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Originally Posted by Artemis
Gaëtan Vigneron is an F1 journalist for over 30 years working for a French-speaking official Belgian TV channel (similar to BBC in UK or RAI in Italy). Vast knowledge about F1. Not some random click-bait youtuber. He travels worldwide with the F1 circus: he's attending all race weekends on site with an 'all areas' press accreditation. As part of the F1 community he can walk around the paddocks and interview drivers and team principals, participate to press conferences, etc. He's generally respected by the teams and drivers as a reliable journalist. He also hears stuff off-the-record but knows what to say and what not to say. During races he sometimes has a former F1 driver (for example Jacky Ickx, Stoffel Vandoorne, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Bas Leinders) or an F2 driver (for example Théo Pourchaire) as co-commentator. He was also included in the distribution list of the Feb 29 e-mail featuring the notorious Horner Google Drive files.
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That may well be but as time moves on and with the latest raft of scandals and insinuations since the beginning of the year coming thick and fast I take some of the reports and articles with a pinch of salt whoever the journo may be.