200 F1 Twitter accounts to follow

43 comments on “200 F1 Twitter accounts to follow”

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   silencer (@silencer)
   19th November 2011, 12:28

   If Jules Bianchi get a drive for Ferrari
   I bet he have to leave his witter account inactive
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      19th November 2011, 12:33

      @silencer Sadly that does seem to be the way Ferrari operate.
      1. 

         UKFan (@)
         19th November 2011, 19:18

         Personnally I dont like twitter, why Alonso and Massa have to like, im just saying that they might not like, most of F1 twitter accounts are from english speaking people.
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            GeeMac (@geemac)
            20th November 2011, 10:17

            I used to think the same, but since I started following folks on twitter it has changed my outlook on a lot of drivers and the behind the scenes stuff a ot of the teams tweet is pretty cool.

            There are also loads of F1F regulars on twitter, so it’s nice have F1 discussions with keen F1 fans away from the forums and the main site.
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               GeeMac (@geemac)
               20th November 2011, 10:24

               Also, it was a very handy thing to have when I was in the stands at Yas Marina, because I didn’t have a TV screen nearby and I couldn’t hear the course commentator over the noise of the engines!
2. 

   Ell (@ell)
   19th November 2011, 12:30

   Follow me if you want, tends to tweet about F1 stuff.
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   verstappen (@verstappen)
   19th November 2011, 12:31

   I forgot Sakon Yamamoto still was linked to Virgin.
   As for twitter, I like reading media reports about tweets, it saves me from filtering all rubbish from nice and maybe even important tweets.
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      19th November 2011, 12:34

      @verstappen He was for a few races at the start of the year, which is why I’ve still got him in there for the time being at least.
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   Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
   19th November 2011, 12:37

   I love Twitter. The teams really embrace it and it adds a level of interaction not previously possible without getting paddock access to a Grand Prix. That’s not to mention all the fantastic F1 journalists and writers who can really add colour to a weekend with reports, rumours and news.

   Then, there’s the best bit – all the fanatics who use it, some of whom I’ve met as a result (and some of whom I’m meeting at the weekend!).

   I know some people are somewhat skeptical of using it, but I implore you to at least give it a go. I wasn’t sure at first, but now it’s my number one time wasting activity on the internet.
   1. 

      verstappen (@verstappen)
      19th November 2011, 12:59

      my number one time wasting activity on the internet

      to me is one part of my reluctance. I did try it professionaly, but the constant stream of gibberish even following only about 30 people created, made me reluctant to use this medium, becasue it took me a lot of time reading all kinds of nonsense with one or two ‘important’ things in between.
      1. 

         daykind (@)
         19th November 2011, 18:08

         Well, I love Twitter. I don’t think there’s gibberish, and if so, just don’t reply to it.
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   silencer (@silencer)
   19th November 2011, 12:50

   but some of drivers tend to use their webteam to twit in their behalf.. most frequently use this method is Rosberg.
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   cmckinleyF1 (@cmckinleyf1)
   19th November 2011, 12:55

   Fantastic overview of Twitter accounts!

   Some other good one’s to check out – McLaren: @wozzly, @MarcCox, @aylwin1 @TDPattison

   Red Bull have a load of mechanics on now including : @Redheadf1sparky, @samokeefe, @simoatredbull, @twoandeight28, @Gdubf1

   @AyaoKomatsu is Petrov’s race engineer
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   BasCB (@bascb)
   19th November 2011, 13:17

   Great collection!
8. 

   pejte (@pejte)
   19th November 2011, 13:27

   Guess i should get a twitter account…
9. 

   SouthAussie94 (@mpj1994)
   19th November 2011, 13:28

   Slow news day Keith? :P
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      20th November 2011, 12:36

      Actually I’ve had this on the notepad for a while, I knew the list was getting close to 200!

      But you can’t have a shock driver move every day.
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    STSCM (@stscm)
    19th November 2011, 13:51

    Sheesh, I’m old and I’m slow, what the heck is twitter and what’s it’s point? Seriously. If I can get good data out of it I’m there, but I’ve never used it. Twitter primer anyone?
    1. 

       tmax (@tmax)
       19th November 2011, 14:43

       it is a 140 characters real time update tool with the updates being called “tweets”. You can choose to follow the tweets from the specific tweeters to get these updates. It has a tons of uses all across the board based on this simple feature which are hard for me to list here.

       As far as F1 is concerned, apart from the F1 APP from FIA (which is at least 30 seconds to 1 minute ahead of the real live telecast), twitter is the best place to get the real time up to the minute updates, commentaries, views, from all the stake holders including media channels, Teams, Technicians, commentators, personalities and drivers who of course don’t tweet while driving but i wont be surprised with voice activated technologies that will be happening soon. Already in Nascar there is a cockpit commentary and Q&A with the racers during the safety car laps.
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          tmax (@tmax)
          19th November 2011, 14:47

          Needless to say you can follow a lot of tweets by Keith too During the race and other times.

          https://twitter.com/#!/f1fanatic_co_uk

          BTW Url for Twitter to create an account is http://www.twitter.com
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             STSCM (@stscm)
             20th November 2011, 15:11

             Okay, I’m now a tweet. (Better a tweet than a twit, I guess…) Tweeting a number of teams and of course f1fanatic. Still trying to determine the usefulness of this though.
    2. 

       damonsmedley (@damonsmedley)
       21st November 2011, 16:52

       You can start by adding yourself to this list! You’ll also find a load of F1Fs have posted their Twitter IDs here.
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    tmax (@tmax)
    19th November 2011, 14:14

    Thanks Keith, Wonderful collection.

