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As a Formula 1 fan, the paddock is a kind of magical place, a place that very few people get to access. It’s where the heart of Formula 1 beats, where you can truly feel the passion and the competition. My dream came true in 2025 on the Friday of the Dutch Grand Prix. Together with OKX, we were treated like real VIPs. The day started with a workshop in Amsterdam, after which we were brought to the circuit.

As soon as we arrived, we were allowed into the pit lane, a mind-blowing experience to see everything up close: the teams, the cars, it was incredible! After two practice sessions and a delicious lunch in the Paddock Club, I received amazing news: I would get to enter the McLaren garage with four others!

After being welcomed in the McLaren lounge, we were taken onto the paddock and then into the garage. Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to create any content, but inside I was glowing with happiness. Everything I had worked so hard for had finally come true.

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Racing Media Girls never, ever stands still. Are you organizing an event that you think we simply can’t miss? We’re always open to attending exciting motorsport events.

We’re also open to other collaborations within the motorsport world. So don’t hesitate to contact us at info@racingmediagirls.com.

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Dreams Recognized: Aston Martin Welcomes Racing Media Girls

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Dreams Recognized: Aston Martin Welcomes Racing Media Girls

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The years that I’ve been discovering Formula 1, I had only one dream and one goal: to step foot on the Formula 1 paddock. In 2025, I decided to do absolutely everything I could to make that dream a reality and get onto the paddock with Racing Media Girls.

After hard work, countless emails, and trying to get noticed, Aston Martin was the team that recognized Racing Media Girls and invited us to visit their team on Sunday of the Dutch Grand Prix.

We were received incredibly warmly and were given a tour of that oh-so-magical paddock, including the Aston Martin garage, where, unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to film again. Afterwards, we were even offered a lovely drink in the Aston Martin hospitality area. Once more, a dream had come true. We want to give a huge thank you to Aston Martin for the warm welcome and for seeing Racing Media Girls.

For everyone reading this, this is yet another proof that you should never, ever give up.

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One of the Grand Prix races that sits high on the bucket list for many Formula 1 fans is the Monaco Grand Prix. It’s arguably the most iconic race of the year. The atmosphere, the people, the stunning views, the country itself, everything about Monaco is something every motorsport fan should experience up close at least once.

But Monaco is Monaco and it doesn’t come cheap. Ticket prices are famously high. So, I decided to go for general admission tickets, which means you pay a smaller amount but don’t have assigned seats. You get to watch the race from a hillside area overlooking the circuit.

On a budget, I planned to attend only Friday and Saturday. But to my surprise, on the Thursday evening before the GP, I got a message from Williams Racing, I had won three grandstand tickets!

Williams Racing completely flipped our weekend around. Suddenly, we had seats for three days with a view of the Monaco harbor. On Sunday, we even had views of the start-finish line, the grid full of celebrities, and last but not least the podium!

The day after the race, we returned to Monaco to explore the city without F1 . We even got access to the paddock while they were packing up.

In short, the best weekend of my life!

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In October 2024, I visited the racing team Van Amersfoort Racing, which competes in F3, FRECA, F4, and F2. It was an amazing experience to see a team up close and behind the scenes. We didn’t just get a look inside the factory, but also into the world of Formula 2. A world that turns out to be far from easy.

In Formula 1, drivers are paid by the team to race their car, but in Formula 2, it’s actually the driver who pays to get the chance to race. In other words, you’re essentially renting the car from the team.

These costs can be very high for these young drivers. Van Amersfoort Racing is truly a stepping stone, where drivers can move up through multiple classes in the hope of eventually reaching Formula 1.

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The Dutch Grand Prix has, as you can tell, a special meaning for me. This is where I truly decided to turn my hobby into my work.

2021: Zandvoort was the first race I ever watched.

2022: Zandvoort was the first GP I attended live.

2024:  Here, I clearly saw the difference between the Dutch GP and the Belgian GP. If you want to know more, be sure to read my blog: "Pros and Cons of the Dutch GP."

But the best part of all was that I saw my favorite driver win right in front of me. What an experience!

And where I could proudly walk around in my own Formula 1 merchandise, something I truly couldn't have imagined a year ago. Check out Racingmediashop for more info!

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So far, the best weekend of my life was still the Dutch Grand Prix 2022. It was clear that I wanted to attend another Grand Prix this year. Unfortunately, I couldn’t visit any GPs in 2023 because I had to work on location in Hilversum every race weekend.

So, this year, it was time to go to the Dutch Grand Prix again. I had actually bought these tickets right after the 2022 weekend. In addition, I also wanted to attend a new GP, one I had never been to before. That’s how I ended up choosing the Belgian Grand Prix, an iconic circuit I had visited in 2023, though not during an F1 weekend.

The Grand Prix weekend in Belgium was amazing! I originally went to the GP alone, but along the way, I met people and had a great time. I also brought my camera and, for the first time, got to photograph F1 cars. It wasn’t easy with how fast they zoom past, but it resulted in some awesome photos.

