Atle Gulbrandsen (born 15 September 1979 in

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) is a racing driver and television announcer.

Racing career

Gulbrandsen started with

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in Norway in 1992, and drove some other junior series before he did the

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Southern Series in the USA in 2003/2004. Since 2005 he has participated in the German VLN Endurance Series at the

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Nordschleife, with several victories for the Norwegian Audi Dealer Team. In 2022 Gulbrandsen and his team won the TCR-class in the championship. In 2007 he also became the Norwegian Seven Racing Champion, and in 2021 he did a race in the Norwegian GT Championship with a Lamborghini GT3.

Television career

In 1997 Atle Gulbrandsen became the world's youngest Formula 1 commentator at 17, when he did the announcing for

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Norway. He has since commentated Formula 1 for

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, TV2,

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and Viaplay, and been a host for several TV shows about Formula 1, WRC and other motor sports. He has also worked as a motoring journalist, consultant and sporting director for the Norwegian ASN. In 2010 he wrote the book "Grand Prix" together with Morten Malmø, and in 2022 the book "Formel 1" together with Thomas Karlsen. He is the Norwegian voice of "Darrell Cartrip" in the Norwegian version of the Pixar movie Cars.

References

External links

Official website
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