Driver's studies

[kernel_gdi]

hi

i just was curious about what the drivers have studied (in case they have studied...). For example, Sainz studied economics I think.

[COD]

Loeb is an electrician?, Hirvonen a mechanic and Latvala has only barely had time to graduate from High School :laugh: , but with good grades.

[tmx]

from what i know:
loeb - acrobat
gronholm - farmer
atkinson - broker
vatenan - parliamentary, after rallying
p.solberg - disco dancer, lol

[farquar wrc]

Colin Mcrae was a plumber

[Magnus]

Sainz studied law, and I believe he has a degree

[BDunnell]

Two older world champions have degrees. Miki Biasion studied architecture, and Hannu Mikkola (if I remember correctly) did mechanical engineering.

[Gard]

Petter was a painter

[AndyRAC]

Pons was a learner driver........

[MrJan]

Pons was a learner driver........

I thought he still was ;) :p : :D

[Mihai]

JWRC young sensation Sebastien Ogier is a ski instructor.

Manfred Stohl's codriver Ilka Minor-Petrasko is some sort of civil engineer.

[Mickey T]

chris has a business degree - and did it on a full academic scholarship.

[Glee]

Some more info here:
http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117755&highlight=daytime

[Iskald]

Petter was a painter

The Solberg brothers hasn`t exactly excelled in their studies. Petter had a school essay returned from his teacher with the comment "Nice story, but maybe somewhat old-fashioned in writing style". It turned out he had let his grand-mother write the essay!

Henning has been a carglass-fitter among other things. He is however extremely skilled as a mechanic and could possibly end up as a proper rally engineer if he wanted to.

[turves]

Matt Wilson studied zoology, in particular the pace of snails... :laugh:

[Karukera]

Had some good laugh here. :)

François Chatriot aka 'le Chat' (the Cat), 1989 and 1990 French Rally Champion with a handful of podiums on the Corsica round is a Doctor in medecine.

[WRCfan]

Someone mentioned Sainz above, he is a qualified lawyer.

When younger he told his father he wanted to be a Rally driver, his dad said yes no problem however you will go to university and get a degree in something to back you up in life, once this is done you may go and chase your dream of being a rally driver. So he did and had one very sucessful career in WRC and other motorsports.

Interesting story about Carlos.

[BDunnell]

This is slightly off-topic in the WRC forum, but I like the comment on the website of Stephen Jelley, who now drives for Team RAC in the British Touring Car Championship, and has a degree in Fine Arts. He says of this: 'I feel my creative side gives me a real edge that others can't replicate. An artistic degree teaches you how to articulate and express yourself. This makes a massive difference when describing driving and performance sensations/emotions/nuances to your engineers and mechanics.'

I must say, I've never heard any of that said before!