Two years later…

Written by Alex Norton - No comments

On August 23rd 2009, we sent our very first tweets - a little late to the Twitter party, but there all the same. What was intended to be an interesting little hobby has since turned into something much more time consuming and infinitely more satisfying.

Two years later we're within touching distance of a mammoth twenty thousand tweets, we've got well over five thousand followers and around one hundred and fifty days of track action under our belts. On top of this our Twitter adventure has become the centerpiece of a whole range of exciting projects, including our own website and a growing Facebook presence. We're proud to have assumed an important position in the lives of so many fanatical Formula One fans.

As one of two founders of F1Lite, I can tell you our ambitions were pretty modest to start off with. It took us four months to get our first hundred followers, and now such numbers are pretty much par for the course on raceday. Although it's a cliché to say so, we couldn't have managed what we have without the hard work of some really important people: my co-founder Felix, our website editor Flaviz, our new associate Darren and dozens of fan bloggers. Of course, we do the majority of our work for our ever growing worldwide network of followers. We're grateful for their continued loyalty, and they've come to expect a high quality service.

Throughout all of this we've retained our huge enthusiasm for all things F1. We couldn't be bigger fans of the sport, and to have the chance to share our thoughts with so many others who are just like us is a very unusual privilege, one which we try not to take for granted.

So what's next? Well, nothing is ever certain, so I won't be making any predictions right now. We want to get bigger and better still. What I can pretty much promise is that we are looking forward to a fantastic end to a brilliantly entertaining season, and we'll be there every step of the way. We hope you'll join us for what's set to be a heck of a ride - and if you appreciate our efforts, then why not invite your friends?

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About the Author

Alex has been a passionate F1 fan for as long as he can remember, catching the motorsport bug in the nineties after he was presented with his own kart. He met Felix in his school days and together they founded F1Lite which gained thousands of followers through Twitter and their website. Felix is now a member of the PortalF1 team too. Alex has journalistic ambitions, particularly in the field of sports and politics. However, in his spare time he prefers to relax by cycling, playing badminton, eating out and reading - a world away from the high octane thrills of motorsport.

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