Bernadette Collins
Bernadette Collins | |
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| Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 38–39) Maguiresbridge, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupations | Strategy engineer, Television presenter |
| Years active | 2009 – present |
| Employer | Sky Sports F1 |
Bernadette "Bernie" Collins is a Northern Irish engineer who is the Formula One strategy analyst for Sky Sports and F1TV and former F1 strategy engineer.
Born in Northern Ireland, she began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduating from Queen's University Belfast in 2009 eventually becoming a performance engineer and became the leader in that role full-time in 2014, working with 2009 World Champion Jenson Button. She joined Force India in 2015 as a performance and strategy engineer to Nico Hülkenberg and later Sergio Pérez. She would remain with the team in the same role as it became Racing Point following its purchase by Lawrence Stroll in 2018 and its later rebrand to Aston Martin in 2021. She would leave the team at the end of the 2021 F1 season, becoming a pundit and race strategy analyst for Sky Sports and F1TV's F1 coverage.
Collins was an ambassador for the United Kingdom government's "Make it in Great Britain" campaign in 2012, and featured on Forbes 2016 list of 30 Under 30 list for Manufacturing & Industry in Europe.