The Team

Mike Scudamore

Commercial Director

Mike Joined the team in September 2015 to assist Team Principal Dave Player in creating a strategic sponsorship acquisition strategy.

Mike has a wealth of commercial experience from his time in F1 with the team that started out as Virgin Racing before morphing into the Marussia F1 Team. Mike then set up Apex Sports Marketing in October 2014, working with rights holders to secure sponsorship and with brands on their sponsorship activations such as incentives and hospitality programmes.

Mike has been instrumental in securing the long-term financial future of Team BRIT and continues to work towards raising the required funds to get the team to Le Mans and to build a sustainable ladder of motorsport development for disabled drivers.

When Mike is not working, he can be found supporting his boys playing football on a Saturday morning or out and about walking his old English sheepdog, Lola.

Contact details:

mike@teambrit.co.uk / 07787 546 095

Al Locke

Engineering Director

After graduating with an honours degree in motorsport technology, Al worked extensively in karts, single seaters and saloons. Alongside his racing commitments he started working with Dave Player in 2013 as a mechanic and then as team manager for Kartforce. He went on to support Team BRIT in his spare time from 2015.

In 2016 he became the race engineer for Plans Motorsport, who shortly thereafter took over the running of the Team BRIT cars. In 2018 Al moved to Team BRIT full time, initially as race engineer and then engineering director.

He lives by the sea with the best dog in the world and spends most of his time away from racing with his two sons, wreck diving, and riding anything on two wheels.

Contact details:

al@teambrit.co.uk / 07780 825 697

Lucy Sheehan

PR Manager

Lucy joined the team in February 2017 when she coordinated extensive PR coverage around the launch of the team’s title sponsor, Brit Insurance.

With years of experience in the corporate communications industry, she set up her own independent PR consultancy in September 2016 and provides a range of PR and communications services through Extra Mile PR.

Her work is focussed on generating as much interest as possible in the team, spreading the word about its inspirational story, its successes and its Le Mans goal.

Lucy lives in Suffolk with her husband and two young sons. She’s a keen runner, socialiser and enjoys the great outdoors with her family.

Contact details:

lucy@teambrit.co.uk / 07734 865 260