Barretto got his break when he entered the Bridgestone e-reporter competition – and earned the chance to cover a Grand Prix – while studying at university, with that debut being followed by full-time stints at BBC Sport, motorsport publication Autosport and now F1.
“The idea is that I’ll try and keep the programming as up to date as best I can with what’s going on in the paddock, and then try to find out details we need to go and explore or expand on stories,” says Barretto, who can also be heard conducting media pen interviews and driver parade chats, before sharing how the expectation around his job has grown.
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“I can’t put a time frame on it, but when you interact with fans, whether that’s meeting them in public at racetracks or if they get in touch with you on social media, the level of question they’re after has definitely changed – the devil is in the detail.
“A lot more they want to know why, what is the real truth, and is what we see the reality? Fans are definitely more knowledgeable than they’ve ever been, so the challenge for us is to go and find out even more information about why something really happened, and then talk to as many people as we can to get the best detail.
“I think what we can do is try and help pinpoint the key stories and really pull them out. You have to work much harder from a research perspective, to have an idea of where it’s going, and to make sure you follow an evolving story. Then, every time you’re on air, you’ve hopefully got a little bit more.”