Imogen Tait, 27, the charity and community outreach activities lead at Mercedes F1, said: “An event like this would have allowed me to believe much earlier on that there was just as much right for me to be in this sport as anybody else.”
Reliability engineer student Lauren O’Mahony, 20, said: “I think it’s so important to give them that tangible part, as it really connects your learning to what you could do in the future.”
Amy Scerri, 20, a composite manufacturing engineer student, said she had been to a similar event at school and wanted to give back.
“I think it’s incredibly impactful to teach young girls what engineering is at a young age so that they can make informed decisions about it, because I only found out what engineering was almost too late.”
Brackley caretaker Jodie Norman, who attended the event with a group of students, said: “I think it just broadens their horizons and they’re not just narrowed to what they see or what what they ‘should’ be doing as girls.”