WE HAD A YOUNG TRAINEE reporter in for work experience this month. Henry Hudson is in his first year studying journalism in Leeds and as his first assignment I sent him to Silverstone for British Grand Prix qualifying. The brief was pretty broad: go as a spectator, no special press passes, have fun and see what – if any – stories you can find.
It’s always good to see what catches the attention of young enthusiasts especially The report described how the recordbreaking crowd of more than 400,000 fans over the weekend included a significant proportion of younger and female fans reflecting a broader trend across the sport. Hudson collared a couple of them as case studies talking to a young mum and her daughter (Lewis Hamilton and George Russell fans respectively) about what attracted them to F1.
