You can't rain on my parade

What a weekend. Not quite sure how I managed to fit everything in over the past three days, but that's the hectic world of Formula 1 for you.

As you may know I was Marussia's social media driver for the weekend, courtesy of Monster jobs. My role was to engage the fans as much as possible with the goings on of a Formula 1 team, during a race weekend. I was tweeting throughout the weekend from in and around the track. From garage to media pen. To keeping dry in the motorhome. Anything that I felt the fans would appreciate, I tweeted.

My story from the paddock:

The Formula 1 paddock.

For qualifying on Saturday I was right at the heart of the Marussia F1 team. In the garage, paddock, motorhome, soaking up all the atmosphere.
Once you're in the paddock it's a completely different world, it's like it's untouchable, a place you could never reach. Everyone is so down to earth and you don't realise everyone is working as you're just in awe of the surroundings.
As I stepped into the paddock I was greeted by friendly welcoming faces, from both Marussia and Monster. It felt like I belonged there. I was officially part of the team. Qualifying begun at a wet Silverstone, but that didn't dampen the spirits of the team.
Watching qualifying from the back of the garage, standing next Oliver Panis, Charles Pic's manager, was definitely the perfect way to get the day kick started.

Timo Glock after finishing his interviews

Once Q1 was over I made my way to the media pen where Charles and Timo would conduct their interviews with German and French tv. When I was in the media pen I wanted to give fans the chance to see it for themselves. This is place where you only see the interviews taking place, you never get to see the drivers walking in/out or from interview to interview, so I gave the fans the opportunity to see this.

Driver after driver made his way into the media pen to be interviewed and it was incredible to be amongst all that action.
As social media driver for Marussia, my role was bringing fans closer to all the action.

Due to the rain delay, Q2 ran on a little more than expected but that couldn't kill the mood within the garage. Mexican waves up and down the pitlane kept us all pre-occupied until the weather had cleared.
Kudos to the media who stuck it out in the pouring rain to wait for the drivers who got knocked out of Q2 and then the top 10 to interview.

Charles Pic 

Timo Glock

This weekend has been absolutely fantastic, and I have only Marussia and Monster jobs to thank. They made me feel welcomed right from the get go, and made sure I had the best experience possible.

Monster jobs created this competition to enable fans to get up close and personal. This is exactly what I did. Their link with Marussia shows how passionate the team are about creating a positive brand with fans, via social media.

You all know this is something that I want to do as a career, and now I've had a taste for it, I'm hungry for more.
I can see myself working at Grand Prix weekends. Living it large with the teams, drivers, media and other Formula 1 personnel.



I have uploaded all the photos I took over the weekend and they are on my Facebook page.
You can check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151092160245351.486414.724515350&type=3

Look out for a video and photo review that will be coming soon. So make sure to keep checking this space.

You can check out Marussia F1 team website here http://www.marussiaf1team.com/

Also if you're looking for a job in Formula 1 and with Marussia. You can do so with Monster cool jobs. Here is their website. http://monstercooljobs.com/marussiaf1team/UK-EN/