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Hey guys,
I'm currently going to school for Mechanical Engineering and recently I've become very interested in looking into eventually working on an F1 team. I was going to see if anyone has looked Into it or if anyone had any idea how difficult it would be to achieve. I'm going to join Formula SAE at my school this semester and plan to do it for my last 2 years. I live in Wichita KS so there isn't much available as far as internships in that field but I wanted to ask your guys opinion on this idea. I was looking at F1jobs.com and it didn't seem as far fetched as I originally thought but I'm not sure. Thanks, any feedback is appreciated.
I'm currently going to school for Mechanical Engineering and recently I've become very interested in looking into eventually working on an F1 team. I was going to see if anyone has looked Into it or if anyone had any idea how difficult it would be to achieve. I'm going to join Formula SAE at my school this semester and plan to do it for my last 2 years. I live in Wichita KS so there isn't much available as far as internships in that field but I wanted to ask your guys opinion on this idea. I was looking at F1jobs.com and it didn't seem as far fetched as I originally thought but I'm not sure. Thanks, any feedback is appreciated.
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Formula SAE is the way to start, I did it 23 years ago and our team won the whole event, Virginia Tech 1991 was the car I built. from there it's not to hard to move into IRL or even some lower series such as Formula Mazda or other open wheel classes as a starting point. Working on a team is not as glamorous as you may look from the outside. The pressure is huge, the travel is tough and the level of competition is high. If you still in school, look for some local grassroots SCCA or NASA events to participate in so you can get the feel of being at the track, meet some people and offer to volunteer to help out when you can. That's how It started for me. I worked on a Winston Cup team for 5 years after college.
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Ive had a few friends make the jump, one is at renault, one at williams, and the other went to red bull but didnt last to long. They all had a lot of experience designing race cars and parts for them, and all were cfd as well as mechanical.
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Formula SAE is the way to start, I did it 23 years ago and our team won the whole event, Virginia Tech 1991 was the car I built. from there it's not to hard to move into IRL or even some lower series such as Formula Mazda or other open wheel classes as a starting point. Working on a team is not as glamorous as you may look from the outside. The pressure is huge, the travel is tough and the level of competition is high. If you still in school, look for some local grassroots SCCA or NASA events to participate in so you can get the feel of being at the track, meet some people and offer to volunteer to help out when you can. That's how It started for me. I worked on a Winston Cup team for 5 years after college.
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If i were you I would race as a hobby...It is the only job I have ever had and it gets worse every year... when November rolls around you have to worry if you are going to have a job come january.. team/employee loyalty is at an all time low for most people..they will cut you loose for a wide variety of reasons... Engineers are like mechanics used to be.. a dime a dozen.. When I worked for Red Bulls cup team I spent some time talking with some of the design guys that came over from the F1 side..You can times the politics and bullshit by 10... which would make it a hundred times higher than a normal 9-5 job