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Rob Lee
Nov 1, 20184 min read
A day in the life – Motorsport marshal – part one
After seeing a blog about the day in the life of a digital communications officer, I thought it would be an idea to do a blog or two...
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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
Aug 16, 20183 min read
Passo Dello Stelvio
As I looked down into the valley I couldn’t help but smile. Miles upon miles of tarmac lay stretching, twisting, tuning, falling, rising...
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Rob Lee
Aug 7, 20183 min read
“Le Mans”
Incredibly it is now some forty years since I somehow managed to convince both my school and my parents that it would beneficial to my...
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Rob Lee
Aug 3, 20183 min read
CarFest North – Marshalling Madness
You may remember the two-part special I did last year about CarFest North 2017. No? Not even the fancy dress (link) or the astronauts...
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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 19, 20184 min read
Welcome to Le Mans 2018!
It’s warm, there’s a light breeze, the birds are tweeting and in the distance you hear a buzzing noise. It gets louder and louder, over...
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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
Jun 8, 20183 min read
The Journey so Far
For many of us, marshalling is a hobby that we attend because of our sheer love of Motorsport. You live and breathe racing so much that...
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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 11, 20183 min read
Startline, Smiles and Sombreros
Bank holiday weekend was upon us and another chance to pull on my orange overalls and get out marshalling. It wasn’t a normal race...
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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
May 3, 20183 min read
Boring, Slow and Nothing to do…. Yeah right!
Cars circulating as though they were on rails and little drama occurring made the first hour and a half of marshalling on Saturday very...
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Rob Lee
Apr 26, 20183 min read
That colour doesn’t suit me!
Over the years that I have been marshalling I’ve heard many people, many non-marshals, have a dig at our overalls. Some have called them...
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Rob Lee
Apr 19, 20183 min read
Why Do I Do This?
As I sat at my desk in work I thought to myself, “Why do I do this?” Not the blog, that’s an easy question to answer but why marshalling?...
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Rob Lee
Apr 12, 20186 min read
From Oulton Park in the snow to Albert Park in the Sun!
A big trip deserves a big blog, so sit back and enjoy this one! They say a week is a long time in politics, but it can also be true for...
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