After 15 years of bringing motorsport protection to our devoted readers, it’s with a heavy coronary heart that I have to announce the closure of TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. This resolution 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 will be wholesome, the present media surroundings calls for sources and time commitments that, as an unbiased 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 may have imagined. What began as a ardour challenge has developed right into a revered voice in motorsport journalism, and for that, I’m extremely grateful.
One in every of my proudest achievements has been offering a platform for gifted journalists and photographers to showcase their work and develop their careers. It brings me immense pleasure to see lots of our former contributors now working professionally in motorsport, protecting occasions worldwide for main publications and groups. Your success is a testomony to your expertise and dedication, and I’m honoured that TCF may play a small half in your journey.
To our contributors previous and current (full checklist at finish): thanks to 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 lot, every of you helped construct this platform into what it grew to become.
To our readers: thanks to your unwavering help through the years. Your engagement, feedback, and keenness for motorsport made each late evening and each deadline worthwhile. You’ve been the driving drive behind all the pieces we’ve accomplished.
Whereas this chapter is coming to an finish, the reminiscences and achievements we’ve shared will all the time stay. I hope that in a roundabout way, TCF has contributed positively to the motorsport neighborhood and helped foster the subsequent era of motorsport media professionals.
Although the web site itself will likely be closing, our vibrant neighborhood will proceed to thrive by way of our Discord channel, Fb neighborhood teams, WhatsApp channels, and Reddit presence. I encourage all our readers to remain linked by way of these platforms, the place we will 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 unbelievable 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 way in which who’ve accommodated us.
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