Grand Prix: Renault F1 opens internship program

March 23, 2008

Filed under: Motorsports, Contests, Euro, Renault

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If you’re a recently graduated or soon to graduate student in a technical or scientific field, listen up, because this could very well be the internship that could jump-start your career. Every year for the past five, the Renault F1 team has picked the top entry in a contest for a six-month internship. The competition is run by the Altran Engineering Academy, the technological manpower agency that consults for the team. Entries are accepted in eight F1-related fields based on 500-word summaries of innovative ideas that could help the Renault cars beat the competition.

The winner is chosen from among nine finalists who present their proposals this summer to a jury chaired by the Renault F1 team’s head of R&D at its headquarters in Enstone, England. Applications are due by May 15, and having observed the results of last year’s selection, the competition is fierce, so if you want a shot at working with the best, better get crackin’. More information is available in the press release and video after the jump, and a whole mess of snappy pictures can be found in the gallery below.

Gallery: Renault F1 internship program