Chris Hartley has 30 years experience as a professional motorsport commentator - working throughout the UK and internationally on live television broadcasts, highlights TV coverage and live event commentary.

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In the UK, he's the lead circuit commentator for the British Touring Car Championship and is part of Silverstone's commentary team for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.

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Internationally, Chris is the live world-feed television commentator for the hugely popular DTM German Touring Car Championship - broadcasting to more than 150 countries worldwide. He also provides voice-overs for all of the DTM's international TV highlights programmes, online- and social media content. In 2023, he stood in for BBC Radio Five Live's regular commentator and provided weekend-long national radio commentary for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Since 2023, he's also worked as the English-language circuit commentator and podium interviewer for the Macau Grand Prix.

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Over the years, Chris has also provided live circuit commentary for Moto GP British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Chris Evan's Carfest events, the Wales Rally GB World Rally Championship and leading UK championships such as the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, Mini Challenge and British F4. In total, he's provided live circuit commentary at more than 400 national and club motorsport events across the UK since 2000.

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​​​​​Chris also has extensive experience of travelling across Europe and the Middle East - working with international broadcast production companies to provide live world-feed commentary for high profile international championships including Formula Renault Eurocup, GT Masters, European F3, 

the Monza Rally Show and the Nürburgring 24 hours. 

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Away from motor racing, Chris has travelled the world reporting for Sky Sports TV productions on events as diverse as the University Winter Games,  Squash World Tour, X-Cat Powerboat World Series,  Archery World Championships and the Women's Ten Pin Bowling World Championship. ​​ He's also provided TV highlights commentary on Snowboard Cross, Ski Cross, Squash, Powerboating and Waterski racing. 

 

In his youth, Chris was a national-level kart racer, winning a round of the British Championships, finishing 4th in the British Open Championship and winning a club title. For two years, he achieved a national seeding - awarded only to the top 15 British drivers in each race category. More recently, he's also competed in a handful of Fun Cup Endurance car races, with a best result of 4th place.​​