Blog | A Life In Orange

Rob Lee

Jul 20, 20163 min read

A Weekend in the Life of a Flaggy

Flagging is one of the main duties as a marshal and is the key to making a race weekend tick and flow.

Rob Lee

Jul 13, 20162 min read

The biggest event on the British Motorsport calendar and one that every marshal wants to be at the side of Silverstone circuit.

Rob Lee

Jul 5, 20164 min read

This weekend Battersea Park said farewell to the Formula-E, so the all-electric championship put on a great spectacle for all.

Rob Lee

Jun 29, 20163 min read

There are very rare occasions at marshalling where you don’t have much to do in a full race day.

Rob Lee

Jun 22, 20163 min read

As a lifelong Motorsport fan, I wanted to give something back, so in 2013 I did a Marshals ‘taster day’ at Silverstone.

Rob Lee

Jun 15, 20164 min read

It is said that a change is as good as a rest. This weekend I found myself with a rare weekend off from my life in orange.

Rob Lee

Jun 7, 20163 min read

Oulton Park’s biggest event of the year and the British Touring Car Championship was in town to give us a great weekend of racing.

Rob Lee

Jun 1, 20162 min read

Sometimes as a marshal it is great to have a change of scenery and mix up what race tracks we are at in the same weekend.

Rob Lee

May 25, 20163 min read

Being a marshal we are privileged to get the best seat in the house, but we’re not just there to watch, but to get involved too.

Rob Lee

May 11, 20162 min read

The first day out on the bank as a marshal will be a strange day at the racetrack for you.

Rob Lee

May 4, 20163 min read

Having a variety of experiences whilst marshalling is the key to enjoying it so much.

Rob Lee

Apr 26, 20161 min read

Have you ever been to a race track and wondered, “What the hell are those people dressed in orange actually doing?”