emigrating to USA in search of a motorsport career
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Hi all,
looking for some advice, im a final year motorsport student and am looking to start my career in US. this is something ive always wanted to do and can now begin to realistically look at it being in my final year.
Just looking for any advice, on the off chance maybe somebody from the UK has done this before?
My degree is a management and logistics degree, but also have experience in the mechanics side of things. i would be looking at any job in the motorsport industry, other then materials, aerodynamics and manufacturing ( we have been taught pretty much everything apart from these subjects.)
look forward to reading some replies
(i have also posted this in australia section as that would be my first choice and from what i have heard, motorsport graduates are much more wanted over there
.)
looking for some advice, im a final year motorsport student and am looking to start my career in US. this is something ive always wanted to do and can now begin to realistically look at it being in my final year.
Just looking for any advice, on the off chance maybe somebody from the UK has done this before?
My degree is a management and logistics degree, but also have experience in the mechanics side of things. i would be looking at any job in the motorsport industry, other then materials, aerodynamics and manufacturing ( we have been taught pretty much everything apart from these subjects.)
look forward to reading some replies
(i have also posted this in australia section as that would be my first choice and from what i have heard, motorsport graduates are much more wanted over there
.)The issue for you will be the visa. You wish to enter an industry that a great number of people want to have a career in and therefore there is little incentive for an employer to pay the considerable visa costs when they can instead pay nothing.
You would be best off getting experience in the U.K. and then look to move.
Motorsport is very different in the US compared to the U.K. - for starters there is less variety, less club level sport and the issue with the lack of geographical compactness.
The US is a good place for many careers but I would not put Motorsport in that list.
You would be best off getting experience in the U.K. and then look to move.
Motorsport is very different in the US compared to the U.K. - for starters there is less variety, less club level sport and the issue with the lack of geographical compactness.
The US is a good place for many careers but I would not put Motorsport in that list.
+1
Visa's being by far the biggest challenge particularly for the USA. If you want to get into motorsport you can't get a better place than the UK. Just look at how many teams for all types of racing class are based in the UK. Particularly along the M40 corridor.
Oz whilst a nice place to visit is desperately expensive to live in, and the only proper motorsport of any worth over there is V8 supercars which is essentially a low-tech touring car class.
My advice is to look on your doorstep first, or if you already have but had limited success, you need to work harder so that you get the required grades to get a job with a UK based team.
Visa's being by far the biggest challenge particularly for the USA. If you want to get into motorsport you can't get a better place than the UK. Just look at how many teams for all types of racing class are based in the UK. Particularly along the M40 corridor.
Oz whilst a nice place to visit is desperately expensive to live in, and the only proper motorsport of any worth over there is V8 supercars which is essentially a low-tech touring car class.
My advice is to look on your doorstep first, or if you already have but had limited success, you need to work harder so that you get the required grades to get a job with a UK based team.
I live near Indianapolis.
There are a lot of motor racing teams based here ("motorsports capital of the world" etc...). A lot of the technicians who work for them are British. They are almost certainly highly skilled technicians. I guess my point is that there are obviously openings for the right sort of people and they seems to recruit Brits but you probably need to have acquired the necessary skills and experience first.
It's a chicken and egg thing and this is the chicken. Or is it the egg?
There are a lot of motor racing teams based here ("motorsports capital of the world" etc...). A lot of the technicians who work for them are British. They are almost certainly highly skilled technicians. I guess my point is that there are obviously openings for the right sort of people and they seems to recruit Brits but you probably need to have acquired the necessary skills and experience first.
It's a chicken and egg thing and this is the chicken. Or is it the egg?
www.prattmiller.com
They have an internship program, but looks like you need to be enrolled in a US college and have a decent GPA.
Said to be one of the very finest outfits in the US motorsports industry.
The C7 's aero package was all down to P&M
They have an internship program, but looks like you need to be enrolled in a US college and have a decent GPA.
Said to be one of the very finest outfits in the US motorsports industry.
The C7 's aero package was all down to P&M
Thanks for the replies.
I have contacted a few teams out there mainly just looking for some advice at the moment, any steps I can take now to try and make it easier for myself for when I can move, but as ever, but not heard anything back as yet.
I do have a few seasons experience working as a mechanic, highest role being no1 mechanic in Formula Ford.
I know this isn't going to see me into a NASCAR team or a Indy team etc, but surely it's better then nothing.
My main worry at the moment is i do not know 100% what part of the industry I want to go into. I do not want to be a mechanic, I do this in the UK purely to build contacts, gain experience in the industry and sometimes it can pay me a little bit too.
I would like a role in team management or circuit management, but am concerned that they only look to UK graduates for technicians/mechanics, and not the other sectors of the industry. Hopefully I will get some replies from teams and can go from there.
I have contacted a few teams out there mainly just looking for some advice at the moment, any steps I can take now to try and make it easier for myself for when I can move, but as ever, but not heard anything back as yet.
I do have a few seasons experience working as a mechanic, highest role being no1 mechanic in Formula Ford.
I know this isn't going to see me into a NASCAR team or a Indy team etc, but surely it's better then nothing.
My main worry at the moment is i do not know 100% what part of the industry I want to go into. I do not want to be a mechanic, I do this in the UK purely to build contacts, gain experience in the industry and sometimes it can pay me a little bit too.
I would like a role in team management or circuit management, but am concerned that they only look to UK graduates for technicians/mechanics, and not the other sectors of the industry. Hopefully I will get some replies from teams and can go from there.
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