It’s not just the main race that every team wants to win in the world of Formula 1: they’re also competing in the race for effective social media. The direct contact offered to the motorsport fanbase means it’s increasingly important to sponsors that a team can support its commercial messaging. In short, successful social media channels help attract sponsorship dollars.
Client brief
The Alfa Romeo Sauber Formula One Team retained Crunch to look after the team’s Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts, and to create content to be featured on these channels. The aim of the partnership was to further increase the team’s visibility amongst the Formula One community and beyond.
Solution
Crunch carried out analysis of Sauber-owned channels and content, benchmarking against competitor output to form insights and learnings that could be applied to the team’s channels. The result was a research-informed social media strategy that yielded the largest increase in followers that the accounts had experienced.
Across race weekends, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram were used to facilitate the live posting of race-specific visuals and updates, providing a constant stream of information to their racing audience.
Widely lauded and entertaining collaborations with the team’s drivers, Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson, also brought a more human feel to the channels.
Our social media specialists maximised race attendance and the assets provided by the team to create unique content that achieved increased organic growth. These engaging posts were supported by a carefully thought out paid strategy to maximise the reach and engagement across all managed platforms.