Jobs in motorsport

[supraboy]

Any posters on here work in Motorsport? Currently doing a degree in Motorsport management and logistics. Just wondering what Motorsport jobs people do and how you got there?

Thanks

Chris

[Gargamel]

Judging by the last couple of weekends, I think they will always be looking for new drivers........

[944fan]

Gargamel said:

Judging by the last couple of weekends, I think they will always be looking for new drivers........

Too soon.

[Chassis 33]

supraboy said:

Any posters on here work in Motorsport? Currently doing a degree in Motorsport management and logistics. Just wondering what Motorsport jobs people do and how you got there?

Thanks

Chris

My wife and I are involved in motorsport professionally - it's been knocking on half our company's income this year. We both graduated from Brookes in 2003 after reading Automotive Engineering, I've skulked about the UK club scene most that time doing bits and bobs here and there while working generally as a CAD jockey, my wife has spent a number of years putting in stupidly long hours for meagre sums and is finally starting to see the financial rewards, that said since leaving university she's worked for F1 suppliers, FPA, teams in F. Renault and Superleague team, FOM, done a couple of 24hr races and now does lots of work for a car in the BOSS GP series.

The long and short of it is if you want to be successful be prepared to work lots of hours for grumpy sts and poor pay.

Regards
Iain

[gordon17]

As said above, it's hard to get into and you have to be prepared to work hard for little money (or even no money to start).
I have just graduated with a masters in automotive engineering and now trying to find a job somewhere in Motorsport. Most of my fellow coursemates have all started 20-30k jobs but I can't face being stuck on a computer all day like them. I want to be working on cars in the garage and covered in dirt into the early hours. So will have to see what I can find! Get any experience you can while doing your course as its vital, people are always keen to have volunteers helping out. I managed to get my full HGV licence, to help make my cv stand out. Good luck!

[amccan10]

Job advertised just now...

http://www.justengineers.net/job/f1-mechanical-des...

[Chassis 33]

...and I'm sure a fresh uni graduate can walk straight into a role requiring all those skills.
Regards
Iain

[amccan10]

Certainly not a job for someone straight out of uni but it was more to highlight the expectations and current pay.

[NightDriver]

Best way into top end motorsport? Spend 10 years in Automotive/Aerospace learning and mastering the skills needed for F1 and then you may have a chance of getting your CV looked at.

Otherwise, get in at club level and spend 10 years working your way to the top.

Either way, you need significantly more than a degree to stand half a chance of even getting your CV properly looked at.

[yorkshirephil]

NightDriver said:

Best way into top end motorsport? Spend 10 years in Automotive/Aerospace learning and mastering the skills needed for F1 and then you may have a chance of getting your CV looked at.

Otherwise, get in at club level and spend 10 years working your way to the top.

Either way, you need significantly more than a degree to stand half a chance of even getting your CV properly looked at.

Not always, just be realistic and dont think that a degree automatically makes you the best qualified, its about intelligence not just education.

I have worked in motorsport for 12 years now doing Super-tourers, DTM, ETCC, BTCC, Super 1600 rally, WRC and GT3, always for factory teams and I left school at 15 with only GCSE results.

Just keep at it, once you get a break it is easy to go where ever you want.

[NightDriver]

yorkshirephil said:

Not always, just be realistic and dont think that a degree automatically makes you the best qualified, its about intelligence not just education.

I have worked in motorsport for 12 years now doing Super-tourers, DTM, ETCC, BTCC, Super 1600 rally, WRC and GT3, always for factory teams and I left school at 15 with only GCSE results.

Just keep at it, once you get a break it is easy to go where ever you want.

Sorry, I didn't mean you needed a degree to get into motor sport. I meant you needed a lot more than just a degree i.e. experience, skill, unique knowledge etc. I can find people with a degree tomorrow, finding someone who can work effectively on motor sport projects... not so easy. It's the extra 'thing' that I look for, and often this is from people without degrees with a much more practical understanding. This is from the design/engineering side of the industry at least.