Amy Overy: “The days can be ridiculously long and sometimes the best thing you can do is have a laugh”

When it comes to working in Formula One, you can’t get much better than either working for a team or F1 itself. As the sport aims to encourage new and often younger fans, FOM (Formula One Management) are having to create innovative and unique content for their online platforms and app to appeal to such […]

Katie Tyler: “I feel very lucky that I do the job I love”

The British Grand Prix is one of the most highly anticipated races on the F1 calendar, with host circuit Silverstone being one of the most iconic tracks in the sport’s history. Attendances have increased over recent years and 340,000 fans visited over the weekend in July, but for the event to be a success, those […]

Julianne Cerasoli: “If you are aiming for something big, you have to be prepared to fight big”

Motorsport is hugely popular around the world, especially if there is a F1 World Champion from that particular country. Brazil boasts one of Formula One’s most famous and admired champions with Ayrton Senna, as well as fellow championship victors Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet. Julianne Cerasoli grew up aspiring to work in the sport, and […]

Kristalla Dimitrak: “Good things come to those who hustle”

The Australian Grand Prix has been the curtain raiser for the new F1 season for several years now, and so there is a pressure on the team of organisers to set a standard for the coming races. As many wait in anticipation for the sport to begin after the winter break, when the race weekend […]

Sonia Irvine: “Creating the Fashion Show is the thing I am most proud of”

Formula One is known for its competitive racing and action-packed Grands Prix, but adding to the spectacle of the race itself is the glamour brought to the sport by those that attend. Crucial to expanding the sport, famous fans and celebrities are often invited along to bring F1 to the attention of those who may […]

Amanda McReynolds: “determine what you truly want to wake up every day and go to work and do”

To run a team in F1 requires hundreds of employees in many different and contrasting roles, all aiming for a single goal. Williams Racing has been hugely successful over the years, and although they may be struggling this year, their staff are still working hard around the clock to rectify any problems. The British team […]

Cristina Manas Fernandez: “the ability to measure ourselves every week-end is quite unique”

Williams Advanced Engineering is part of the world-famous Williams Group, launched to provide world class innovation in many fields including aerospace, defence, renewable energy, and of course, motorsport. With a large focus on creating sustainable solutions for the 21st century, the Advanced Engineering programme also provides the battery technology for the Formula E Championship. Their […]

Claire Cottingham: “Any sacrifices I had to make were outweighed by how amazing the experiences were”

The journey to working in motorsport is difficult, especially if you don’t know anyone in the intended area of the industry. The media side of the sport can be the hardest to crack with it being a hugely popular area to work in. It can therefore take many years of extremely hard work and making […]

Jess Harris: “Many people tried to discourage me but I knew what I wanted to study, I knew the job I wanted to do”

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport have dominated Formula One over the last four years or so, but none of this would’ve been possible without the army of staff based at their Brackley factory who work night and day to give their team an edge over their rivals. Jess Harris is a Structural System Engineer at the team […]

Marine Deloffre: “We would love to have a French driver on the podium!”

This year sees the return of the French Grand Prix after a 10-year absence from the F1 calendar. However, if you thought there’d been no racing action there since then, you’d be very much mistaken. A lot has changed since 2008 when F1 was last in town, with the track being recently resurfaced and the […]