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11 October
2004

Winner Of Renault F1 Team Prize To Gain Experience With Bath Based Firm

Winner of a Fame Academy-style search for a rising star of engineering to be based with Praxis

Following a nationwide hunt for a rising star of engineering, it has been announced that Mark Caldwell, winner of the Altran Engineering Academy 2004, will not only join the Renault F1 Team this month, he will also work with Praxis, a subsidiary of Altran. His time at the Bath based firm will provide him invaluable skills and knowledge of the systems and requirements engineering industry.

About the Academy
For the Altran Engineering Academy talent search, graduates and undergraduates were invited to come up with new ways to boost the safety, reliability or performance of a Renault F1 Car. Backed by Altran, the French-based science and technology consultancy, and The Daily Telegraph which currently sponsor’s ITV’s Formula One coverage, the academy offered a unique prize: the opportunity to work with the Renault F1 Team.
Two months after its launch, Mark Caldwell of Brooklands College won the Altran Engineering Academy 2004. Mark’s idea, which proposes to revolutionise the braking system of an F1 Car by re-inventing its disc brakes was selected from a strong shortlist of five finalists who met at the Renault F1 Factory in Enstone, Oxfordshire for their final presentations. For six months, Renault will give Mark experience, a salary, an apartment and a company car.

Richard Jones, Director of Praxis commented:
"The Altran Engineering Academy has helped put glamour and excitement back into science and engineering. As part of the Altran Group, Praxis is ideally positioned to provide Mark with a valuable insight of the systems and requirements engineering industry He will work alongside experts that are running high profile engineering projects for world renowned companies such as BAE Systems, the Civil Aviation Authority and Network Rail."

Claude-Emmanuel Boisson, Chief Technology Officer (France) of Altran commented:
"It is important for Altran to offer young talented engineers a unique opportunity to work and test themselves in Formula One, one of the most competitive environments in the world. This underlines the technological partnership, which unites Altran and Renault Formula One."