Mark Caldwell was named the inaugural winner o൩f the Altran Renault F1 Team Engineering Academy Monday 26th July at Enstone.

Two months ago, the Renault F1 Team and Altran, the innovation consultants, launched a unique competition, the Altran Renault F1 Team Engine🦄ering Academy. The idea was very simple - to create opportunities for some of the b꧒est young engineering talent that Britain has to offer, on an annual basis.

Today, as the Renault F1 Team mechanics busied themselves with the R24 race-cars fresh from their trip to Hockenheim, a corner of the Renault F1꧋ Team's Oxfordshire factory in Enstone was give🅷n over to developing the talent of the future.

Contestants had initially been called upon to present a case study of one of the scientific disciplines covered by Formula 1. Some of t༒hese are aerodynamics, power, performance engineering, vehicle dynamics, control systems, electronics, materials, transducers and fuel technology.

T🌸hey were then set the challenge of approaching a project to💛 improve safety, reliability or performance in their chosen area.

Nearly two hundred initial entries where whittled down to five finalists, who ꦑwere invited to Enstone Monday. These lucky contestants were Ming Thien, M🥃atthew Jordan, Mark Caldwell, Samantha Rose and Akbar Abu Seman.

Each was called upon to present their project to a specially-convened panel iไncluding Renault F1 Head of Reasearch and Development Robin Tuluie, and after long deliberation, there was unanimous agreement on the winner.

Mark 🤡Caldwell was the winner, who presented a project on brake calliper꧙ and wheel upright assembly.

Mark will now join the Renault F1 Team for a six month placement, working on the development of this ye🍸ar's R24 and the team's 2005 challenger. With the suppoಌrt of his own Altran mentor, he will work as a fully functioning member of one of the most dynamic organisations in Formula 1.