Lead from the front

Teamwork under pressure relies on individual skills, teamed with trust and respect. It needs leadership that is strong but fair and capable of making tough and sometimes unpopular choices. It also relies on each member of the team feeling valued enough to question and suggest solutions. In motorsport, the pressure comes from the need to act quickly and decisively, and the fact that you have an audience watching your every move.

In 2011, as a rookie race engineer at Audi Sport Team Joest, l was very much ‘thrown in at the deep end’. Convinced I was going to be fired,