Having earned your qualifications, built up grassroots racing experience and learnt about the wider motorsport industry you are finally ready to take the final step to the pinnacle of the racing ladder. What to expect and how to approach applying for jobs at an F1 team.
As you may have seen this week via my Twitter feed @Work_in_f1, McLaren F1 Team have been advertising for a graduate designer in their Aerodynamics group. We all know that teams do not often advertise for graduates but I think there is sometimes a belief that there are no graduate vacancies at all in F1. […]
Sauber has been an established part of the Formula 1 grid since 1993 and yet in some ways it still has the appearance and feeling of a relative newcomer. Its location and its history are somewhat unique compared to many of the other teams and despite its recent struggles it has tasted success on a […]
The name McLaren has been always synonymous with organisation, style and success. Originally formed by Bruce McLaren it was purchased and taken over by ex-mechanic Ron Dennis and moulded over the coming years into one of the most successful teams of all time. Dennis has something of a unique manner which requires ultimate perfection down […]
In this series of posts I am going through the current teams one-by-one and asking which of them might be the best F1 team to work for. I’ll be looking not only at their on track performance but also at their size, location and most importantly, what opportunities they offer for newcomers to the sport. […]
It would be a long shot, or possibly just sheer madness to place a bet on a Manor F1 car beating a Mercedes at the upcoming Italian Grand Prix. Stranger things have happened of course but it would be hard to argue that the Manor could win on pure merit. Quite apart from the fact […]