Communications Director of the French Grand Prix, Pierre Guyonnet-Dupérat shares his typical Sunday of a System 1 GP occasion. Pierre labored as a Deputy Media Delegate at FIA earlier and he’s positively a substantial individual in System 1 relating to advertising and marketing and communications. Let’s see how his typical race day appears like!
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Mainly, we have now a brief assembly each morning of a Grand Prix weekend, the place we discuss by way of a very powerful factors of the day earlier than and we make clear the to-dos for the day forward of us. I’ve three groups as a Communications director, so I work with the communications group, the media centre group and the digital group for social media actions.
In any case these conferences, usually, the race day is a little more relaxed for us. One other essential process of mine is to go to the grid with all of our essential company in the course of the weekend. It’s actually essential to maintain everybody, simply to verify every part goes proper. I additionally maintain influencers within the paddock as generally they’ve particular requests.
Once I hearken to the nationwide anthem, see all of the individuals on the grandstands and see the jet fly over with the nationwide flag of France – it’s simply an indescribable feeling.
Pierre Guyonnet-Dupérat
Communications Director
Then, we’re all excited for lights out… Once I hearken to the nationwide anthem, see all of the individuals on the grandstands and see the jet fly over with the nationwide flag of France – it’s simply an indescribable feeling. You are feeling proud due to what you could have achieved and organised for the followers, for FIA and for System 1 as an entire. You positively really feel a part of the present, which is a superb emotion. You’ll be able to expertise it solely every year, so it’s fairly distinctive.
After that, we comply with the race very intently and we have to be ready for all eventualities, for instance, you may have to launch a disaster communication after the occasion. Furthermore, we additionally monitor if there are any points on the grandstands or across the circuit – I’ve a group solely devoted to this.
After the chequered flag, we organise press conferences with the president of our organisation and Eric Boullier (Managing Director of the French Grand Prix) the place we announce as an example the variety of spectators in the course of the weekend as effectively.
On the finish of the day, we have now a closing assembly, the place we share a very powerful happenings with our administrators. Should you get the job finished completely, then in all probability that is probably the most satisfying a part of the entire weekend as you too can spend a while together with your colleagues in additional relaxed circumstances – this often takes place at 9 or 10 pm of the day.
