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!
