About S-RC
Building the Engineers / Motorsport Professionals of tomorrow.
S-RC is a student-led motorsport organisation creating real opportunities for young people to experience engineering, competition, teamwork and the world of motorsport.
Why S-RC Exists
Learn by Doing.
Race for Real.
Build Skills Early.
We believe the best way to learn engineering isn’t just to read about it. It’s to build something, test it, get it wrong, figure out why – and then put it on a racetrack.
S-RC was created to give young people that experience. Students don’t just build an RC car. They build a motorsport team, develop a racecar, find sponsors, analyse performance and compete against teams from across the UK.
It’s STEM, but with the classroom taken away.
22+
Student Teams
4
Grand Prix Races
12
Cities Represented
12-25
Student Ages
Our Journey
From one idea
to a national grid.
2024
The idea
Founder Pete Hewage writes up the original idea – a 4×4 rock crawler RC based STEM challenge for schools, based off his experience in the JLR 4×4 in schools competition as a teen.
2025
The founding
The first group of Volunteers come together at the University of Bristol, to create what then became known as the “S-RC Cup”. The company was then founded on January 19th 2025.
2025
Launch
The S-RC Cup launched its first pre-season in September, with 20 teams making up the first grid. 2 more teams would join mid-season.
2026
Season 1
On the 6th July 2026, Lawrence Sheriff School’s Gripen Racing drove their SAAB UK sponsored car to victory at Whilton Mill, and were crowned the first ever national champions.
2026,27 and future
S-RC Pro, S2
In August 2026 S-RC announced its Pro series, designed for University students. They race alongside Cup teams, who return for Season 2.
The ambition is simple: get more young people building, racing and pursuing STEM careers.
Founder / CEO
Pete Hewage
“The vision is simple: create something that gives young people the chance to gain real-world engineering experience while keeping it accessible and highly competitive”
S-RC started as an idea to bring the excitement and problem-solving of motorsport into education. Since then, it has grown into a national student competition built around the same principles that make real motorsport so compelling: engineering, teamwork, development, strategy and competition
The People Behind S-RC
The Team.
S-RC is built by students, engineers, creatives and motorsport enthusiasts who volunteer their time to make the championship happen.
Team Lead
Pete Hewage
Founder / CEO
The people responsible for setting S-RC’s direction, making the big decisions and keeping the organisation moving forward.
Leadership
Jack Li
Operations Manager
Sydelle Yahathugoda
Project Manager
Feranmi Obadun-Aremu
Head of Revenue & Partnerships
Hannah Sutcliffe
Marketing Strategy lead
Asif Ali
Strategic Advisor
Soorya Ramkumar
S-RC International Radio Motorsport Authority (IRMA) Acting President
Championship Directors
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S-RC Girls Championship Director
TO BE CONFIRMED
S-RC Cup Championship Director
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S-RC Pro Championship Director
Team Lead
Jack Li
Chief Engineer
Designing, developing and testing the technology that makes S-RC’s championships possible.
Engineering and Testing
Thuriya Kyaw
Lead Test Engineer
Diego Castillo
Engineering Lead
Bhakti Jena
Engineering Lead
Michael Takla
Mika Goudipati
Nandhitha Manikandan
Nawaf Alturki
Shahin Akbarzade
Soorya Ramkumar
Pornpavee Phirasukprasert
Chi Long (Hugo) Chan
Murungi Manuella
Sinfa N
Team Lead
Hannah Sutcliffe
Marketing Strategy Lead
Building the S-RC brand and telling our story through social media, PR, content and communications.
Marketing
Nevaeh Finney
Social Media
Leah Reardon
Social Media
Ştefana Pop
PR Team
Sarthak Mehta
PR Team
Ava Morley-Jones
PR Team
Team Lead
Jakub Brzozowski
Programme Director
A dedicated team focused on exploring new ideas, developing future innovations and breaking limits in the name of S-RC.
S-RC Vanguard Engineering Division
Anson Yuen
Technical Director
Tommy Tang
Actuation Sub-Team Lead
William Chien
Chassis Sub-Team Lead
Samina Quli
Sponsorship Coordinator
Fajr Shoaib
Safety Officer
Documentary Producers
Aubriel Nababan
Jasmine Mok
Team Lead
Michelle Peter
Legal Co-Lead
Team Lead
Shreya Sivakumar
Legal Co-Lead
Internal Compliance / Legal
Faruq Kadiri
Legal
Heshan Dissanayake
Legal
Operations
Jayendra Arora
Finance
Sean Wai
Showcase Leader / Software
Nida Anis
Specialist Advisor
Sienna Buttle
Specialist Advisor
Kerem Turkmus
Revenue
Sania Ruban
Accessibility / Diversity Coordinator