Want to know more about my weekend in Belgium? Then read my blog, 'The Belgian Grand Prix: Is it worth attending or not?'

I created a ton of content and used my Racingmedia Girls live cam on Instagram for the first time! I provided all my followers with live content from the circuit.

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When I left Viaplay, I immediately missed creating Formula 1 content! I had been immersed in F1 24/7, and suddenly, it was gone. It was also the off-season, so there was no F1 at all. That's when I decided to launch Racingmedia Girls.

Before working at Viaplay, I already had the dream of having my own F1 website. At that time, a friend and I had started working on our own motorsport website, called Racingmedia. However, when I started working at Viaplay, I didn’t have the time to focus on it, so the project was put on hold.

Now that I had time again, I decided to rebrand Racingmedia into Racingmedia Girls. During my time at Viaplay, I had a lot of contact with companies like Racingnews365, Motorsport.com, and other F1 websites. I knew there was already a lot of competition, so I needed to come up with something unique. That’s when the idea came to focus on women, which is how the name Racingmedia Girls was born. Of course, men are also more than welcome in the community. We are a platform where both men and women can share their passion for the sport.

The passion for Racingmedia had been there for a few years, but in 2023, it truly came to life. In January 2024, our Instagram platform went live!

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When my magazine was finished, the only thing left for me to do was to complete a six-month internship and take my final exam to graduate with my journalism diploma. I knew I wanted to find an internship related to Formula 1 or motorsports. Since I had met Team Quadrant during the Dutch GP in Zandvoort, they were the first ones I emailed. Unfortunately, I never received a response.

Another company I approached was Viaplay Netherlands, the TV station that broadcasts Formula 1 here in the Netherlands. After a few emails and phone calls, I was finally invited for an interview. It went well, and I was accepted as an intern. I joined the social media team and learned a lot. I had the opportunity to work with former Formula 1 drivers like Giedo van der Garde and Christian Albers, as well as analysts such as Tom Coronel, Red Bull Racing sim driver Rudy van Buren, and many more!

I was allowed to edit interviews with F1 drivers, design backgrounds for the TV studio, film videos with analysts, create fun content for social media, and work with Viaplay's partners.

It was an incredibly exciting experience, where I gained a lot of knowledge. Eventually, after completing my internship, I was offered a contract and finished the 2023 Formula 1 season with Viaplay.

When the season ended and my contract expired, my adventure with Viaplay came to an end, and I started working for myself.

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The day after the Dutch Grand Prix, I had to return to school. I was starting the final year of my journalism program. In the first few months, we had to create our own magazine. Still filled with adrenaline and passion from the Grand Prix the day before, I decided to write my magazine about dream jobs in motorsports.

This turned out to be a great choice, as it brought me closer to my dream. I conducted a lot of research, wrote many articles, and did some truly remarkable interviews!

For example, my feature story was an interview with former Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers. We had an incredibly long phone conversation about his career as an F1 driver and how he brought the Dutch Grand Prix back to the Netherlands as the sporting director of the Zandvoort circuit.

I also interviewed Tom Coronel about his long racing career, which is still ongoing. Additionally, I spoke with Nita Korhonen, the director of FIM Women. Beyond interviewing an experienced former F1 driver full of stories, I also spoke to a young karting talent who still has his entire career ahead of him. It was a magazine filled with stories and passion!

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The Dutch Grand Prix 2021 was the very first F1 race I had ever watched, and a year later, I was actually there myself! I had received tickets from my father, for which I’m still incredibly grateful. Your first live F1 Grand Prix is truly special. I had the weekend of my life! For the first time, I saw Formula 1 cars racing past in real life! And that sound! Oh, what an experience to witness it for the first time!

Of course, I also wanted to see the drivers, so I stood by the paddock, hoping to meet someone. While I was waiting, the McLaren media team came by to create some content. That’s when I realized they had my dream job. And then I thought, if they can do it, so can I. That’s when a kind of passion and energy surged within me, and I knew, I want this, and I’m going to do everything, absolutely everything, to make it happen.

Also had the honor of meeting the amazing team Quadrant!

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In 2020, I started studying journalism. I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to achieve with this program, but I immediately knew I had a passion for social media. It began when I was young, creating fan accounts. Additionally, my passion for radio and TV was also huge.

When I became a Formula 1 fan in 2021, a secret dream started to grow to one day work in Formula 1 media. In 2022, my school invited me and a few other students to take a behind-the-scenes look at the World Superbike.

We got an incredible behind-the-scenes experience! Just minutes before the start of the race, we were standing on the grid between all the drivers, and we were allowed to sit in the control room to see how the footage from the circuit was directed. We sat in the media center with all the journalists, listening to the drivers being interviewed, and we even got to talk to some journalists about their careers. This is a day I will never forget because it was here that I realized I wanted to work in motorsports. What an atmosphere, what passion, and what a weekend it was!