Xtrac : Geared up to start your career

As regular readers of my blog will know, I spend much of my energy convincing people that the best way of getting a job in Formula 1 is to look as far away from the F1 teams as you possibly can. It might sound counterintuitive but this is exactly the...

Apprenticeships at Mercedes F1 Team

Apprenticeships are making something of a comeback in manufacturing and offer fantastic opportunities to learn a trade and skills set whilst earning and completing college studies in your chosen area. Mercedes AMG F1 team are currently advertising for 4 different type of apprenticeships in manufacturing, each offering the chance to...

Student placement opportunities at Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso have become the latest team to release details of their 2016 student placement scheme and there are several places up for grabs. Toro Rosso are very much a multi-national team with the factory being based in Italy, the owners being from Austria and the wind tunnel and aerodynamicists...

Why stopping power could be the key to starting your F1 career

Working with an F1 team during your university or college course is a golden opportunity for anyone wanting to work in motorsport. The experience you get and the industry contacts that you develop can set you on your way to a long term and successful career in this sport. What...

A look inside : Graduate Design vacancy at McLaren F1

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...

Where to look for a job in F1

Finding a job in Formula 1 is what jobinf1.com is all about but most of my posts so far have been about preparing for and building up the experience to be ready to work in F1. If you feel you are already ready though, where is it best to look...

Graduate Jobs in F1

A short post today but an important one I think. A great number of you will be either studying at school or at university and will be wondering how to get that first job in Formula 1. There really are very few advertised graduate jobs in F1 unfortunately and so unless...