This sounds like a fun job ! - Not !
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Despite having a bit of a tough time in the libel courts recently, Business F1 Magazine which is a monthly magazine about...er...the business of F1, is currently advertising in the UK's 'The Guardian' (a riveting read in itself) for new staff:
"BUSINESS F1 MAGAZINE LTD.
Salary: £15-25,000 depending on experience.
Job description: You will have been educated to a good standard and hold high qualifications in Mathematics and English. Your knowledge of Formula One will be as described, extreme. By way of example (and without being able to do you should not apply), you will be able to instantly recall the ages of at least half of the current Formula One team principals. As a matter of course you will know their names and the names of at least half of the 20 race engineers. Furthermore, you will be able to recall, without reference to any information source, the christian names of the wives and girlfriends of all current Formula One drivers. On application you will be given a 30-question knowledge test of Formula One of which you will be able to score a minimum of 90 per cent correct answers."
Now, doesn't that sound like a barrel of laughs ?
Rob
www.grandprixdiary.com
"BUSINESS F1 MAGAZINE LTD.
Salary: £15-25,000 depending on experience.
Job description: You will have been educated to a good standard and hold high qualifications in Mathematics and English. Your knowledge of Formula One will be as described, extreme. By way of example (and without being able to do you should not apply), you will be able to instantly recall the ages of at least half of the current Formula One team principals. As a matter of course you will know their names and the names of at least half of the 20 race engineers. Furthermore, you will be able to recall, without reference to any information source, the christian names of the wives and girlfriends of all current Formula One drivers. On application you will be given a 30-question knowledge test of Formula One of which you will be able to score a minimum of 90 per cent correct answers."
Now, doesn't that sound like a barrel of laughs ?
Rob
www.grandprixdiary.com
Sounds like the perfect way of advertising a job and stopping the time-wasters who just want to be in F1 applying.
Give them a nigh on impossible application (unless you really do know your stuff, in which case, you're probably the ideal candidate they're looking for) and stop the plebs from the off the street sending in CV's that have no relavance.
Give them a nigh on impossible application (unless you really do know your stuff, in which case, you're probably the ideal candidate they're looking for) and stop the plebs from the off the street sending in CV's that have no relavance.
questions will be useless though, typical of the modern F1 era and the lack of pleasure derived from the sport in comparison to years ago. Questions will be things like "what does Montoya earn in a year?" and "How much money can jordan earn for sponsorship on their nosecone?" not "Imagine you are Giles Villeneuve, you have three wheels left on your car, do you a) park it at the side of the track and retire, b) drive carefully to the pits and retire, c) give it death get to the pits as quick as porsssible and throw a strop when you are told to get out or "Keke Rosberg lapped silverstone at an average of 160mph in the eighties, how many cigarettes did he have to recover when he returned to the pits....."
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