The highest profile championship within UK motorsport is undoubtedly the British Touring Car Championship and it is an arena that many drivers aspire to be part of. There is that same desire among team owners and crew members.
The level of detail and engineering that goes into the two-litre turbocharged cars which form the grid is unparalleled on the national motorsport scene and that makes it highly appealing to both experienced and ambitious team members as well.
Husband-and-wife Christian and Amy Dick run what will be a four-car assault on the category in 2024 with a quartet of Toyota Corolla machines. That is no small undertaking and the team kindly opened its doors to Motorsport News to help us unearth the stories of the various different routes to the top of some of the hardworking staff who help underpin the Cheshire operation’s efforts.
We are grateful for Speedworks’ help in allowing us access to the inside story of the team members and also thankful to the staff themselves for their time.
Lottie Smith
Age: 24 Role: Data engineer
Beginning a journey within motorsport as part of a team can be a difficult step but once an aspiring crew member has done the learning and the groundwork, many different pathways can open up.
Lottie Smith followed her studies with a role at Speedworks Motorsport in 2022 wielding the spanners, but her desire to learn and broaden her horizons is beginning to bear fruit under the umbrella of the British Touring Car Championship operation.
She explains: “To start with I studied mechanics for two years at college and when I had finished that, I decided I wanted
