Talk:Motorsport Industry Association

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- X201 (talk) 11:49, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * British motorsport in May 2010
 * Le Mans in June 2009
 * Grand Prix in March 2000
 * Britain’s Motorsport Valley – the home of Formula 1

Suggested amends in Function section: It represents the UK motorsport industry at a national level. Around 4,000 companies in the UK are involved in the motorsport industry, with an annual turnover of around £9 billion,[2] with more than half being exports. It spends 30% of turnover on research and development. There are around 25,000 qualified engineers involved in the UK industry. The MIA was started by Brian Sims, ex-Marketing Director of F1 Benetton and Lola and the current CEO, Chris Aylett took over in 1997.

National Motorsport Week – running from the end of June each year – is a special celebration of UK motor sport jointly promoted by the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) and the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and blasts off with the Goodwood Festival of Speed and finishes with the British Formula One Grand Prix at Silverstone.SarahDigitalDoctor (talk) 10:45, 17 August 2017 (UTC)


 * ✅ As you suggested, the Brian Sims stuff was a bit WP:PEACOCK. The article as a whole still needs more references though. - X201 (talk) 13:52, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks, full stop needed after 1997 and reference to Formula E needs removing. Will try to source more references as per your suggestionSarahDigitalDoctor (talk) 08:40, 21 August 2017 (UTC)