Motorsport Scotland

The purpose of Motorsport Scotland is very simple. It is to make Scotland a World Class motorsport destination – and to do that by 2012. A huge task and one that will require the co-ordinated effort and input from every Scot who has motorsport in their business, their leisure or their blood. It will involve bringing together commerce as well as the sport for it is only through sound business projects that bring value to Scotland that funding, critical to the development of the sport, can be obtained.

Objectives

To deliver this future we have developed five key objectives for Motorsport Scotland.

To develop a secure future for motorsport in Scotland with government and legislators
To create a greater awareness of motorsport within and outside Scotland
To support initiatives that bring new people, talent and business into motorsport in Scotland
To provide a platform for creating alignment in Scotland’s motorsport community
To run Motorsport Scotland as an efficient and self sustaining organisation

Latest News

Scotland in Pole Position to Succeed in Motorsport

Scotland is ideally placed to produce world class motorsport talent that can emulate the success of stars like Lewis Hamilton.

That was the view of a panel of Scottish driving champions brought together by Motorsport Scotland as part of National Motorsport Week.

The Motorsport Scotland Forum - held at Bell College, Hamilton - saw Scottish stars such as touring car ace Gordon Shedden, rally legend Jimmy McRae and Mercedes DTM driver Paul Di Resta brought together to give advice to youngsters looking to break into the sport.

Chaired by TV presenter and rally competitor Lee McKenzie, the panel also gave the audience a humorous insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the world of motorsport.

As well as providing practical tips for youngsters entering motorsport, the event brought together industry and education.

Representatives from some of Scotland’s top motorsport organisations attended, including Knockhill racetrack, County SAAB Scottish Rally Championship, Cambuslang Karting and MSA British Rally Elite.

There was also guidance on how to gain qualifications for a career in professional motorsport from Bell College - the only institution in Scotland to offer a specialised motorsport engineering design course.

Motorsport Scotland plans to make Scotland a World Class motorsport destination by 2012 – and former WRC Rally Champion co-driver Robert Reid said he had no doubt Scottish youngsters could make it to the very top of motorsport if given the right backing.

"It was nice to see such a high quality panel turn out to support National Motorsport Week and Motorsport Scotland, and I’m sure everyone who attended had an entertaining evening," he said.

"In Scotland we have some great people involved in Motorsport and we have lots of youngsters who have the talent to win at the highest level, if they receive the support they need.

"In that respect it was fantastic to see so many experienced people on the panel who were willing to give those just starting out the benefit of their knowledge."

Structure

'Motorsport Scotland' shall be a 'not-for-profit' organisation. At the outset it will be incorporated as a limited company however it will explore charitable status in the future for some, or all, of its operating activities.

It shall be a promoter, rather than an organiser, of activities which meet its operating objectives which, cumulatively, promote the brand of 'Motorsport Scotland'. It will engage in operational partnerships for each of its core processes of developing the sport, the industry and the education sectors where they extend into motorsport. Organisations in these sectors which we shall seek to build open relationships with are

Sport: The Scottish Regional Associations and the governing bodies
Industry: The Motorsport Industry Association
Education: The Motorsport Academy

The Motorsport Foundation is also an organisation with whom we would wish to seek alignment.