A Coventry University student is gearing up for a dream graduate position in Formula 1 after finding the perfect course through clearing.Titus Takyi Adarkwa, 22, will soon be playing a key role as part of former F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton’s team, having secured a graduate position in the quality department at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains.

“I’ll be checking over the engines for Lewis Hamilton’s and George Russell’s Formula One cars, ensuring there are no defects,” says Adarkwa.“I will also be involved in examining the power units and seeing how they can be improved. It feels a bit daunting to be part of a team that has the drivers’ lives in its hands.There’s a lot of pressure, but I’m really looking forward to it.”

It’s been quite a journey for Adarkwa, who back in 2019 was facing some difficult choices after just missing out on the grades he needed to take up two university offers.Despite the setback, he set about looking for alternative courses, eventually finding his way to a clearing open day at Coventry University. The rest, as they say, is history.

“I’d been doing a bit of research on different universities and knew from attending Warwick previously that there was another university close by that lots of people were visiting, so I decided to take a look at Coventry’s clearing open day,” he says.

During his studies at Coventry, Adarkwa founded the university’s Manufacturing Society and, as president, organised a special live taskmaster event at the Ellen Terry building.
Coventry University’s established links with Mercedes helped put Adarkwa in the frame for the graduate position.
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