The road to Radio - Sarah from @F1_Fans_Updates

So here at JLF1 guest blogs are always welcome, and this week I was delighted to ask Sarah from @F1_Fans_Updates on twitter to write a post on her ambitions and future radio show. Over to you Sarah...

Hello everyone, welcome to my guest post on http://jackleslief1.blogspot.co.uk/. My name is Sarah and I run @F1_Fans_Updates.  In this blog I am going to tell you all about where my passion for Formula one came from, what made me create @F1_Fans_Updates and reveal some EXCUSIVE news about my new project...

So to start off I am going to answer a question I get asked a lot “how long have you been a F1 fan and do you have a favourite team or driver?” Well, I have been a F1 fan since 2007. The first race I watched was the Australian Grand Prix and since then, I have been hocked and have only missed one race.  As 2007 was my first year watching F1 I quickly became a Hamilton and McLaren fan, I was amazed with the way he drove and to nearly win the championship in his first season was amazing. Since then however, I have become more of a fan of the sport in general and I respect, support and admire all the teams and drivers for the amazing work they do.

As I mentioned before I run @F1_Fans_Updates on twitter which I set up on the 6^th January this year. My ambition when I first created the page was to get 100 followers by March and to create a place where fans of ALL teams/drivers could come and share their thoughts and opinions freely without the worrying that they would be judged.

(c) Sky Sports F1

I am truly amazed and humbled by all the amazing support I have received from the F1 fans on twitter, I NEVER expected to get over 150 followers let alone the 2,141 that I have at the moment which includes David Croft.  At the start of the season I got the chance to send in questions from my followers to David Croft and Antony Davidson which was great of them to do. I know I say it a lot, but I really cannot thank everyone who supports me by following and participating in my daily #F1POTD (F1 Poll of the Day) enough.

I have many future plans in the pipeline for my account, but at the moment I am content knowing that people continue to enjoy and have fun participating in #F1POTD and the debates and discussions on a daily basis.

Yesterday (4^th May 2012) I was delighted to learn that this week I am number 3 world ranking on the F1 top users, where Jack also lies 21^st, (http://f1topusers.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/top-30-f1-twitter-users-for-this-week-april-28-2012-to-may-4-2012/ )! I was stunned when I heard the news and again I cannot thank my F1Family enough for all the support they have given me, because without them there would be no @F1_Fans_Updates.

Since creating @F1_Fans_Updates I have spoken to many knowledgeable and dedicated F1 fans.  Obviously, the list is too long to thank everyone individually, but I would like to say a special big thank you to the following people who have been exceptionally helpful and supportive to me over the past five months;

• @Bodkin1 @DJtrickster77 and @RobLMyers who have been supporting and following me since day one.
• @GraceF1Fanatics who was the first person to approach me for an interview and was happy to promote @F1_Fans_Updates. The interview can be found here => http://gracef1fanatic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/changing-f1-tweet-by-tweet.html#!/2012/03/changing-f1-tweet-by-tweet.html  (Yesterday it hit 500 views). 
• @CIAimti_F1 who also conducted an interview with me which is featured on  http://ciaimtif1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/queen-of-f1-tweets.html#!/2012/03/queen-of-f1-tweets.html
• Websites who advertise my #F1POTD  are @lukesmithf1 who runs @RichlandF1 (http://richlandf1.com/) and @Neil_f1podcast and @Ant_f1podcast who runs  http://f1podcast.co.uk/
• And of course my final thanks go to @JackLeslieF1 of http://jackleslief1.blogspot.co.uk/ who has invited me to do this guest blog on his website and also has been very supportive by being the first website to advertise my #F1POTD.

Finally, I am delighted to tell you all about my new radio show called PitStopRadio starting Friday 11^th May 2012 at 8PM BST. If you love your Formula One and want to get your F1 opinions heard, then this will be the show for you! You can expect live debates, latest news updates and discussions.  I will be previewing and reviewing all of the Grand Prix’s. For more information about the show please follow @PitStopRadio OR @F1_Fans_Updates on twitter.

Now for the EXCLUSIVE NEWS; you can now access the PitStopRadio website http://pitstopradio.blogspot.co.uk/ this will be the place you will be able to listen to the show LIVE as well as joining in with the LIVE chat! So save that link in your favourites and remember to go there for the 1^st show on 11^th May 8PM BST for the debut of PitStopRadio.

Thanks very much Sarah for your kind words. It is a great concept and gets everyone involved, I love answering the questions each day and I would also like to thank Sarah for her support with my website too.