Jacques Schulz

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Jacques Arno Schulz (born April 1, 1967 in Heidelberg ) is a German sports journalist and from 1996 to 2012 was a commentator on the Formula 1 races at Sky Deutschland (formerly Premiere, before that DF1 ).

Jacques Schulz completed a degree in business administration and law before working as a presenter for the Munich radio stations Radio M1 and Energy (formerly Xanadu) from 1991 . From 1993 he commented on Formula 1 races for Eurosport , before switching to the pay-TV channel DF1 at the beginning of the digital television age in 1996 and remaining there after the merger of DF1 and Premiere into Premiere World / Premiere. At the side of the former Swiss racing driver Marc Surer , he commented on the Formula 1 broadcasts for the Munich broadcaster. Between the 1996 German Grand Prix and the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix , the Schulz / Surer duo accompanied 289 complete racing weekends. In February 2013, Jacques Schulz announced his retirement as a commentator for personal reasons.

Two months later he switched to kabel eins , where he and Patrick Simon commented on the ADAC GT Masters as part of ran at the beginning of the 2013 season . Schulz already commented on the Race of Champions from Düsseldorf on Sat.1 in 2011 for ran .

In 2006 and 2007 he also commented on live broadcasts of the races of the American NASCAR Nextel Cup , which were also shown on Premiere. There Klaus Graf and Christian Kuhn worked as experts at his side at the microphone .

In 2008, in addition to Formula 1, he also commented on individual summaries of the NASCAR Sprint Cup races, as well as the IndyCar Series on Formula 1 free weekends . In the winter of 2009/10 he occasionally commented on ice hockey games for Sky Germany .

In 2010 he was a regular guest in the NASCAR magazine of the Austrian broadcaster Servus TV . There he met Maren Braun , who was a presenter for the F1 team of Premiere during the 2006 Formula 1 season . The farewell to every broadcast became his trademark, which he always ended with the words “Keep racing”.

In 2016 he returned to a commentary booth after Kabel Eins had given up the broadcasting rights to the ADAC GT Masters at the end of 2014. As part of the FIA Formula E Championship 2015/16 , he moderated the Berlin ePrix 2016 together with Rene Domke for the DMAX broadcaster . A year later, he also commented on the Monaco ePrix 2017 and the Paris ePrix 2017 for this broadcaster , before joining the Eurosport team at the 2017 Le Mans 24-hour race in his last job as commentator .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://info.sky.de/inhalt/de/sky-berichtung-11-stunden-live-vom-formel1-finale-pr-11112010.jsp
  2. ↑ http://info.sky.de/inhalt/de/medienzentrum_news_pr_05022013.jsp
  3. ↑ https://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formele/news-227538-jacques-schulz-kommentiert-formel-e/
  4. ↑ The hot phase of the FIA ​​Formula E season 2016/17 live and exclusively on DMAX . In: Eurosport Germany . May 11, 2017 ( eurosport.de [accessed April 29, 2018]).
  5. ↑ 24 Hours of Le Mans live on Eurosport 1 and in Eurosport Player . In: Eurosport Germany . June 14, 2017 ( eurosport.de [accessed April 29, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulz, Jacques Arno (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg