For those of you not already aware, I have an exciting announcement to make - as of today, I have finally achieved my long-standing goal of becoming a fully professional motorsport journalist after being invited to join the fast-growing team of writers at motorsport.com as UK Editor.
My appointment at motorsport.com is the culmination of a long, pain-staking process that begun in earnest just over five years ago, when I published my first post to this blog. I may only have had a relatively modest amount of hits since - about 23,500 as of the time of writing, which equates only to just over 100 hits per article - but the purpose of this blog was never to rack up of tens of thousands of hits, but to provide a vehicle to express my opinions and to hone my writing style. I like to think that I've achieved both of those aims; you need only to look back at some of my early work to see just how far I have progressed!
For some time now I haven't been able to update this blog as regularly as I'd have liked, but of course the demands of my new role mean that I will now have virtually no time to devote to it at all. As a result, I intend to turn it into something of a travel blog, documenting some of my adventures watching motor racing around the world in between dedicating myself to my new employers.
The events that I am attending this year and that I hope to cover in this way are:
- 24 Hours of Le Mans (13-14 June)
- Formula E at Battersea Park (27-28 June)
- DTM at Zandvoort (11-12 July)
- Belgian Grand Prix (22-23 August)
- IndyCar at Sonoma (29-30 August)
So, all that remains for me to say a very warm thank you for looking at this blog - I suppose everyone who's read anything of mine has, in a small way, helped me to get where I am today, and for that I am extremely grateful. Of course, I will be generating plenty of material this year over at motorsport.com, including reporting full-time on both the BTCC and British GT championships, so I encourage you to check the site out regularly for all your Formula 1 and motor racing news.
