When it comes to being a racing journalist, the reality of your dream job is often a lot less sensory than it seemed as a spectator: Everyone signs up for a media credential, and generally, a lot of the race viewing happens in a giant room with a bunch of televisions, where we’re all seated in a near militaristic fashion with the exact same amount of space and charging outlets between us. It’s like being in a large, more professional looking classroom, with an announcer on the intercom to update journalists on the statuses of drivers and officiating calls, and race feeds shown all around.