# How Do You Become an F1 Mechanic?

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** WIRED
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB9CPf2qTRM
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/33362

## Транскрипт

### Segment 1 (00:00 - 01:00) []

how to become a Formula 1 mechanic. I get asked that question a lot and I think the best advice that I could give you is learn how to use spanners, ratchets, and whether that's from when you're a little kid repairing bicycles, repairing motorbikes, building go-karts. There are a number of uh colleges and there's a couple of colleges at Silverson I believe that you know you can go there, you can train, but actually getting that hands-on experience is vital. We often take people from the lower formulas. They start in Formula 4, move their way up to Formula 3, Formula 2. So, it's a great training ground for mechanics. And then once you get to us in Formula 1, you know how to use your spanners, torque wrenches. You've gone through your training, you've dabbled with bicycles when you were a kid, you've worked on your motorbikes, you worked on your go-kart, you've gone to college, you've got all your qualifications. What do you do next? You've got to get yourself seen. Pest me. Pest the guys that are working on the team. Drop them some emails. get yourself noticed out there. But certainly, you know, if you're working in the lower Formulas, Formula 2, Formula 3, they support a lot of the F1 races. So, it's great. You're in there, you're traveling with the teams, so you get to know other people, and that's super important. Next thing you got to deal with is strapping George Russell in the car on the grid. You've got to deal with that pressure and you know getting used to the amount of people around you, the cameras and dealing all with all that side of Formula 1, the travel and just working within a team environment, being a good team player.