{"id":708,"date":"2013-09-02T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidweldingbl.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:37:25","slug":"rapids-richard-heads-off-to-belgium-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/articles\/rapids-richard-heads-off-to-belgium-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid&#8217;s Richard heads off to Belgium F1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A little while back we let you in on the exciting news that Rapid had won one of the top prizes from Kemppi for the&nbsp;European Kemppi Dealer competition, the prize being tickets to&nbsp;attend&nbsp;the&nbsp;F1 Grand Prix in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_38f104-41, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_38f104-41[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_38f104-41\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_38f104-41 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_38f104-41[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_38f104-41\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_38f104-41 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_38f104-41\">Well, as all you F1 fans will&nbsp;know, that weekend has been and gone, and the lucky member of the Rapid team chosen to enjoy the prize and the fabulous experience was none other than&nbsp;Portsmouth based Richard Noyce.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_26a461-95, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_26a461-95[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_26a461-95\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_26a461-95 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_26a461-95[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_26a461-95\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_26a461-95 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_26a461-95\">We&#8217;re very proud of the whole team at&nbsp;Rapid, and in the spirit of&nbsp;letting our customers know us&nbsp;all&nbsp;a little better,&nbsp;I bothered&nbsp;Richard with a little Q&amp;A&nbsp;to find out more about him &#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image708_fb2e96-ba .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image708_fb2e96-ba\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rapidwelding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Richard.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_03d43f-35, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_03d43f-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_03d43f-35\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_03d43f-35 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_03d43f-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_03d43f-35\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_03d43f-35 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_03d43f-35\">Hi Richard. Your role&nbsp;at Rapid is Web Assistant, what does that entail and how did you get to be so bloody clever?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_459b31-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_459b31-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_459b31-e0\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_459b31-e0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_459b31-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_459b31-e0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_459b31-e0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_459b31-e0\">My job is to assist in the day to day running of our website. I am responsible for the&nbsp;adding\/updating of all our products on the site, taking and editing pictures of our stock, creating graphics and banners for the website, and&nbsp;producing our monthly newsletter and monitoring our website traffic levels. The IT skills originated from when I got my first computer and a bit of a quest to learn all I could really. I also have a degree in computing.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_f5fd70-a1\">What did you say when Roy presented you with the prize?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_cc2c81-56\">Not a lot really, it didn\u2019t really sink in at the time. It is a really great gift for the work I\u2019ve done on the website and greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_15cecb-0b\">Clearly you&#8217;re a bit of an&nbsp;F1&nbsp;Fan. When\/where\/how did you get the bug?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_698265-ac, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_698265-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_698265-ac\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_698265-ac mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_698265-ac[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_698265-ac\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_698265-ac wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_698265-ac\">I have always had an interest in cars and first got hooked on F1 after watching a race. From then on&nbsp;I\u2019ve&nbsp;watched nearly every race probably from 10 &#8211; 11 years old. I only attended my first race this year at Budapest in Hungary, it was a great first race to go to, mainly due to the great fan atmosphere with so many different nationalities there,&nbsp;30C +&nbsp;heat and Budapest making a great base\/city break. Witnessing a Hamilton win, taking part in the post race track invasion and seeing the podium celebration was pretty incredible. I feel very lucky in getting the chance to attend my second race back to back.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_ade504-92, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_ade504-92[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_ade504-92\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_ade504-92 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_ade504-92[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_ade504-92\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_ade504-92 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_ade504-92\">How will you be getting to Belgium and who are you taking with you?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_88ecdd-b6\">It will be myself and those generous folks from Kemppi. I will be taking a flight there<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2393c5-2c\">Do you plan on going to any other races in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2b672a-89, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2b672a-89[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2b672a-89\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2b672a-89 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_2b672a-89[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2b672a-89\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_2b672a-89 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_2b672a-89\">I would like to go to Barcelona for the Spanish grand prix and Monaco<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_9c89de-ab\">Do you have any other hobbies, sporting or otherwise?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_095ce9-f8\">Aside from F1 I do have an interest in other sports like football, tennis, cricket. Other interests include computer games, films and spending time with family &amp; friends<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_c2f4a7-cb\">Do you do any welding?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_caccf4-15, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_caccf4-15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_caccf4-15\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_caccf4-15 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_caccf4-15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_caccf4-15\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_caccf4-15 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_caccf4-15\">Unfortunately not, Some welding skills would have been very useful with some of the old cars I\u2019ve owned.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_6a148c-b8\">The best thing about Rapid &#8230;.. ?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_99990a-52, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_99990a-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_99990a-52\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_99990a-52 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_99990a-52[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_99990a-52\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_99990a-52 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_99990a-52\">The Rapid Experience!<br>&nbsp;<br>Richard has taken some fab photos of his weekend at the Grand Prix, and we&#8217;ll be posting those at a later date along with a report of the weekend &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;think meeting Pastor Maldonado from the&nbsp;Williams team and rubbing shoulders with other&nbsp;famous faces!<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_296465-75, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_296465-75[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_296465-75\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_296465-75 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading708_296465-75[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_296465-75\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading708_296465-75 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading708_296465-75\">See you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little while back we let you in on the exciting news that Rapid had won one of the top prizes from Kemppi for the&nbsp;European Kemppi Dealer competition, the prize being tickets to&nbsp;attend&nbsp;the&nbsp;F1 Grand Prix in Belgium. 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