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Hi,

I'm a 3rd year engineering student who wants to go into motorsport but i have no experience whatsoever. im finding it difficult to locate companies which provide summer or year long placements, is there any information u can provide for me with repect to this...also if u can provide me with information on the different roles/jobs of a mechanical engineer in the motorsport industry...thanks very much

Hi Oluwasujibomi,

Thanks very much for your post. If you would like to e-mail me your contact details to sam.ranson@motorsportacademy.org I will forward you a trade directory which will enable you to locate further local companies to approach with regards to work experience. We also operate a placements board on this website so it's worth keeping an eye on that to see if anything suitable comes up.

 With regards to your request for information about job roles we will shortly be going live with a Motorsport Careers Route Map which will provide all of this information  - so watch this space!

Kind regards

Sam

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I want to re-train to enter the motorsports industry and would prefer to go down the apprenticeship route while I study. It seems quite difficult to find ouit which companies do and dont offer an apprenticeship in a race team environment, can you help please???

Regards Craig Needham

Good afternoon James & Craig,

Thank you both for your enquires regarding Apprenticeships in the motorsport industry.

If you would kindly send your current CV to me at the Motorsport Academy, we will get back to you if we find any employers and appropriate apprentice programmes that may have an opening to suit you.

If you have any other queries or questions please feel free to email me jackie.hurrell@motorsportacademy.org

Regards

Jackie

Hi,

I'm a 3rd year mechanical engineering student at shefffield uni looking for some summer work experience in motorsport.

I have an active interest in motorsports, currently leading a team in building a race car within the department. However, i have no idea where to look for more experience in a professional environment for summer.

Is there any information of companies recruiting for the summer you could send me?

Cheers

Scott

Hi Scott

I would advise that you keep an eye on the Placements Board on this website www.motorsportacademy.org/careers as all work experience opportunities that we hear of will be posted here.

In the meantime if you have a CV that you can send over to me I will be able to contact you if any employers approach me directly. My email address is amy.kirk@motorsportacademy.org  

Many Thanks

Amy Kirk

Recruitment Manager - Motorsport Academy

Hi, I'm about to leave high school in May and would like to know should I try and get an apprenticeship now or should I get some experience at a college or work at a garage for a year or 2 to understand the basics and then apply for one. Also should I look into getting a Motorsport Engineering degree if I can't get an apprenticeship and if so where is the best place to go to around the Manchester area?

 Thank you

What motorsport teams do apprenticeships? I am doing my As-Levels but they are too hard so i am thinking about droping out.

If the last two foru members wish to contact me about apprenticeships, I can certainly send you some details on routes into the Motorsport Industry

Evers Pearce

epearce@ocvc.ac.uk

Hi

I have recently completed my 2nd year of motorsport engineering at Brunel University, I am looking for summer work experience, is it possible for you to assist me with any companies who may offer this

Many thanks

Gregory Smith