula 1. I live and work for you! ” It is worth telling more about this interesting person.
Alexey Popov: biography
A well-known journalist and television commentator was born in 1974. He was interested in cars since childhood. At the age of 14, he came to Belgium to visit his grandfather, who works in the USSR trade mission, and for the first time he saw races on the local television channel. Then he admitted that he fell in love at first sight.
After graduating from school, Alexei Popov began to collaborate with the newspaper Sport-Express. His literary debut coincided with the beginning of the career of M. Schumacher, who participated in those races.
In 1992, the RTR channel broadcast the stages of Formula 1. At that time, they were commented on by real “bisons” S. Cheskidov and G. Burkov. They reported directly from the races, and Alexey worked as an expert on the spot in Moscow. Later, the journalist called working with them productive. Complementing each other, the presenters learned "to understand what races are," and Popov recognized television from the inside. Then he went to competitions and already from the scene commented on the stages.
Great love for Formula 1
A talented journalist is noticed and invited to work in Monaco. Since 1993, he worked for 10 years as the chief editor of the French Chrono motorsport magazine. Personal acquaintance with the pilots of Formula 1 and the leadership of the teams allowed to make interesting reports. Spectators were the first to know what was happening on the tracks of the “Royal Series”.
Alexey Popov returned to Moscow in 2002 and began to broadcast on the Sport channel, later renamed Russia-2. After 4 years, "Ren TV" redeems the rights and broadcasts Formula 1. The commentator until the end of 2006 was Aleksey, who was later replaced by another journalist. Separated from the sports queen, he led rugby tournaments, biathlon world cups, Dakar Rally races, and the Sports Week program. However, in the spring of 2009, Alexei again began working as a commentator on Formula 1. In November 2015, he switched to the recently created Match TV sports channel, replacing Russia-2. In an interview, Alexei Popov said that his career was helped by luck, born of a great love of racing.
The main thing in work is to love her
Alexey Popov is a commentator on the motorsport queen for 23 years. As he himself admitted, the work combines artistry and documentary, because few people like the dry text. He is loved for his emotionality, expressive syllable, additional information that he generously shares, interesting eyeliners. Live reports from Formula 1 races have repeatedly become the subject of analysis of reservations on the air, but it even gave some charm. When the journalist was asked about whether he could highlight the most important thing in the work, he replied that you need to love what you do. And he continued that the commentator has little excellent education, he must have the speed of thinking and correctly express thoughts. And always improve.
He also commented on football matches, although he admitted that he did not enjoy them. A journalist often thanks his viewers. But he always emphasizes that he did not try to interest anyone in racing. He simply shares his love with congenial people, believing that the audience is his like-minded people. In 2001, he was deservedly awarded the title of best sports commentator.
Author program
The Grand Prix show with Alexei Popov held the rating position. She went live in 2005 on the Sport TV channel after Formula 1 races and was based on a discussion with invited experts of the main events of the past races. A year later, the program ceased to exist after the transfer of broadcast rights to Ren TV. When the royal races returned to the Russia-2 television channel, the show revived in 2009. The author’s hour-long project was fond of interactive communication, live viewers asked questions on the subject of races, and polls were held. Among the observers in the studio were famous racing drivers and sports journalists.
New transmission format
In 2011, the Grand Prix is ​​broadcast in a new format. The transfer time was reduced to 30 minutes, she went out to qualify a new stage. Interviews with our Formula 1 driver V. Petrov and live reports attracted the viewer.
Alexey Popov talked about the features of the track on which the race took place. The program was not interactive, but turned into a set of plots filmed in advance about the upcoming stage of the World Cup. After 3 years, Popov got a weekly column in the morning program “Panorama of the day” on the channel “Russia-2”.
Since November 2015, the journalist has been working on the Match TV channel, which has begun showing the Italian Grand Prix races. The format of reporting is adjusted.