Motorsport

[Jamesd]

HI

I suppose alot of you are big fan's of motorsport

What sort you into: F1, touring cars, le mans, nascar, bikes.

Anybody work in motorsport?

As i am hoping to become a motorsport mechanic

James

[MattADH]

I tried to get in but they all want experience. Getting that is the hard bit and I felt that that the only way in was to start very bottom.

After numerous knock-backs, I spent 15 months working for a kart manufacturer and their race team. After leaving, I started working on Racer Magazine but spent another three or so years turning spanners for junior kart racers.

One thing I learnt was that if you thought RC wasn't cheap, take a trip to a kart track when one of the junior national rounds is taking place...

[bigred5765]

hey mat at least there tyres last more than 5 mins lol
just

[James]

Richard Simpson; who some of you will remember racing 1/10th offroad now races vintage rally cars, I see him weekly as he rents three workshops for his three cars at our place..

Some images/info here:
from one of his sponsors: http://www.thewaxworks.net/rallying.html

http://www.andylaurence.co.uk/full.pl?image=CRW_8706_JFR.JPG

[Southwell]

I will generally watch anything with an engine, but the main ones are:
Moto GP
Superbikes
BTCC
WTCC
F1
Champ car, if nothing else is on
Rally

[Slimboyfat]

Pretty much the same as Southwell for me however one class that is getting really good over past year is th British GT championship.

I've also been following Britcar for the past year and am hoping to go and watch the Britcar 24h at Silverstone (the one Top Gear entered last year) in september.

[Jamesd]

Hi

I am 17 and already have 2 years of experience, currently i help out with a team by my house for free, they let me get hands on with the car and they are also teaching me theory side of things.

Yes in motorsport it is all about experience, i know many old F1 mechanics who have no qalifications but experience and they hired them.

there are people at my college doing motorsport, just watch F1 on the TV and they think they will become mechanics just from doing a course which in my opion is slight nothing to do with motrosport, i have spoke to some freinds who work at Mclaren and renault and i told them to ask about if my course would mean anything and they said i means Jack, it is better if you have it but they would rather experience.

I spent my first year just clearning cars and learning how an event works but now on a monday i help strip the engines, do the driveshafts by myself including, cleaning and putting back in the car but at race events i am in charge of the data side of things.

james

[Jamesd]

Hi

Last year i actually worked at the Britcar 24 hours as an refulling person for some cars, i actually met all the people from Top gear, even the stig, you should have seen what the 3 presenter road cars they were driving, they were stunning, they all had supercars.

james

[footey]

jimarea51 off this site builds wrx cars for a living as his own company now that is a job id like:thumbsup: { wink wink jim enploy me please }

[c0sie]

MotoGP, IOMTT, WSB, BSB, MX, SX etc
NASCAR, BTCC, Drag racing rules too..

Find F1 incredibley boring

[Jamesd]

Hi

I think the same as you c0sie, they never overtake were as in bikes and touring cars they overtake and can crash into each other with no problems unlike F1.

james

[mole2k]

I follow a few motorsports, mostly irish stuff. I also would take a lot of photographs at rallys. Thats what actually got me into photography.

Id take photos at maybe 15 rallys per a year.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2122712141_b2629ef81e.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2029/2242357964_6b19ce2d3d.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/2242359008_fe8a529ce7.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2122715467_e18e3e41d4.jpg?v=0

I also do a bit of sim racing.

[losixxx]

martin broadhurst mid-west 1/10th off-road driver is the chief spanner on one of the pro-drive scooby-doo WRC cars, also worked on the diesel world record breaking car the jcb rocket

[millzy]

MotoGP, IOMTT, WSB, BSB, MX, SX etc
NASCAR, BTCC, Drag racing rules too..

Find F1 incredibley boring

Drag Racing...oh yeah Ashley Force..mmmmmmm

[Hog]

I marshall at Lydden Hill. Mainly for Rallycross - you can't beat being stood on the grid when a load of Group B cars rev up!!

[b4rs]

i want to get into the design side of things in motorsport, like logos and stuff.

[Belsten]

Id like to get in to some of the grid girls in F1 ! :thumbsup:

[bigoggy]

banger racing and stock car racing for me. i used to live in skegness and tried to go and watch it there twice a week

[ben]

Rallying for me.
Everything else just bores me like F1 because they are just going round in circles. With rallying you never really know whats gonna be round the next corner.
I work on my dads rally car. :thumbsup:

[Hog]

banger racing and stock car racing for me. i used to live in skegness and tried to go and watch it there twice a week

Same here too - although Wimbledon, Smallfield and Mildenhall are my regular haunts :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

Rallying for me.
Everything else just bores me like F1 because they are just going round in circles. With rallying you never really know whats gonna be round the next corner.
I work on my dads rally car. :thumbsup:

:woot:I heard that he lets you wash it sometimes :woot:

[ryan_93]

i like touring cars & rally, but super bikes are quite good

[ben]

:woot:I heard that he lets you wash it sometimes :woot:

Well he has just had it painted. And hes taken my name off the spoiler. :(

[GRIFF55]

For me it's mx, sx, superbikes and anything with an engine and two wheels really. Offroad is my main luv

[Lee]

Well he has just had it painted. And hes taken my name off the spoiler. :(


Just get the butler to put it back on:woot:

I wanted to do this when i was younger but i spoke to a few people in the business like tim brannigan who used to work for jordan and now builds gearboxes for numerous teams. I was advised against it, there is months away from home and the pay isnt very good (50K)

Depends what you want to do, i think it could become very mundane, especially if you are not in one of the top teams.


Now if you built rally cars and had your own firm, then that would be fun, but even more pressure and expectation is applied.

I chose to build oil rigs instead, its about the same cost as an F1 car just less mobile:thumbsup: