03/08/2011
Here at Enstone, tucked away in the lush green Oxfordshire countryside, we’ve been delving a little deeper to find out more about some of the staff that make Lotus Renault GP what it is.
10years
Jenny MOORE
Travelling Spares Coordinator
In Canada it was very cold and wet so let’s just say we relied on our humour,” laughs Jenny Moore, “… It already feels like a long time ago.” It isn’t, it’s the following Wednesday and Jenny Moore, Travelling Spares Coordinator - and the only woman to work in the pit lane garage for LRGP - looks tired.
Jenny has been coordinating spares at Enstone for almost five years but 2011 is her first full racing season working at the track. Based in the garage with the mechanics on race days she is also responsible for some tyre blankets (she takes one blanket off in the garage and on the grid for the race) and is ‘nose off’ on the pit stop, when required.
“Thankfully I haven’t had to do that yet. It’s all quite a thrill though and very hard work, challenging but also good fun. I was a PA for many years and I learnt to be very organiZed and pre-empt scenarios that may throw up different problems. I try to think ahead about which parts will be needed.”
Jenny spends a lot of her time checking the stock so she knows exactly what is there, and in what quantity so she can access it quickly. “I like to travel out early to get everything ready so that when the mechanics arrive everything is there. They are very focused on what they want to build and how long they’ve got to do it. You often have all of the mechanics asking for things at the same time so you have to know which jobs will take the most build time and then get those parts out first, and in order. You have to have a knowledge of the parts and where they go and how long jobs take. Then the mechanics stand the best chance to get the cars back out on track as quickly as possible.”
Credit: Lotus Renault GP (www.lotusrenaultgp.com)
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