Fernando Tornello
{{Short description|Argentine journalist and TV host}}
{{Orphan|date=October 2024}}
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| birth_name = Fernando Tornello
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|10|4}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| occupation = Journalist and television presenter
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| years active = 1976-present
| employer = * Telefe (1990-1999)
- PSN (2000-2001)
- Fox Sports (2002-2020)
- ESPN (2021-present)
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Fernando Tornello (born 4 October 1952) is an Argentine sports journalist and television presenter. He is especially known for his television broadcasts of Formula One for Hispanic America on various channels.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Tornello initially began studying law, which he eventually abandoned to study journalism.{{Cite web|title=¿Quién es Fernando Tornello, la voz de la Fórmula 1 en América Latina?|url=https://www.sopitas.com/deportes/fernando-tornello-quien-es-la-voz-formula-uno/|work=Sopitas|date=25 September 2021|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es-MX}}
His career as Formula One journalist started in 1976 in a radio broadcasting.
In 1990, he joined Telefe to broadcast Formula 3 Sudamericana together with Felipe Mc Gough. That same year, Telefe acquired the rights to broadcast Formula One in Argentina, and Tornello was chosen to cover the races until 1999. In 2000 and 2001, Panamerican Sports Network (PSN) was in charge of transmission in Latin America and were later acquired by Fox Sports, where Tornello continued as narrator. After Fox Corporation was bought by Disney, the rights was passed to ESPN.{{Cite web|title=La Redención: Televisión por la Identidad - ALIPSO.COM: Monografías, resúmenes, biografias y tesis gratis.|url=https://www.alipso.com/monografias4/Television_por_la_identidad/|work=ALPISO.COM|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Distinción a un relator de automovilismo|url=https://www.legislatura.gob.ar/posts/tt2076.html|work=Legislatura.gob.ar|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}}
At the same time, he presents the program El Show de la Fórmula 1 since 2002, actually in ESPN Latin America.{{Cite web|title=Último fin de semana de Fórmula 1 en Star+|url=https://espnpressroom.com/latinamerica/press-releases/2022/11/ultimo-fin-de-semana-de-formula-1-en-star/|work=ESPN Express Room|date=17 November 2022|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}} Also he presented sports programs as Última Vuelta and Rally Mundial in Fox Sports, and was editor for Motorsport.com in Latin America.{{Cite web|title=Los destacados de octubre de FOX SPORTS|url=https://www.totalmedios.com/nota/3159/los-destacados-de-octubre-de-fox-sports|work=Total Medios|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=Articles of Fernando Tornello|url=https://lat.motorsport.com/info/about-us/fernando_tornello/97433/|work=Motorsport.com|date=12 April 2020|access-date=29 October 2024}} In 2021, Tornello started a program via streaming called 7 décadas de pasión,{{Cite web|title=Fernando Tornello: 7 Décadas De Pasión|url=https://www.zibilia.com/=FernandoTornello7DecadasDePasion|work=Zibiblia|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}} and at the same time he is a Formula One analyst for the program and website Campeones.{{Citation|title=F1 en Japón: Fernando Tornello y el análisis del nuevo triunfo de Verstappen|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmZkIPfh3bM|work=YouTube| date=24 September 2023 |access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}}
Throughout his career, he has shared broadcasts with Juan Fazzini, Adrián Puente, Juan Fossaroli, Diego Mejía, Juan Manuel López and Albert Fàbrega.{{Cite web|title=F1: ¿Quiénes narrarán la temporada 2023 de la Fórmula Uno en TV para los mexicanos?|url=https://soyreferee.com/f1/2023/3/1/f1-quienes-narraran-la-temporada-2023-de-la-formula-uno-en-tv-para-los-mexicanos-18479.html|work=Soy Referee|date=1 March 2023|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es-MX}}{{Cite web|title=Fox Sports y una cobertura especial de la definición de la F1|url=https://www.totalmedios.com/nota/479/fox-sports-y-una-cobertura-especial-de-la-definicion-de-la-f1|work=Total Medios|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=La Fórmula 1 con novedades en sus transmisiones para América Latina|url=http://www.tribunadeportiva.com.ar/2023/03/la-formula-1-con-novedades-en-sus.html|work=Tribuna Deportiva|access-date=29 October 2024|language=es}} On the other hand, he was a promoter of the Argentine Grand Prix with Felipe Mc Gough in the 1990s.
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Category:Formula One journalists and reporters