Mechatronic Engineering student, Nicola Watt, has been encouraged to continue pursuing a career in motorsport as she gained valuable experience at the Kyalami 9 Hour event on Saturday, 5 February 2022.
Comments after 9 Hours of Kyalami from @ScuderiaFerrari – incredible to see our daughter Nicola amongst the pit crew for a Championship winning Ferrari team and in a photo with the support and pit crews and driversTHE FERRARI webpage😘😘 https://t.co/qUdcCZKKd7
— Kelvin Watt (@kelvin_watt) February 6, 2022
The 19-year-old who is studying at University of Cape Town, was part of the championship-winning Ferrari team and is ecstatic about the opportunity that she was granted.
“I have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to do vacation work at NGK Pablo Clark Racing,” she told gsport.
“My time in the workshop has been incredibly educational and absolutely inspiring. It’s hard to describe the level of appreciation that I have for the factory, mechanic and background work required for to race Ferraris.
“When PCR was approached by AF Corse to assist with the Kyalami 9 Hour event, my name was put forward. To be given this opportunity before I even turn twenty is something I am very grateful for. When I first spent time with PCR, I could not have imagined that I would find myself working alongside some of the best racing minds in the world only a few months later. To work with a team who race with Ferrari and their GT programme leader Antonello Coletta is nothing short of incredible.”
Watt further explained her passion for numbers and to win: “Since I can remember, mathematics has fascinated me – I love it because numbers give me the power to interpret and decipher the world. As I went through my high school years and my interests extended to physical science and computer sciences, a passion for engineering grew and grew.
“My second great love was inherited from my sports obsessed parents and so I spent many childhood hours competing on fields and courts until I found the water polo pool. My many years spent in the water polo goals taught me that although I learn a lot from losing, I also love to win. The perfect amalgamation of my engineering interests and my passion for competing is motorsport,” she added.
“This extraordinary learning opportunity has given me greater insight into the world of international racing, what is takes to be part of a world class team and the opportunities available to engineers in the sport. In three years’ time I will have completed my mechatronic engineering degree and then I plan to pursue a masters in motorsport or related engineering at Oxford, Cambridge or an Italian University (if I can learn the language).”
Photo 1 Caption: Mechatronic Engineering student, Nicola Watt, has been encouraged to continue pursuing a career in motorsport as she gained valuable experience at the Kyalami 9 Hour event this past weekend. Photo: Supplied
(0 rating, 0 votes, rated)
Loading...
