Female engineers are still underrepresented in motorsport. To rectify this, AVL RACETECH has launched a Female Engineer Program for AVL employees. The initiative puts AVL’s women in pole position for a career in motor racing. The program combines two objectives: supporting women in Tech and diversity. AVL RACETECH already supports female racing drivers through its ambassador program: Tatiana Calderón (COL), the “Dakar Sistaz” Aliyyah and Yasmeen Koloc (UAE) and furthermore two young talents, Lena Kemmer (AT) and Laura Bubenova (SK), five strong women that represent the AVL colours on the international motorsport stage.
The Female Engineer Program offers participants the opportunity to receive training within AVL’s motorsport department while still working in their departments and projects. From working in various racing fields to gaining experience at the racetrack, over the course of the year they gain a deep insight into the world of professional motorsport. In practical workshops on the topics of race engineering, simulation, testbeds and driving simulators, the engineers acquire expertise to work in the industry. The engineers also get to spend a longer duration working in racing teams, with which AVL RACETECH maintains cooperations. AVL RACETECH believes, that the time is right for a program like this, as motorsport has no longer been a male-only domain for a while. The more female engineers play a visible role in motor racing, the more women will identify with them, which can only be positive for the sport.
Our heart beats for motorsport. We have enjoyed success in motor racing for more than 20 years, both in the limelight and behind the scenes. We develop, test, simulate and fabricate for manufacturers, organizers, teams and drivers - in 17 racing series around the world. Whether Formula 1, NASCAR or MotoGP: As a key supplier, we put winning teams on pole position technologically. We transfer our passion for racing and the innovation we show in motorsport to the streets. We leverage our know-how to develop solutions for the future of mobility. After all, that heartbeat unites us since centuries.
As well as strong companies and professional motorsport teams, we also work with promising and talented youngsters, who we support through our ambassador program – from preparing them for races in our simulator to support them with our race engineers at the track.
The expansion of our partnership with the Green Future Project will do more than just compensate for the complete CO2 footprint of the AVL RACETECH brand ambassadors over the course of the 2022 racing season. In addition to permanently protecting the acquired rainforest areas to preserve biodiversity, our technologies also make an important contribution to environmentally-friendly mobility. Our involvement in the program is documented in the dashboard below.