Emma Foster – Girls On Track

CASE STUDY - Emma Foster

In 2022, I was completing an apprenticeship in Management Consultancy when I realised my love for motorsport. I joined the Girls on Track UK Facebook group where I found a great opportunity to volunteer as a Hospitality and Social Media Assistant for a British GT team, Century Motorsports. This was a great opportunity to see if my passion for motorsport could be something I wanted to do full time.

Looking at the 2023 season, I was still yet to complete my apprenticeship but knew I wanted to be back in the paddock and continue to gain motorsport experience alongside my corporate job. So when I saw an advert from SRO saying that they were hiring VIP Hospitality Hosts for British GT, I applied straight away and as I had the experience in the paddock and with the series, I was lucky enough to get the role. This also led to me gaining connections which meant I worked in Hospitality for Caterham for half of their 2023 season too.

After spending the 2023 season working with the team at race weekends, I was offered a full-time role at SRO allowing me to move to London and join the series as our Hospitality and Sponsor Coordinator. It was hard at times to juggle race weekends, my job and my apprenticeship, but it has all definitely paid off!

OTHER CASE studies

Caitlyn Lennon

I first joined the girls on track community when I started on the journey into a career in motorsports. The opportunities that I’ve been able to have through being a member of the Girls on Track UK Community have been firstly, taking part in a focus group at my local track, Oulton Park, a work experience weekend in 2024 with Unlimited Motorsport BTTC team and attending some incredible community events. I have met so many inspiring people along the way. Being on my placement year from university, I am still taking my first steps into the world of motorsport, trying to learn as much as I can. I have been given the opportunity to develop my understanding of what it takes to contribute to a teams on track success with Rodin Motorsport, as data engineer/No.2 mechanic. I really am living my dream! So far, the journey has been incredible and has been helped by having a supportive and inspiring community around me proving anything is possible.

Claire Bonnisseau

Hi everyone! I'm Claire, working as a Junior engineer at Red Bull Powertrains. On the contrary to many other people here, it wasn't always my dream to work in F1! I did my undergraduate degree in another branch of engineering and, after 2 years, I realised it wasn't really what I wanted to do. Some friends I had made at uni made me watch F1 and after a few months of watching the sport I fell in love and decided to go for it! I applied for Masters in Mechanical engineering and joined the UCL Formula Student team, where I learned so much, but I was still feeling like everyone around me had been gathering experience in motorsports since they were young and that I was too far behind. A friend then introduced me to the Girls on Track UK community, where I got to volunteer for events as well as benefit from the network by joining events. A few days before I got the job offer at Red Bull, I had the chance to get experience at the BTCC Silverstone weekend thanks to GOT, where I learned a lot about trackside engineering and performance analysis, which is what I want to do! Since October, I've been working at Red Bull Powertrains as a Junior Engineer in the Business Performance team. In my day to day job, I work with all the teams in the business (design, performance, supply chain, manufacturing...) and I help redesigning the way the business works. Through data analysis or interacting with members from all the teams, my role is to identify the gaps in the processes and systems we use, and then to fix the issues to make the company more efficient and gain performance for 2026. This is a great place to be as I get to understand in details the processes and the roles of all the teams in the company. The Girls on Track UK community definitely helped me get where I'm at now, by giving me opportunities to prove myself and gain the skills and confidence to work in this industry!

Frankie Parrish

Girls on Track has been so important to my career progression, and I certainly wouldn’t be anywhere as near as I am now without it! I first heard of Girls on Track in 2023, and I joined my first event in early 2024, which was a webinar with motorsport personnel, including some people within Formula 1. Since then, I have attended some incredible events, such as attending both Berlin and London Formula E races, where I got to network and talk to people in the industry. I knew I wanted to work within motorsports so these opportunities were so important to get my name out there and to gain an insight into how people have secured roles in the industry. Additionally, GoT provided the opportunity to get some hands on work experience with a BTCC team, which really gave me a behind the scenes view of a motorsports team. I am now on an industrial placement with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team in their Marketing Operations Department. I cannot recommend GoT initiatives enough and the variety of events that are available for young women to gain an insight into the industry.

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