Formula Woman Newsletter - 22nd April, 2021

Another week has gone by and there is lots of activity going on behind the scenes. Really pleased to announce our first event that we will be attending, a chance to meet a few of you in person! So here is some of the news from the last week.

Tickets for Supercar Fest the Runway

Formula Woman will be attending SupercarFest - The Runway on Sunday 30th May and for applicants we have a special code for discounted tickets, if you would like to join us. You need to hurry though, Supercarfest have only supplied us with 20 discounted tickets at £20 each instead of the usual £30. The event will be one of the first car events this year and they are already nearly sold out.

SupercarFest is at Sywell Aerodrome Northamptonshire and we will have at least one of the exciting Formula Woman race cars on display.

Contact Lex with your membership number to book a ticket or for more information.

Social Media

Many of the new Formula Woman applicants have been asking us if they can promote Formula Woman through their own social media, local media and even use their own cars to promote Formula Woman, of course you can, just remember to tag us in.

We have also had some 10cm roundals produced which we can send to you if you would like a few. Please contact Abi with your postal address.

We try to monitor all the social media questions and correspondence but we sometimes miss a few, so if you have a specific question please use our contact form on the website.

Some of you have sent some great pieces to camera (PTC) from your phones promoting yourselves as a Formula Woman and encouraging others to join up.

We will always ask your permission to use these, as we are hoping to get a few of them up on to our website soon. If you’re happy to send in a PTC, we would love to here from you.

Please contact Ed for details on how to do this.

Personal Sponsors

Quite a few applicants are still asking how the personal sponsorship works…

Any sponsorship you might achieve from, friends, family, your own business or other companies who are prepared to support you is your own.

This means that you can use the funding for application fees, merchandise, racewear, trackdays and for your own personal coaching and racing. Even if you are unlucky and don’t make the finals, you will still hopefully want to pursue motorsport in some form. So if you have a sponsor now, they may stay with you for years.

Track Days

We are in the early stages of planning some trackdays and have already received lots of interest. If you haven't already done so and would like to put your name down, please contact Lex to register your interest and find out more about them and other events.

Online Tuition

Finally a little about the new on line tutorial which will be available on our website next month.

You will need your access card, which was sent out with your welcome pack, to register on to the tutorial portal. Once you have your password, you will be able to go through the various scenarios and learn about motorsport, how it works and conclude with a simple test. It is more like a quiz to check you have understood the basics, before you attend your live assessment day.

Assessments

All we can tell you at the moment is that the first two assessment days have been scheduled for 19th and 20th September, with further assessment days to follow during the following three months.

There are two reasons we can’t be specific at this point – COVID-19, social distancing rules and TV Format. One seems to revolve around the other.

Formula Woman USA

For all existing applicants and new applicants from North America, it is expected that your initial assessment will take place in the USA. However, you will be able to log in to the on line tutorial which will be live in May.

All North American applications should have received, or soon will receive, your Welcome packs.