BBC presenter Jennie Gow has returned to work after suffering a stroke (Picture: BBC)
BBC Formula One presenter Jennie Gow has returned to work after suffering a debilitating stroke last year.
The journalist, 46, is currently BBC News’ F1 correspondent and is also BBC Radio 5 Live’s F1 presenter and pit lane reporter.
However last year she had to take an enforced break from work after ‘finding it hard’ to write and speak following her stroke, adding she was ‘desperate’ to make a full recovery and return to work.
She’s now done so, jumping back in on the weekend of the British Grand Prix.
Sharing the news on social media, Jennie shared her excitement at being back in the hot seat.
‘Not quite the first day at work I’d imagined for 2023, but a big milestone,’ she wrote alongside a photo of her with Lewis Hamilton.
Her first interview back was with Lewis Hamilton (Picture: Jennie Gow/ Twitter)
She then added: ‘Thanks to @IMG, @MercedesAMGF1 and @LewisHamlilton. It’s all I can manage for @5liveSport for now, but I’ll be @SilverstoneUK with my family.’
Later retweeting her interview with the F1 driver, in the clip Jennie admitted she was ‘a little bit nervous and emotional’.
However, her concerns were allayed by the seven-times World Champion, who said it was ‘so nice’ to see her.
Jennie has been covering Formula One for the BBC for over a decade (Picture: Getty)
‘When I heard you were coming, I was so happy,’ he said.
‘I can’t imagine what you’ve been through so to see you here smiling and bringing your positive energy is inspiring.’
Jennie suffered a debilitating stroke last December, collapsing in her bathroom at home, which impacted her speech and the right side of her face.
Until her stroke, the presenter had been a permanent fixture in Formula One coverage since 2012, also previously working for ITV and Sky, as well as being a contributor on the hit Netflix series Drive to Survive.
Speaking on The One Show in May for Stroke Awareness Month, Jennie broke down as her husband Jamie described the moment he discovered her collapsed, which he called the ‘worst moment of my life’.
The devastating brain bleed was caused by coughing when she developed a viral infection.
She spent months learning how to walk and talk once again.
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‘Not quite the first day at work I’d imagined.’
