{"id":25221,"date":"2018-02-13T13:32:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25221"},"modified":"2018-02-13T13:32:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T13:32:26","slug":"cardiff-student-driving-seat-f1-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/cardiff-student-driving-seat-f1-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff student in driving seat with Formula One placement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CARDIFF University student has landed a dream placement year with Williams Formula One team.<br \/>\nRobin Gwilliam, 19 from Wentloog Road in Rumney, was one of 500 applicants from the UK, only five were successful.<br \/>\nThe mechanical engineering student will help design components for the engine and transmissions of the Williams Formula One cars in Oxfordshire.<br \/>\nRobin said: \u201cThere were lots of links through Cardiff University\u2019s Formula Student team and with my experience in designing Formula One Cars, I managed to get the placement.\u201d<br \/>\nHe was part of the Formula Student competition which consists of universities designing and building a race car against students all over the world. He believes this experience helped him stand out from other candidates.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25223\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-25223\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-500x332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1400x931.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25223\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-500x332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/robin-formula-1-1400x931.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff University&#8217;s Formula student car<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRobin\u2019s mum Carol said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted with how well he\u2019s done. He grew up without electronic devices and spent his time fixing or taking things apart.<br \/>\n\u201cI hope young people can learn from this but I worry so much of their time is wasted on their phones with social media. His [Robin\u2019s] story shows what can be achieved with hard work and a supportive family.\u201d<br \/>\nDr Mark Eaton, an engineering lecture at Cardiff University said: \u201cIt is inspiring to work with all the talented and enthusiastic students we have in the Cardiff Racing Formula Student team.<br \/>\n\u201cAs Robin\u2019s personal tutor, I have seen him develop in to an essential team member who makes significant contribution to the operation of the team.<br \/>\n\u201cI am hugely excited for him as this is such an excellent opportunity and one which is very much deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CARDIFF University student has landed a dream placement year with Williams Formula One team. Robin Gwilliam, 19 from Wentloog Road in Rumney, was one of 500 applicants from the UK, only five were successful. The mechanical engineering student will help design components for the engine and transmissions of the Williams Formula One cars in Oxfordshire. Robin said: \u201cThere were lots of links through Cardiff University\u2019s Formula Student team and with my experience in designing Formula One Cars, I managed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":25222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,4],"tags":[265,5572,5573,1073],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumney-llanrumney","category-sport","tag-cardiff-university","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-rumney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff student in driving seat with Formula One placement - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/cardiff-student-driving-seat-f1-placement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff student in driving seat with Formula One placement - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A CARDIFF University student has landed a dream placement year with Williams Formula One team. 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