They are unlikely to take on anyone who just wants to show off to there family and friends that they are important because they drive an f1 truck and don’t want to do nothing else
They will train one or two of there fully qualified technicians to do a weeks practice and get a lgv licence
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They are unlikely to take on anyone who just wants to show off to there family and friends that they are important because they drive an f1 truck and don’t want to do nothing else
They will train one or two of there fully qualified technicians to do a weeks practice and get a lgv licence
F1 race team member rarely if ever drive the trucks, They tend to either use haulage contractors, or drivers from specialist agencies, normally people who had a fair bit of motorsport experience so know the job and are known by the teams.
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8 year old thread resurrection that’s surely got to be a record
Does any one know any one or anything bout driving for the F1 teams?? I fancy going down that route in possibly a year or so,so any info greatly appreciated.
Posts for motorsport teams of all denomonations,are usually advertised in the rear of the magazine,Autosport.
Although I haven’t personally seen any ads for the F1 teams in there,but plenty for the lower classes of motor racing.
I’m guessing it’s a case of learning to crawl,before you walk.
Ken.
loads of caps and t shirts but not much dosh.
Plenty of setting up and polishing though.
Ken.
driver hire used to have a guy on that don’t know if they still do.
methinks you have to be well in with whoever to land that job 
the drivers on the stobart sponsored rally team are on the same rates as the rest of us and when they are not needed for the rally team they are on regular work, but according to the training team at crick they are no more than skivvies peeling spuds w\ashing pots etc and generally treated as a rubbing rag, not much glamour really
A while ago I saw a job for a team truck driver advertised by Prodrive in Banbury(Scooby raceteam I think). It was basically driving to and from events when they’re on and while your there all day you have to do stock taking on all the nut and bolt trays and be a general dogs body, no thanks.
as usual seems the truck driver who gets the stuff there no matter what is treated the worst 
Used to have a guy on the books when I was with JT in Derby, who did the F1 thing. Can’t remember which team now, but one thing he did tell me is , as others have said, you end up doing a fair bit of the cooking etc.
I’d think you do get to see a lot of the world though.
Muckles does it, seems to like it.
There was a job on the Autosport for a driver with Williams F1, had to be a chef too and I dont think spagetti loops on toast with a pot noodle side order counted.
Depends what you want from a job i suppose, money may not be the best at times but I reckon there is more respect there than at some RDC’s.
DT…
I’ve worked extensively with quite a few of the F1 teams over the past ten years. I still keep in touch with a few of the minor (and major) people. The first thing you need to understand is that driving the transporters is but a small part of what would be (your) bigger picture. For example, I know two guys who work for Ferrari F1. They each drive Stralis transporters too and from each (road accessible) race. One of them is the guy who fills the cars with fuel when they stop, the other lifts the cars at the front. I think it goes without saying that neither job is for the faint hearted! I know the fuel guy was set alight whilst refuelling Schumacher’s car 2001!
Both of these two guys practice their part over and over again. Day in, day out. Both back in Italy and at each circuit they visit. The point I’m trying to make is that they are all race team members first, truck drivers second. Almost everyone I’ve ever met in F1 rose up through the ranks of junior racing series. The guy who lifts the cars for Ferrari came from what was then Nelson Piquet’s Lotus team. If you’ve got a genuine interest in motorsport, then working for one of the lesser teams (DTM, A1 GP, etc.) is definitely your way in. The money will be crap, the hours long, but you’ll get there in the end. At some point you’ll bump in to one of the bigger people. It’s all about being in the right place at the right time. As for jumping straight in, I would consider that to be an extremely lucky option. One which probably doesn’t exist. Unless, as stated above, you can cook!
In summary, these people eat, live and sleep motorsport. 24/7, 365. It’s a very different world - and one you have to totally immerse yourself in.
Good luck, if you do make it!
Tom
good post foto 
thats pretty much how i’d guessed it would work, as regards too how you get in.
as others have said, autosport is always the place too look, and you need too do it week, in week out, i;d go for the lower classes first, and try and work your way up from there.
think you need too be a big fan too, as money, not always be as good as people think, but, some of the perks, would be quite impressive, including, in some cases, the chance at abit of world wide travel.
i had an interview on thursday, for exactly, this sort of thing, they still have two more interviews to do, apparently, they are interviewing 17 of us in total.
i’ll know by the end of next week, if i’ve got it.
i’ve got everthing crossed at the mo.
i got talking to one of the btcc truckies for one of the teams. he doesn’t get paid for his part and he looks after the wheels on race day, checking pressures and shaving them.
if your into your motorsport then its a fantastic gig
Gents,many many thanx for your replys,FOTO a very inciteful reply too.I was well aware of the demends of a driver when u arrive at the track,wash the truck,paint the garage floor,set up the garage itself lay out all the tyres/wheels,jack the wheels of the truck up so u can put the tyre manufacturers name at 12 o clock then highlight them all in white etc etc i know its a long weekends worth of work but i see it as a way of travelling europe without doing the rock & roll tours.Once again many many thanx.
Have you tried Bernie Ecclestones lot? They are based on Biggin Hill airfield, not where the industrial estate is but on the old, disused RAF quarters on the other side, just up from the “terminal building”
You would never know they were there from driving past. i think the entrance is marked as the “south gate”.They are called Formula One Administration.
Might be worth a drive down in the car and a chat with the gateman, usually, mid season they tend to lose a few staff so you may get lucky!!! 
Good luck.