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Rob Lee
Sep 24, 20194 min read
Marshalling and the Internet
Do you remember a time before the internet, Facebook, Twitter and the entire social platform? I may have been privileged enough to have...
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Rob Lee
Sep 17, 20194 min read
Sensational Spa leaves us in dreamland
Albeit it with a sombre tone to the weekend, which you can read about here, the Belgian Grand Prix weekend was another brilliant time for...
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Rob Lee
Aug 2, 20194 min read
F1 – More than a race
Let me take you back to the British Grand Prix with the crowds buzzing, the Mercedes duo battling each other, red Bulls seeing red, a...
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Rob Lee
Jun 5, 20195 min read
Life over the edge
You’ve probably heard many drivers in motorsport talk about ‘Life on the Edge’ the perfect balance of exploring the limits of what is...
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Rob Lee
May 24, 20193 min read
British GT feat. Snetterton Circuit
Normally I stick to one big meeting a year at one circuit, for example if I do Touring Cars at Oulton Park I won’t do them again...
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Rob Lee
Apr 11, 20193 min read
Super Sebring – Part Two – Don’t take me home
As the first cars rolled out of the pit garages and went on their installation laps I was still trying to come to terms with the fact I...
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Rob Lee
Mar 26, 20194 min read
Super Sebring Part One – Chasing the sunset
As the sun sinks behind race control, flickering rays of light over the start finish straight cast silhouettes into turn one, then...
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Rob Lee
Feb 16, 20195 min read
A Day in the life – Motorsport Marshal – Part Two
Last year I wrote part one to a day in the life of a motorsport marshal and it was rather successful, so I decided to follow it up with...
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Rob Lee
Feb 8, 20194 min read
Five ways to make 2019 your marshalling year
As we draw closer to the start of a new season we all start filling out our calendars with the desirable races that we would like to do....
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Rob Lee
Nov 19, 20183 min read
Five stars out of five – Race of Remembrance 2018
Only the sound of waves breaking and the seagulls call can be heard at Anglesey Circuit. As Remembrance Day service is called, on the...
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Rob Lee
Oct 19, 20183 min read
A Taste of something new
There are moments and experiences in marshalling that don’t come around very often and if you are ever offered or get the chance, you...
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Rob Lee
Oct 5, 20183 min read
70 days away from home
Saturday 21 July, Mini-Fest, Oulton Park. A particularly warm day if I remember correctly from what I wrote about in a previous blog. A...
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Rob Lee
Sep 14, 20184 min read
A wall of invisible orange
As the chequered flag falls on a race the crowds erupt into a roar of emotion, whether their driver won or not, it is vocally expressed....
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Rob Lee
Sep 4, 20184 min read
Belgium GP – Stepping into the unknown
As the chequered flag dropped on the 2018 Belgium Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and I worked my way up the track to where the bus would...
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Rob Lee
Jul 13, 20183 min read
F1 – Sun, Sound and the sublime
It’s an eight-month journey that takes you through different levels of emotion. The 2017 marshalling season hadn’t even finished, yet I...
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Rob Lee
Jun 14, 20183 min read
A Thousand Eyes
Reflecting over the weekend in more than one way. [Philip Rainford] I found myself reflecting on Sunday morning before the start of...
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Rob Lee
May 25, 20183 min read
Marshalling Away Weekend: Silverstone Blancpain
As I was in between jobs I had an opportunity to tick another race meeting off my never-ending list of races to marshal. The Blancpain GT...
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Rob Lee
May 17, 20183 min read
Finding My Feet
After just six race meetings of being an Incident Officer I find myself writing about it? Before it goes against me that I’m either too...
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Rob Lee
May 4, 20183 min read
Sun, Sea, Sand and the Occasional Crash!
So why, when I get up for work at half seven, was my alarm ringing at 4:30 on Saturday morning? Why do I get up at these times when I...
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Rob Lee
Apr 6, 20183 min read
An Easter Weekend with the British GTs
Easter Weekend, Oulton Park and the British GT and F3 Championship rolled in and promised to be a huge event. It didn’t disappoint; Flick...
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