The programme

How high-performance
teams are built

From the opening briefing to the chequered flag, every decision counts. Time is limited, resources are finite, and success depends on how effectively each team performs under pressure.

Where strategy meets execution

The business mindset

Participants become the leadership team of their own racing organisation, establishing specialist departments responsible for finance, engineering, marketing, operations and logistics.

Working against the clock, they must secure investment through persuasive pitches, manage budgets, develop their car, test performance and make strategic decisions that will determine their competitive advantage.

Just as in business, every department must work towards a common objective. Collaboration, communication and decisive leadership become the difference between leading the field and falling behind.

Only when the foundations have been built does the racing begin — where strategy, preparation and teamwork are put to the ultimate test. Because in both business and motorsport, sustainable success is never achieved by speed alone; it is earned through planning, execution and the ability to perform when the pressure is at its highest.

Race day — from lights out to chequered flag

A High-Energy Business Simulation

Your teams are immersed in the commercial pressures, strategic decisions and relentless pace of professional motorsport — where every second counts and the clock never stops.

S1

Balance the Budget

Take ownership of the money and make critical commercial decisions.

S2

Build the Brand

Develop a compelling identity that attracts sponsors and fans.

S3

Engineer the Car

Design and build a competitive race car against the clock.

Go Racing

Put it all to the test in a live simulation demanding flawless execution.

Powered by AI

Powered by people. Accelerated by AI.

AI is on the pit wall with every team — crunching the numbers, stress-testing strategy and sharpening the pitch, building real-world AI fluency under race-day pressure.

Crunching the numbers

Modelling budgets and sponsorship scenarios at speed.

Stress-testing strategy

Pressure-testing the car concept and the race plan.

Sharpening the pitch

Refining the story that has to win over the panel.

From real events

The day, in the room

A full room of teams at work during a Business of Racing corporate event
A team collaborating around the build table mid-sprint
Teams lined up on the race track, cars away and team banners raised
Build your winning racing team

Team & Vice Principal

Lead the team & call the strategies.

Talent & Finance

Control the budget & the people.

Marketing & Communications

Win sponsors & tell the story.

Operations

Keep the show running, lap after lap.

Design

Create a car that's built to compete.

Logistics

Deliver the car, on spec & on time.

Sharpen your skills
Strategic Planning
Leadership
Financial Management
Time Management
Collaboration
AI Fluency
Communication
Performance Optimisation
Trusted by teams at
Unilever Anheuser-Busch Randstad Costain UK Sport Saïd Business School
The full programme

Discover how your team would perform under pressure

Every Business of Racing programme is tailored to the objectives of the organisation taking part, which is why we begin with a conversation rather than simply sending a brochure.

Tell us about your team, your business challenges and what you want to achieve, and we'll send you the full programme, including the race-day schedule, sprint challenges, team roles, business outcomes and the skills developed throughout the experience.

Together, we'll explore how the programme can be shaped to deliver the greatest impact for your people — whether your focus is leadership, collaboration, communication, innovation or strategic decision-making.

If you're looking for a team development experience that people will remember long after the chequered flag has fallen, we'd love to start the conversation.