    How come u missed out #sniffpetrol ? I just cannot watch a race without following his Tweets . So Hilarious !!!!
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    aka_robyn (@)
    19th November 2011, 14:19

    Hey, FYI Keith, the link for Lee Stevenson (RBR) goes to Elliot Dason-Barber’s (Lotus) account instead.
13. 

    stevie (@stevie)
    19th November 2011, 14:29

    From Kovalainen’s twitter: “dinner in geneva” – Fascinating stuff!
    1. 

       silencer (@silencer)
       19th November 2011, 16:34

       LOL… :D

       but at least he did twit his own twitter unlike certain driver that use webteam to do their twitter; that’s when gibberish stuff get twit a lot
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    sumedh
    19th November 2011, 16:26

    I like the Renalt’s light-hearted twitter feed during the races.
    “Vitaly doesn’t like his softs anymore, he wants to come in for hards”
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    LawFish (@lawfish)
    19th November 2011, 17:25

    Twitter is great, I enjoy seeing what the drivers get up to when they are not racing, but in the end, what i really want to see is F1 racing. I dont like these weekends where no races are scheduled. My football team plays everyweek, and I enjoy whatching them play, but I like F1 more, and I really dont like these f1 free weekends. Maybe that 3rd team car that some people are so keen on can be introduced and used on these f1 weekends ;)
16. 

    foleyger (@foleyger)
    19th November 2011, 20:42

    Taki Inoue the legend is there! Wasn’t he the lad involved in Monza 1995 when Hill and Schumacher were lapping him?
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       GeeMac (@geemac)
       20th November 2011, 10:22

       He’s the fella who got hit by the medical car in Hungary.
    2. 

       Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
       20th November 2011, 12:40

       Indeed – @ratboy was very happy when he got a message off Inoue one day!

       Mark Blundell used to be on there and had a substantial following. He was tight-lipped when he appeared as an FIA steward, unfortunately. He’s left recently and I’m not sure why – @ratboy thought it was because he got a lot of abuse after appearing on Question of Sport and getting several F1 questions wrong. Can anyone corroborate?
17. 

    daykind (@)
    19th November 2011, 21:54

    Can we make a list of F1Fs on Twitter?
    1. 

       GeeMac (@geemac)
       20th November 2011, 10:23

       That would be very handy.
18. 

    Fixy (@)
    19th November 2011, 21:57

    I’m on Twitter as well, and as you all know I’ll take the under-performing-Alonso’s seat next year at Ferrari ;)
19. 

    AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
    19th November 2011, 23:25

    Thanks for the list update, @keithcollantine I shall add what i’ve not got.

    This place is the reason i signed up for Twitter and ended up with a good few extra friends. Thanks again!
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    Chris Yu Rhee (@chris-yu-rhee)
    20th November 2011, 3:50

    “Most races or circuits now have some kind of presence on Twitter with only a handful of exceptions.”

    I had to laugh when I read this.

    Hmmmm, let’s see which one(s) are missing…
21. 

    alexf1man (@alexf1man)
    20th November 2011, 10:31

    I had a tweet from InsideFerrari saying that Alonso and Massa won’t be getting one any time soon.
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    Younger Hamii (@younger-hamii)
    20th November 2011, 17:15

    Im not in favour of promoting my Twitter account here on this article but like @daykind said,I believe we should have a ‘Website’ section in our Profiles or Bios that enables us to slot in the URLS to our Twitter,Facebook,Youtube accounts etc.

    As for Personnel,I know someone who’s an Engineering Apprentice at Force India,I was wondering if People with similar Qualifications/Scholarships should be on that list
23. 

    xxiinophobia (@xxiinophobia)
    21st November 2011, 1:05

    This is an appropriate place to point out that former F1 driver and two-time Champ Car champion Alessandro “Alex” Zanardi is now on Twitter:

    alex zanardi (lxznr) on Twitter
    1. 

       Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
       21st November 2011, 10:26

       @xxiinophobia How do you know it’s him?
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          xxiinophobia (@xxiinophobia)
          21st November 2011, 22:53

          @keithcollantine I don’t know what your personal requirements are for this sort of thing, but Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 CART champion, has confirmed it to multiple people who’ve questioned him. Vasser was Zanardi’s teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing for Alex’s first three years in CART (1996-1998); if anyone in the racing world would know for sure, it’s Vasser. Mario Andretti also made mention of it on his account, and both his and Vasser’s account have been confirmed by Twitter to be the men in question.
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    Luca (@italianluca)
    27th March 2012, 13:54

    New accounts for Ferrari team: https://twitter.com/#!/Baldol https://twitter.com/#!/lcolajanni https://twitter.com/#!/alo_oficial
    1. 

       Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
       27th March 2012, 14:13

       The Alonso one’s been on here for a few weeks – are the other two confirmed as well now?

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