The first ever FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship recipient Jesica Salvini attended the London E-Prix (20-21 July) with the FIA’s technical team, enabling her to be fully immersed in a major world championship event.

Designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the sport, the FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship is a unique initiative that supports one aspiring engineer to study towards a Master’s qualification (MSc) in Advanced Motorsport Engineering at Cranfield University in the UK.

Already a trailblazer as the first female track engineer in her native Argentina – where she earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering – Salvini was awarded the inaugural FIA scholarship in 2022, dovetailing her studies alongside a race engineer role in the stock car-based Turismo Carretera, the world’s longest-running active motor racing series.

She is due to complete her thesis and graduate from Cranfield – a globally-recognised postgraduate university that has conducted research, consultancy and testing for the motor sport industry over the past five decades – this autumn.

In the meantime, Salvini joined the FIA’s technical team on-site at the London E-Prix – the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season finale and title-decider – where she also got the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience with members of FIA Girls on Track, a pioneering programme that seeks to inspire future generations of women in motor sport.

“What an incredible experience,” commented Jesica Salvini. “I had the chance to learn from the FIA’s Technical Team and I’d like to thank each of its members for their warm welcome and kindness. I’m proud to be the first ever FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship winner and grateful to the FIA for giving me such an opportunity.”

“We were delighted to welcome Jesica to the London E-Prix,” added FIA Chief Technical and Safety Officer, Xavier Mestelan-Pinon. “With her passion for the sport, her work ethic, her infectious enthusiasm and her drive to succeed, she has been an exceptional ambassador for the FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship.”