How do people become a F1 Photographer

[Stinky]

As the title really. I would assume most are employed by newspapers etc?? But how do they end up in that position? surely its not the type of job you 'apply' for??

 

[Stinky]

just reading online it seems a of the guys now in it have been around for years, and before that there farther was in it, and his farther.

must be incredible i enjoy just getting to one race a year to get some snaps. Seriously tempted to go to the testing in a few weeks