Formula Woman Newsletter - 20th August

IZONE

Earlier week the management of iZone contacted us to alert us to the fact that one of their staff had tested positive for Covid so we had to pull the plug at the last minute for all the competitors who were scheduled to attend. For those who were scheduled to attend, all we can do is apologise for the short notice and hope this didn’t cause too much disruption.

However, the good news is that two alternative dates have been set 3rd and 13th September and Ed (Edward@f1.co.uk) will be circulating these dates to those who were booked in.

We are now living in a Covid world at the moment so it’s important we do everything to protect you and the Formula Woman team.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS

Formula Woman have competitors from 22 counties around the world, including North America, South America, Australasia, Middle East and Europe.

The European applicants have been invited to compete in the UK assessments and for the rest of the world we are working on a local assessment to be undertaken in your own country, although one or two of you are planning to join the Europeans at Bedford on the 16th November.

We are working hard to set the long-distance assessments up, and we are making progress, but please bear with us as we want to contact you personally to ensure the date and distance to be assessed is convenient.

INDIA

We are delighted to announce that India will be undertaking their own assessment day which has been designed and managed by Auto Guru in Mumbai.

There are already nearly 20 applicants from India who are all set to demonstrate their skills. Hopefully some will go through to the next round.

All overseas applicants can ask questions direct to Johanna@f1.co.uk and for India shloka@f1.co.uk

ONLINE TUTORIAL – HEALTH & FITNESS

A new addition to the online tutorial should be up and running next week, all being well. This one is focused on fitness, mind coaching and nutrition. Every applicant needs to log in to learn about the fitness and health requirements of a successful racing driver.

Also, those who have still to complete their driving course online should do so before they attend their assessment day. We know some of you are only half way through, which is fine, but please make sure you know what you should be doing on track before you try it for real!

GREEN & BLUE BADGE ENTRIES

Again we have to make it very clear that each competitor will compete in the competition either in the blue badge (for those with previous experience) and the green badge (for those with little or no experience)

Our assessment team and instructors are looking for drivers with natural driving ability with an attitude of wanting to be a sponsored race driver. If FormulaWoman, as the organisers, feel an applicant is over qualified, they won’t be accepted for the competition.

The criteria for entry is taken from the original application form.

TRADECENTRE UK AND TRADECENTRE WALES

Formula Woman are pleased to announce that one of the biggest, best and value for money car supermarkets in the UK, will be supporting FormulaWoman with two BMW’s for the Formula Woman Track Day training. In addition, the two cars will be used at the televised assessment days.

The two BMW’s will complement the Jaguar Project 8 days and allow more track time at different levels during the day.

PROJECT 8 TRACK DAYS

We announced the first pre assessment track days this week, although we could only announce 1 day at Snetterton on 1st September. There will be several more between now and November.
We know some of you were disappointed not to get in on the first one but we should have more dates confirmed early next week

Contact sam@f1.uk to get on to the list if you haven’t already.

RYLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT (RWM)

Ryley Wealth Management have confirmed their continued support for FormulaWoman and will be present as the The Anglesey Assessment Days.

Their CEO David Ryley has committed to supporting initiatives which aim to promote and celebrate diversity in various industries especially in the motorsport sector.

This is a great addition to the Formula Woman portfolio so if you want to read the statement in full, visit the news section on our website.