Motorsport student joins Carrera Cup

Ross Clements is the latest motorsport student from Myerscough College to be awarded a work placement with the Porsche Cars GB race team. Clements (21) will spend the Carrera Cup race weekends working on the Vertu-backed VIP car entered by Porsche Cars GB.The work placement has been made available by Porsche Cars GB for the second time in support of its membership of the Automotive Manufacturers' Racing Association Ltd. “We are pleased to again support the college and give Ross the chance to spend the race weekends working with the team,” says Marion Barnaby, motorsport co-ordinator for Porsche Cars GB. Clements is a national diploma student in motorsport and his placement will be overseen by Philip Boland, manager of motorsport operations at Lancashire's Myerscough College.Adam Pearson, the student who took the place in 2005, has now joined leading Carrera Cup team Red Line Racing. "Adam is still at college until May, so he'll work with us at race weekends until he finishes at college. Then, he'll join the team full-time," says Red Line boss Simon Leonard. "We saw Adam working in the championship last year and his experience made him an ideal candidate to join us."

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