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{{Short description|British former motor racing mechanic, author, columnist and television commentator}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=November 2012}} {{BLP self-published|date=November 2012}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Steve Matchett | image = Steve Matchett.jpg | caption = Matchett at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|23}} | birth_place = England | occupation = Author, columnist, editor, television broadcaster | genre = [[Formula One]] | notableworks = }} '''Steve Matchett''' (born 23 December 1962 in England) is a commentator for American TV network [[Fox Sports]] on its [[Formula E]] programming. He formerly co-hosted live Formula One practices, qualifying sessions, and races alongside [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]] and [[Bob Varsha]]. As well as his live F1 duties, Matchett also co-presented with the same duo a pre-recorded show on Speed Channel called ''Formula One Debrief'', reviewing the events of the preceding week's grand prix. Until the conclusion of the [[2012 Formula One season]], he was a commentator for the FOX owned American [[Speed Channel]]. For the [[2013 Formula One season]], he was signed to NBC Sports Network, alongside Speed TV veterans [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]] and [[Bob Varsha]] until broadcasts moved to [[ESPN]] for the 2018 season. He was a columnist for the Speed Channel website and presented a series of web-based video 'chalk-talk' features in which, with photographs and a telestrator, he explains F1 engineering and technical matters. He was a regular contributor and columnist to ''[[F1 Racing]]'' magazine from 1996 to 2008. He was Technical Editor of the magazine from 1998 to 2008 (resigning his editorship when Matt Bishop resigned as Editor-in-Chief).<ref name="fanclub"/> He has also published a semi-autobiographical trilogy based around his years in the F1 pit lane.
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