"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
01/29/2016 at 18:08 • Filed to: WRC, Molly Pettit
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"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
01/29/2016 at 18:08 • Filed to: WRC, Molly Pettit | 2
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No, I’m not lucky (or skilled) enough to work for the official TV production team for the World Rally Championship. However, rookie reporter Molly Pettit has published a writeup on how it is to be a reporter from Monte Carlo. It’s quite well written and describes the experience of reporting from a motorsport event in a detailed way.
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Got kitted up with communication at the OB truck and started walking towards the stage end. Pitch black, through an old run down village, down a steep hill and there we were. When I knew we were live I switched into performance mode as we awaited the first car, Sebastien Ogier. We could hear him fiercely coming down a hill towards the flying finish and my heart starts to pound a bit faster. The things you don´t experience on the television became clear to me - all the smells. The smell of hot rubber and brakes from a WRC car that has been driven on the limit. They arrive at the time control, I am behind the camera man, the door opens and I crouch down. We wait until the driver has removed his helmet and I´m off with the very first stage end question of 2016. What a thrill!
RallyWrench
> Hoccy
01/29/2016 at 18:49 |
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Very cool to read her take on the job! If more people knew how amazing rallying is to watch in person, it’d have a lot more viewers here. The worst part of being a mechanic in the sport is being stuck in service parks, unable to see any of the action except perhaps special stages!