work placements

[pittersuk]

Hello

I posted on here couple of weeks ago,just thouhgt i'd try again.

Im a current student at the University of Hertfordshire studying BEng in automotive engineering, im currently looking for work placements within the motorsport or automotive area, for 2005 to 2006,in the uk or europe.

I was wondering if anyone new of any good places to go or could recommend any teams or companys to try?

Thankyou

Adam

[Eric Mc]

Try and get hold of the Autopsort directory - it lists hundreds of companIES involved in motor sport throughout the UK. It usually comes free with an edition of Autosport magazine and may be available through their website.

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 21st November 17:03

[rico]

Adam,

May i also recommend becoming a bit more involved in the community here, instead of doing 14 "Help me..." posts and nothing else.

You're likely to get a better response

Rico

[fid]

www.forceracingcars.co.uk/index.htm

They're local

[iainjones]

Eric Mc said:

Try and get hold of the Autopsort directory - it lists hundreds of companIES involved in motor sport throughout the UK. It usually comes free with an edition of Autosport magazine and may be available through their website. >> Edited by Eric Mc on Sunday 21st November 17:03

They also usually hand them out at the Autosport show. Its worth going there,if possible, to get a few names to write personal letters to as opposed to "Mr. Chief Engineer"

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Best of luck, i was there in 2001/2 and its a right balls ache, not to dis-hearten you... I had 4 interviews with AP Racing (Coventry, paid for expenses to the interview), Alcon (Tamworth, competitors to AP Racing) & Caterham, and Specialist Engines (Cheshire), who gave me the only placement offer. i now still work for SE, in a fashion (now part of R-R Energy). Those 4 interviews were from 250+ letters, 50% of which probably went straight in the bin.

Bentley are still recruiting heavily and have an established stundent program, may be worth a shot???

Otherwise just keep writing letters and see what happens, in the end i copped out and took a broader mechanical placement, but it meant i had the time to spanner for a few teams at weekends etc and build a contact base thats are paying off now. Motorsport is a lifestyle not a job, be certain you want to live to work.

If you want to be a designer instead of a more hands on say development engineer, a year as a draughtsman learning to detail properly will give you a huge advantage in the future, cos to be honest the standard of detail drawings these days is shocking, and in my experience university degrees dont help much. The industry acceptance of 3D-CAD means people start to get sloppy after the amazing realistic model is complete...

Rant over!

Regards
Iain