F1 in Schools wins prestigious Autosport Award

07 December 2009

F1 in Schools celebrated winning one of the industry’s most prestigious awards at a glittering star-studded event on Sunday night. At the 28th Annual F1 in Schools won the Pioneering and Innovation Award, a tremendous achievement for the initiative.

Andrew Denford, Gründer F1 in Schools , A.Denford, Christian Horner

Andrew Denford, Founder and Chairman of F1 in Schools was presented the award by two of F1 in Schools patrons, Ross Brawn, Team Principal, Brawn GP and Christian Horner, Team Principal, . This iconic motorsport industry award has been won by some of the most important innovations in the sport including the HANS device, SAFER barrier used at race tracks around the world, and the GP2 Series and it is a testament to the impact that F1 in Schools has made on the industry that this award was conferred on the programme.

Denford said of receiving the Autosport Award, “This is a fantastic achievement for F1 in Schools. We reach out to over 15 million students around the world, introducing them to Formula 1 and using its popularity to encourage them to consider engineering as a career. The world of Formula 1 has embraced our initiative, with all the teams supporting us, which has been a very important part of our success. We can help to attract young, bright engineers to the industry and we hope that through our efforts, we will nurture the Ross Brawn’s of the future.

“I would like to thank Autosport Magazine for their support and for honouring us with this very special award. As we approach our tenth anniversary we have grown from a UK competition to a global initiative in over 30 countries around the world. We hope that our success will continue and we can support the F1 industry with top engineers in the future, through their participation in the F1 in Schools programme.”

The annual Autosport Awards was held at Grosvenor House Hotel, with over 1000 luminaries from the motorsport industry attending including newly crowned World Champion, and his team mate for 2010, . Button was presented with awards for British Driver of the Year and International Driver of the Year.

Full list of awards:

McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award – Dean Smith International Racing Driver of the Year – Jenson Button Racing Car of the Year – Brawn BGP 001 Rookie of the Year – International Rally Driver of the Year – International Rally Car of the Year – Citroën C4 WRC Gregor Grant Award – Gregor Grant Award – Gregor Grant Award – Stefano Domenicali on behalf of John Bolster Award – AUTOSPORT Pioneering and Innovation Award – F1 in Schools British Competition Driver of the Year – Jenson Button National Driver of the Year – British Club Driver of the Year – Sarah Moore

Links:

www.autosport.com/awards/

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