iWitness in Turkey: Thursday

Posted on Friday 06 May 2011 and tagged with iwitness, turkey.

There hasn’t been much of a break for members of AT&T Williams since the Chinese Grand Prix. The factory has been working round the clock to get new parts ready for Turkey, while one member of the team has raised money for a good cause. Jennie Wagstaff who works in our motorhome, hitchhiked from Dover to Marrakesh in aid of Link Community Development. “It took six days and 21 different lifts,” says Jennie. “It was a great experience and, interestingly, most of the drivers who offered lifts were South American. Explain that!”

While on the subject of motorhomes, we have a new helping hand at AT&T Williams this year. Welcome to Natalia Gomez Gray who’s working alongside Jo and Jennie, and get ready for an invasion by the British press at breakfast time!

The weather might be awful in Istanbul, but no amount of rain is going to knock the smile from the face of Jonathan Eddolls, Rubens Barrichello’s performance engineer. He recently got engaged to girlfriend Sandra, much to the distress of the remaining single ladies around the world…

There are a few tired-looking faces in our marketing department today and, for once, beer isn’t to blame. The guys got lost en route to their hotel last night and only found it by following a beeping dot on a Blackberry. And, wait for it: the hotel is called The Titanic. Keep your heads above water today, guys.