How do you get into F1? | Ted Talks

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How do you get into F1? be adopted by a millionaire!

Oh, the sound is better now. I retract my last statement regarding sound.

Should keep this as a regular feature, always enjoy Ted's discussions and rambles

Now before I ask my question I want to 1st start with I love F1. I retired out of the Army a few years ago and for the first time, I was actually able to sit down and follow the teams and races. And sometimes being here in the US, it's hard to find a channel or network that will actually show it. I had to purchase a Playstation VUE account at $50 a month just to watch F1. Then sometimes I wouldn't get all of the practice sessions or the qualifications. But I stayed dedicated. So now to my question. Why do we now see more Men of color on the Grid or in the Paddock? Yes, some will say Lewis is one. Part true, but Lewis is mixed and I know in Europe most people consider you black if you're mixed. But sorry that person is mixed. Their not black or white or whatever. They are mixed. My girls are mixed and that is how my wife and I raise them. They have the unique right to both sides of the spectrum. The good and bad! So I mean where are the actual people of color? Plenty of us love F1 and are Intelligent and experienced in the world of motorsports. And like anything else in life, there is a thing called training. My question isnt meant to draw some clown out of the shadows and asking me some retarded question about Racism. Racism is thinking your Race is more superior than another. I'm asking out of general curiosity. I cant tell you how much I love how Europe has so many things connected to auto racing and bike racing that we here in America do not have. Thanks Guys and please keep up the good work!!

To sum up:
It is impossible to get into Formula 1 without much money

Is it too late for someone later in life (33 yo) to go back to school for engineering to try and get into F1? Also I'm American so I bet there's another hurdle there, F1 isn't really that popular over here. Also, would knowing foreign languages help, German and Japanese or any other language?

Great to hear directly from team members, nice peeps.

Great video! But I’m utterly obsessed with F1 and not from an engineering background. Any advice how to break into non technical roles such as sales and marketing. I have 7 years experience in both and would love to apply my passion in those business support roles, any advice??

This was very helpful. I am an 18 year old hoping to get into F1 some day and also hoping to go to university next year and seeing this gives me hope that with hard work someday I can make it to the legendary motorsport of F1.

This video brought back the old memories… I have done A levels and O levels too in late 90s…when I was in Cypress. I was born in Iran and Now I live in USA…what a small world…

How do you get into F1…… have lots of Fcking $$$$$$$ and bring Sponsors.

Good, but I won’t help me. I’m too old.

Internet Video Audio students please please help Sky with their video and audio quality. It's mostly been low quality. Why is it such low quality? Are they using reasonable quality hardware or just their phones? Are they even using a microphone or camera?
Sky, please can you tell us about the equipment being used, it's an interesting story on it's own. We are in a pandemic, Sky is trying to keep broadcasting content, so that's good. How are you doing this? Why are other YouTubers videos of higher quality audio and video? Is there a process you have in place to improve this?
Are you looking at experienced YouTubers for advice?

Ted is the best presenter in the F1 paddock across all the different providers. For me, the technical and engineering side of F1 is way more interesting than the race. Listening to Ted’s post race paddock walk / talk is my highlight of the weekend. Keep going Ted, you are awesome.

How to get into F1 come from a wealthy family and make sure your middle class

My name is also Ruth and I am an engineering student involved in formula SAE (in the U.S.) who is interested in working in Formula 1. Thank you so much for showcasing women in motorsport and speaking about how to get involved in formula 1!!

Ultimately, you have to dearly dearly love the sport and the engineering with a passion. The reality is most graduates from Cambridge or Oxford end up in financial services for a simple reason: Money and smarts.

Theres a lot of smarts in F1, but until you are talking of top positions like above Principle engineer or very experienced senior engineer, the money is not there to attract the best and brightest. Entry level salaries in banking and Finance outstrips a mid level engineers pay, even taking into account, F1 pays slightly better than the wiser automotive world.

It takes a unique individual to work in Formula 1, and that's a great thing there are people like that in this world.

Ted and Brundle are basically why I watch Sky F1. Without them I doubt F1 would hold the same value. Though, surprisingly, I really enjoy it when Rosberg comes on, his insight, willingness to speak straight, and actually reveal the inner workings is fascinating to a non-paddock member like myself. God I miss Murray Walker though. He was truly special, he was iconic. Britain was blessed.
Although most countries probably have someone like that too. In my case as an Aussie, any of us say 35 or over will have vivid memories of the hot Summer heat seeping through everything, the house, the backyard, the shed, patio, garage, etc and whether you were eating, building, talking, resting, reading, drinking, etc there would INEVITABLY be a TV or radio on turned up high with Richie Benaud covering the cricket. For us Aussie his voice was as much a part of Summer as the sound of the cicadas.

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I’m at collage not doing maths or physics have I actually got any hope of getting a job within F1