From an internship with Red Bull Racing, to engineering jobs across Formula 1 teams, some Singaporeans have made their mark at the highest level in motorsport.
A student tries out an F1 impulse race system during an event by Mastereign Group, an F1 in Schools licensed training company.When he was just 11 – during the era of renowned drivers Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen – he was fascinated by the F1 races that he watched on cable television.“But I was too old, and too tall, to be a driver,” laughed the 1.88m tall Mr Gautham.
“I knew I had to go to the United Kingdom, because predominantly teams are based there. A lot of people working in F1 are British engineers. Once they see a resume from , even if it's from a Singaporean, they'll at least give a chance to interview,” he said. In 2017, he moved back to Singapore for his family. He thought he had left the world of racing behind for good, until Williams came knocking.
Undergraduate Heng Yi-Hsin recently nabbed an internship with Red Bull Racing, in a relations and events role that brings the sport closer to fans around the world. “The amount of resources that they have, that they can just tap into immediately, . An idea is not just an idea over there, it can very quickly become the reality,” said Ms Heng.
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