Before every day on track I prepare myself by checking if I have everyting I need. Several things are crucial for marshal to have with them. I will list down below what we need.

• Highly visible clothing – Ofcourse we need highly visible clothing to be visible for cars or bike comming at us at high speeds. Most marshal will wear orange clothin, but some tracks require white clothing as well (you will see that more often in the United States).
• Sturdy shoes – We have to run through gravel, grass and over the circuit to be quickly at the scene. So sturdy shoes are a must have. If you come to the track on flip flops, you will send home (Believe me, people have tried it). Also for kicking bits and pieces of the track is a lot easier with the right shoes on.
• Gloves – As much as important as the studry shoes. The rule I learned when I became a marshal was: “Crashed bike or cars have hot or sharp parts, no doubt!”. It protect us from being cut or burned. But, also waving flags is a lot more comfortable with gloves on.
• Wistle – A wistle is needed to warn other marshal for oncomming vehicles. When we are at work on track, during session or in between them, we do not see what is happeing around us. We are focused on our job. That’s why there always one marshal facing towards the oncomming traffic with a wistle in his mouth, so he can react imedtiatly when needed.
• Radio Scanner – Although it’s not possible on every track, I always bring my radio scanner to the track. With a radio scanner, we can listen to the communication between Race Control and other marshalposts around the track. In that way, every marshal is always up to date about what is happing around the track. It is very useful when Race Control desides to neutralise. Race Control will count down: “In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Full Course Yellow, Fulle Course Yellow.”
• Writing material – A pen and an notebook are also part of my gear! Writing down important notes from Race Control or the race numbers of the leaders in the race so we know when to wave te blue flag. That’s why we need it!

Do you have any question? Let my know!