Starting a race team isn’t as hard as you’d think – once you have the right skills. Ever since he started his BSc Motorsport Engineering, that’s been the end game for British Army Major, Rikki Abel. When Rikki completed his degree in 2020, Rikki knew he needed a way of using his new skills which …
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Want to have some fun on the weekends? Want to meet great people? Want to race? Well grassroots motorsport may be for you. Here in the UK amateur motorsport is thriving. In the United States it’s where motorsport careers begin for some of the biggest names in NASCAR, IndyCar and Motocross. Grassroots motorsport is a …
Grassroots Motorsport Clubs: The 2CV Racing Club Read More »
What’s a race team without a racecar? After the race season was cut short by the crash at Donington in the Slick Series, the NMA management team started looking for new options to allow students to still participate with Team NMA. Halfway through the season, that’s easier said than done. With the Lotus Evora totalled …
Introducing the New NMA Racecar. The NP01 EVO Prototype Read More »
In our first ever Motorsport Engineer Hall of Fame we revisited the career of F1 great Harvey Postlethwaite, who sadly died in his prime at the age of 55. This week, we look at another premature loss to the world of motorsport – an engineer close to the hearts of many at the NMA – …
Motorsport Engineering Hall of Fame: Colin Chapman, Lotus Read More »
Fabio Taglioni may not be the first name that jumps into your mind when you’re thinking about famous motorsport engineers, but I bet if we said ‘the creator of the Desmo’ your ears may prick up a little? Fabio Taglioni was one of the world’s greatest motorcycle engineers and boy, did he leave a legacy! …
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