Norbert Ockenga

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Norbert Ockenga (born October 29, 1971 in Ostfriesland ) is a German journalist , publisher and television commentator. He has been working as a motorsport commentator for the TV broadcaster Eurosport since 1997 and has been the publisher of Pitwalk magazine since December 2010 .

Life

Ockenga began his journalistic career in his high school graduation in 1991 as an intern at the now discontinued motorsport magazine rallye racing . After the internship he worked as a freelancer at rallye racing. At the same time, he started training as a specialist in tax and business advisory professions. He also completed a traineeship at Motor Presse Stuttgart , was an editor at sport auto and freelanced for Motorsport aktuell , RTL Formula 1 reports and titles in England and Australia.

At Motorsport aktuell he was involved in reporting on international and national motorsport until the end of 2009. After a large part of the workforce switched to Speedweek magazine in 2008 , Ockenga stayed with Motorsport for a few months. According to blogger Don Dahlmann, Ockenga was currently “the sole entertainer” at Motorsport at the time . In December 2010, he and a newly assembled team brought the magazine Pitwalk onto the market, which has been published every two months since then.

He has been a commentator for Eurosport since 1997 . Among other things, he comments on the 24 Hours of Le Mans , the FIA World Endurance Championship , the Dakar Rally and other rallies, Speedway (with Egon Müller as co-commentator, among others ), the Porsche Supercup , the World Series by Renault and motorsport Magazine of the station.

He also writes for the special Formula 1 issue of kicker . In 2014 he appeared three times as a Formula 1 expert in the ZDF morning magazine , in 2015 so far once (as of March 31, 2015).

Since 2019 Ockenga has been publishing its own podcast series with topics from motorsport, which is offered under the name PITCAST with several sub-chapters on the magazine's website and the most important podcatchers.

Ockenga lives in East Frisia. He is a member of the Motorsport Club Norden .

Works

  • Willy Knupp (eds.), Christoph Schulte, Norbert Ockenga, Heinz-Peter Dahlmanns: RTL-Television; Volume 7 race report 1999/2000. Photos, results, backgrounds. Zeitgeist Verlag, Düsseldorf / Motor Buch Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3613304449 .
  • Willy Knupp (eds.), Christoph Schulte, Norbert Ockenga, Thomas Allstedt: Renn Report 2000/2001. Tears and triumph. Zeitgeist Verlag, Düsseldorf / Motor Buch Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3613304414 .
  • Willy Knupp (Ed.), Norbert Ockenga: Grand Prix 2006 experienced live. RTL Formula 1. Zeitgeist Media, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-926224-42-8 .
  • Harald Zulauf (eds.), Tobias Gonscherowski, Norbert Ockenga: DSF Formula 1 and touring car timer 2006. Media Consulta, no location 2006, ISBN 3936238189 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pitwalk - The Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Norbert Ockenga: 24h of Le Mans - who still needs Formula 1? Eurosport , June 10, 2011, accessed April 11, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Pitwalk Issue 1 - 2011. (No longer available online.) Pitwalk media GmbH, archived from the original on February 21, 2015 ; Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c d inside-racing.de: A portrait of the new pitwalk boss Norbert Ockenga ( memento from January 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b Alexander Millauer: Interview with PITWALK editor Norbert Ockenga (1). (No longer available online.) Formel-woche.de, January 11, 2014, archived from the original on January 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 20, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Norbert Ockenga: Interview with: Norbert Ockenga. (No longer available online.) Whohub, archived from the original on February 20, 2015 ; accessed on February 20, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Don Dahlmann: Media: Motorsport Journalism - Where Did It Go? Racingblog, February 23, 2010, accessed April 11, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Alexander Millauer: Interview with PITWALK editor Norbert Ockenga (2). (No longer available online.) Formel-woche.de, January 12, 2014, archived from the original on January 19, 2015 ; Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
  9. ^ Ivo Schützbach: Speedway on TV channel Eurosport: The background. Speedweek Online, May 12, 2014, accessed April 11, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Hello, who's talking? - Eurosport. (No longer available online.) Racecam GmbH, April 13, 2010, archived from the original on October 17, 2007 ; Retrieved April 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / racecam.de
  11. ^ Formula 1 season is going to be exciting " , ZDF morning magazine from March 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Rosberg has mental advantages". ZDF morning magazine , July 21, 2014, accessed on January 19, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Ockenga: "Vettel has to get used to". (No longer available online.) ZDF morning magazine , November 24, 2014, archived from the original on January 19, 2015 ; Retrieved January 19, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Vettel victory "clear sign of life". (No longer available online.) ZDF morning magazine , March 31, 2015, archived from the original on April 17, 2015 ; Retrieved April 11, 2015 .
  15. ↑ Pitwalk - The Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
  16. ^ Formula 1 parts auction for charity purposes. Motorsport-Total.com, October 18, 2009, accessed April 11, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Ockenga, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, publisher and television commentator
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostfriesland