After 15 years of bringing motorsport protection to our devoted readers, it’s with a heavy coronary heart that I need to announce the closure of TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. This determination hasn’t been made calmly.
The motorsport media panorama has modified dramatically since our inception in 2009. What was as soon as a comparatively modest area has grow to be more and more crowded, with quite a few retailers competing for consideration in an oversaturated market. Whereas competitors may be wholesome, the present media setting calls for sources and time commitments that, as an impartial outlet, we discover more and more difficult to satisfy whereas sustaining our excessive requirements.
Since our founding in 2009, TCF has grown past something I might have imagined. What began as a ardour undertaking has advanced right into a revered voice in motorsport journalism, and for that, I’m extremely grateful.
One in all my proudest achievements has been offering a platform for proficient journalists and photographers to showcase their work and develop their careers. It brings me immense pleasure to see a lot of our former contributors now working professionally in motorsport, overlaying occasions worldwide for main publications and groups. Your success is a testomony to your expertise and dedication, and I’m honoured that TCF might play a small half in your journey.
To our contributors previous and current (full listing at finish): thanks on your tireless work, professionalism, and enthusiasm. Your dedication to delivering high quality protection has been the spine of our success. Whether or not you wrote a single article or a whole bunch, every of you helped construct this platform into what it grew to become.
To our readers: thanks on your unwavering assist through the years. Your engagement, feedback, and keenness for motorsport made each late evening and each deadline worthwhile. You’ve been the driving pressure behind every little thing we’ve executed.
Whereas this chapter is coming to an finish, the reminiscences and achievements we’ve shared will all the time stay. I hope that indirectly, TCF has contributed positively to the motorsport neighborhood and helped foster the following technology of motorsport media professionals.
Although the web site itself can be closing, our vibrant neighborhood will proceed to thrive by means of our Discord channel, Fb neighborhood teams, WhatsApp channels, and Reddit presence. I encourage all our readers to remain related by means of these platforms, the place we are able to proceed to share our ardour for motorsport and preserve the robust neighborhood we’ve constructed collectively through the years.
Thanks all for being a part of this unimaginable journey.
Vince PettitFounder & Editorwww.thecheckeredflag.co.uk
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An enormous thanks to all of our contributors for the reason that inception of TCF, additionally to these media representatives alongside the best way who’ve accommodated us.
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