National Motorsport Week®

 

National Motorsport Week needs your help: 
Play your part and grow our sport!

National Motorsport Week – running from 30 June to 8 July 2012 – is a special celebration of UK motor sport jointly promoted by the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) and the Motor Sports Association (MSA) that is book-ended by two of this country’s premier motor sport events – the spectacular Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Santander British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone. National Motorsport Week also features a wide range of initiatives and activities ranging from novice taster events run by local motor clubs to factory visits and open days at many of the UK’s premier motor sport-focused organisations.

Its aim is simple; to promote and inspire the excitement of motorsport to new audiences – to generate more interest, spectators, competitors, marshals, officials and jobs.

In total Formula One teams based in the UK won 17/18 of the 19 Grands Prix staged in 2011 with Red Bull Racing (Milton Keynes) winning the coveted Formula One World Championship Constructors title for the second year in succession. What’s more with both Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton sharing six race victories for McLaren (Woking), Britain is also the only nation to boast two Grand Prix winning drivers during the 2011 championship. With the promising Paul di Resta finishing as the highest placed newcomer with Silverstone-based Force India, the year’s top F1 rookie was British, too.

“It’s been another incredible season for British teams and drivers at the highest level,” confirmed Colin Hilton, Chief Executive of the Motor Sports Association (MSA), governing body of UK motor sport. “These achievements underline the UK’s leading position in global motor sport and act as a tremendous incentive for the next generation of young drivers and engineers. We will continue to celebrate this country’s on-going international success and National Motorsport Week 2012 appropriately features two of Britain’s top motor sport attractions, commencing with the Goodwood Festival of Speed and concluding with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.”

“Once again ‘Motorsport Valley UK’ can enjoy a really positive end to the year and has every reason to be very proud of the success of ‘our’ F1 teams in 2011,” said Chris Aylett, MIA Chief Executive. “The DNA of the superb Red Bull (Milton Keynes), McLaren (Woking), Mercedes (Brackley) and Renault (Enstone) F1 programmes links into a network of many highly-skilled people working in the UK for these world-class teams, their engine builders and their vital supply chain. No matter which national anthem is played for the winner, there are many happy engineers in ‘Motorsport Valley’ sharing each success throughout this F1 season... and more young ones itching to get started, too!”

National Motorsport Week has ran each year since 2006, with the valued backing of the MSA’s affiliated motor clubs. Its aim is to attract wider media coverage, which in turn introduces new fans, competitors, spectators, organisers, engineers, journalists, photographers and much needed marshals to the planet’s most thrilling sport.

How can you help?

• The enthusiast – ‘take a mate to motorsport’
• Clubs - new events and fresh ideas to gain new enthusiasts - WIN £500! - email charlotte.austin@the-mia.com for an entry form
• Businesses - open your doors and grant the public an ‘inside look’ into the engineering discipline behind this exciting sport

From the grease and the glamour, to the edge-of-the-seat thrill of motorsport, we want you to get involved in our much-loved sport, watch some live action or organise an event.

We want to hear about your plans and ideas for the week - if you could benefit from any support, please let us know. Your events will be promoted on the National Motorsport Week website, on TV, radio and the national and regional press. If you have an event taking place, contact us to get plenty of publicity!

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Visit www.nationalmotorsportweek.com for a list of past events and news stories.

For more information please contact Charlotte Austin on 
+44 (0)2476 692600 or email charlotte.austin@the-mia.com

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