Bernie Collins' new job from Sky Sports F1, Netto Worth and “Like a fraud” | F1 | sport

Bernie Collins has developed into one of the most likeable F1 experts at Sky Sports since joining the broadcaster two years ago. As a former strategy engineer for Aston Martin, she brings a deeper insight and serves as a model for women in motorsport. Collins has the experience of supporting their analysis after working up the ladder to become one of the big heads of sport.

She initially started as a trainee at McLaren before working as a performance engineer with the former world champion Jenson Button. Collins joined the Force India team in 2015 and helped them to secure fourth place in the championship designers. She was also recognized by Forbes and was an ambassador for the government's campaign in Great Britain.

Express Sport deals with Collins' new job from Sky Sports, her impressive assets and her fight against self -doubt …

New work from Sky Sports away

At the beginning of this week, Collins became the trustee of the Grand Prix Trust, an organization founded by Jackie Stewart. The fund supports those who need it and were previously involved in the F1 community.

The trust is led by Martin Brundle, who said that he was “pleased” to welcome Collins on board, and explained that she would play an “important role”.

In a statement, Collins added: “I am proud to make a contribution to an organization that offers the members of our community practical help and guidance if you need it most urgently.”

Impressive assets

Collins has accumulated a considerable assets throughout her career, with the majority of her assets come from her technical roles and subsequent media work.

According to Media Referee, it will estimate a value of around 1.1 million GBP from this year. It is said that Collins earns around £ 148,000 a year with its shipment obligations and sets them to the best paid analysts of the F1.

Feel like a fraud

After her transition from the mine wall to the small screen, Collins had to deal with the imposter syndrome. When she thought about her time with Sky Sports, she told the Telegraph that it was difficult to have the feeling that she was no longer as important as before.

“For a long time I felt that I was a bit fraud, not doing enough work on the pit wall,” said Collins. “I felt a bit like I didn't contribute so much to sport. Before that, the decisions I made had the result of the race directly.

“If you are on the pit wall, you are very confident that you are very much at your moment. You have worked a lot on the data and have the support network around you.

“To get away from it and then be on the screen, was much more public, it was a little more discouraged. When I made my first race [for Sky Sports] In Jeddah in 2023, I probably didn't really think about the number of people watching at home.

“At first I felt a bit like I didn't contribute so much to sports.”