Veteran Sky F1 commentator David Croft will be absent from this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

His now regular-understudy Harry Benjamin will fill Croft’s role as blow-by-blow caller in Baku.

Why isn’t David Croft commentating in Azerbaijan?

An expanded 24-event Formula 1 calendar in recent years has seen most opt to skip at least one event.

Croft is among that number, sitting out a handful of events since the start of F1 2024.

He was last absent at the Austrian Grand Prix in June, having also sat out the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Croft’s absence in Azerbaijan means his F1 2025 schedule mirrors last year’s when he missed the same trio of races.

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