Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing W Series Team drivers, Alice Powell and Jessica Hawkins, pulled into Teesside Autodrome to speak to year 10 students from Durham Johnston Comprehensive school. They spoke passionately about the various opportunities in the world of motorsport and the roads that led to their own successes.
Alice and Jess were joined by Faye Young and Lesley Thornburn, marketing specialists who work for brands within Vertu Motors plc, including Bristol Street Motors. Both highlighted the multitude of careers available within the wider motor sector, before setting students away with a YouTube-themed marketing challenge.
Students also enjoyed a walk-through of one of the W Series racing cars, in addition to each having a highspeed lap with a professional driver in an Audi R8.
Alice Powell, Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing W Series Team driver, said:
“It’s so important to make sure young people – like those we spoke to today – know about some of the different career opportunities that are available.
“At their age – 14 or 15 – they are about to start making decisions and heading down paths that may shape their entire lives, and it would be amazing if today inspires even just one person to pursue their passion for cars and motorsport, and make a career from it.
“It may never have occurred to them that they could be trackside at some of the world’s most prestigious race circuits in a wide variety of roles, all of which the partnership between W Series and Bristol Street Motors does so much to highlight and promote.
“It’s poignant that I am at a go-kart track with Bristol Street Motors, talking to pupils about careers. I started my racing journey in karting, aged just eight years old. Bristol Street Motors has supported me since 2008, when they were one of my first big sponsors in Ginetta Juniors. They have continued to help me throughout my career.”
Jennifer Cummings, teacher at Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, said:
“It’s vital that our students get the opportunity to see and speak to those who have gone on to have great careers across a range of different industries, like the motor industry. We want to widen their horizons and help them understand the various paths open and available to them.
“We really appreciate Bristol Street Motors taking the time to invite us to the track and giving the students such a memorable experience. We’re sure it’s one they’ll not…
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