Nominations open: Craig Dawson Most Valuable Team Member Award 2024

Give one of your teammates some well-deserved recognition for their work on your team's 2023/2024 car.

Download your form from the Forms and Documents page (it's under the Awards list).

This is your chance to highlight one person who has above and beyond when to make your car a reality. The most important thing is that all team members agree that this person has put forth the extra effort necessary to really be the team’s most valuable member. We ask that you keep your nomination to a reasonable length – no War And Peace please!

Take some time and think about what/who it takes to make your Formula Team run smoothly and let us know: simply send the form to fs@imeche.org with the subject line “Craig Dawson Award 2024” by Friday 5 July 2024 by 1700 UTC - kindly provide a photo of your team member and team logo as well. Entries will be carefully considered and the trophy will be awarded during the Closing Ceremony on 21 July 2024.

About the Award Craig Dawson

The award is named for former FS competitor, FS Faculty advisor and FS commentator Craig Dawson, who sadly passed away in 2011. Craig’s passion for motorsport was insatiable and initially got involved in FS with an early Oxford Brookes car in 2000. His enthusiasm was infectious and he drove his FS team to success, going on to work at BAR F1, Intersport, ATL, CRS Scuderia and Team Modena afterwards.

In memory of Craig, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is proud to present the award bearing his name that highlights the efforts of a particular individual on a Formula Student team and will be presented to a student participant that is nominated by their fellow teammates on the awards evening.

Previous award winners include:

• Marcos Fernandez Canda from University of Vigo (2015)
• Alvaro Sanchez Vela from University of Southampton (2016)
• Abigail Carson from Lancaster University (2017)
• Maria Rubi from Oxford Brookes University (2018)
• Pranit Wajtve from Rajendra Mane College of Engineering & Technology (2019)
• Callum Lowery from University of Portsmouth (2020)
• Robert Eves from Lancaster University (2021)
• Taichi Yoshida from Oxford Brookes University (2022)
• Mike Fahey from University of Manchester (2023)