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- Plan your career and get advice on your options
- Develop your skills with specialist knowledge
- Discuss motorsport with other members
- Find work experience, placements and jobs
We've helped students start amazing career journies
“With Student Motorsport, I’ve connected to people in the industry, gained vital work experience and received mentoring that’s supported me in starting a successful career in motorsport.”
Erin Grocott, Mechanic, Excelr8 BTCC Team
What our members are talking about...
A range of teams and businesses are looking to offer positions from now and through 2021!
Once opportunities have been checked and approved by our team, we'll post them in our Placements and Jobs channels.
Our Placements servicesA range of teams and businesses are looking to offer positions from now and through 2021!
Once opportunities have been checked and approved by our team, we'll post them in our Placements and Jobs channels.
Our Placements servicesPosted: February 26, 2021
Tomorrow see’s a charity 12 hour endurance race on ACC, supporting The Brain Tumour Charity. I shall be engineering 3(!) cars for Zansho Rocket Esports throughout this 12 hour endurance: ...[more]
Posted: February 25, 2021
Another fantastic and busy day in the office with Essential Racing! Today we had look at the condition of a used clutch (slight wear!!) and replaced the system prior to ...[more]
Posted: February 24, 2021
While some colleges and universities are busy seeking approval of their Student Motorsport Challenge projects, we’re in the Essential Racing workshop converting a couple of cars to complete our 160+ ...[more]
Posted: February 24, 2021
Last week we learned of some awful news, one of our motorsport friends Bridgwater & Taunton College Motorsport workshop was devastated by the deliberate starting of a fire. We’re truly ...[more]
Posted: February 23, 2021
Hi there, I’m a second year mechanical engineering (MEng) undergraduate at the University of Nottingham. I’m really interested in getting some work experience either this summer or next in the ...[more]
Posted: January 31, 2021
Hi, I am currently studying at the National College For Motorsport and I am required to complete 20 hours of work experience and I’m willing to do more than I’m ...[more]
Posted: January 27, 2021
Here’s a nice video from a recent Driver61 webinar where he discusses the importance of self-coaching to become a better racing driver. It’s a long one but very recommended.
Posted: January 23, 2021
In the middle of last year one of my old karting buddies approached me with a proposition. Knowing that i have always wanted to race but money was the limiting ...[more]
Posted: January 21, 2021
I live in Newcastle Under Lyme, I was just wondering which Colleges or best routes would be good for me to take to become either a race car technician or ...[more]
Posted: January 20, 2021
Hi, Everybody, I run EnduranceandGT.co.uk which, for the past five years, has been reporting on sportscar racing in all its many forms from around the world. If any members of ...[more]
Posted: January 19, 2021
Are you looking to gain experience in a particular area of the motorsport industry? What is it that you are interested in learning? We’re at the starting line ready to ...[more]
Posted: January 12, 2021
Hi everybody, My name is Max Pfennings, I’m 17 years old and I have started to create motorsport and automotive network on LinkedIn. I already have +140 connections and I ...[more]
Posted: January 7, 2021
Hi Everyone! As some of you may of seen in some of my earlier posts I currently help to run my younger brother Tom but it has always been my ...[more]
Posted: January 6, 2021
Recently we were contacted by Kalie, a motorsport marshal who wanted to share us a clip from her interview with Mercedes. In the interview, Kalie talks about how she got ...[more]
Posted: January 6, 2021
Even with restrictions covering much of the world, 2021 will still provide opportunities for students and educators to take another step in motorsport. Here’s what Student Motorsport has coming up ...[more]
Posted: December 22, 2020
Hi Everyone! After my previous post I had a message from the owner of stopwatch hospitality Paul Clark who very kindly offered his time from his schedule to have a ...[more]
Posted: December 22, 2020
Student Motorsport has announced the creation of an all-new ‘intra-series’ for college and university teams within the BRSCC CityCar Cup for 2021. The Student Motorsport Challenge will see colleges and ...[more]
Posted: December 17, 2020
Hopefully I’ll be racing next year and defending our Championship Title. Funcup is a great place to see motorsports close up (covid allowing), we have track walks, garage entry, hospitality ...[more]
Posted: December 17, 2020
After the success of the lockdown virtual series for UK and European Funcup Drivers, I am hosting a Winter Series. The Funcup car I designed for AC is accurate to ...[more]
Posted: December 11, 2020
Hi Everyone… You may have seen in some of my previous posts that I currently help to run a family Formula Ford racing team. Some of you may not know ...[more]
Posted: December 8, 2020
Our sample newsletter was published this summer. Our new one is available and can be yours upon subscribing: http://autotradition.co.uk/subscription/ Racing Spirit. 5 x 56-page A4, ‘Racing Spirit’ magazines, published in ...[more]
Posted: December 8, 2020
Are you interested in and aiming for a career working in high-end motorsport such as Formula 1? Here we have a 45-minute podcast from Employment 4 Students interviewing Tim Silvey ...[more]
Posted: December 7, 2020
As an ongoing career development, I have been taking on more roles in the Family run Race Team DBR Motorsport. As part of this, I have spent the last couple ...[more]
Posted: December 2, 2020
Hello, I am looking for work experience opportunities, to expand my knowledge and present me with a chance to enter the workplace, develop contacts, build on my cv and help ...[more]
Posted: December 1, 2020
We’ve seen many student teams sharing and showing appreciation of the sponsorship arrangements they’ve made during their projects and builds in preparation for 2021. What sponsorship support have you been ...[more]
Posted: November 26, 2020
(Image source: Motorsport Magazine article – link below) An amazing intention in the article below from GCK Motorsport, who will aim to compete in the Dakar Rally with Hydrogen power. ...[more]
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