Team
Melanie Edwards
ARDS Director and Partner at The Motorsport School.
About Melanie Edwards
Melanie brings more than three decades of experience in motorsport administration, supporting drivers, instructors, circuits and governing bodies.
As ARDS Director and Partner at The Motorsport School she oversees day-to-day operations, licensing administration and customer support, and is widely regarded as the glue that holds the operation together.
Tracks
- mallory-park
Specialities
- Motorsport administration
- Instructor and licensing coordination
- Customer service and event operations
- Stakeholder liaison across circuits, teams and governing bodies
Credentials
- More than three decades of motorsport administration experience
- Former Silverstone Drive Centre administrator under John Watson
- Former Personal Assistant to Silverstone Managing Director Richard Phillips
- Former ARDS Administrator
- ARDS Director and Partner at The Motorsport School
Highlights
- Over three decades of continuous experience in motorsport administration.
- Key roles supporting drivers, teams, sponsors and circuits across multiple championships and events.
- Administrative and customer-facing positions at Silverstone Drive Centre under John Watson.
- Personal Assistant to Silverstone Managing Director Richard Phillips.
- Invited to become ARDS Administrator by the ARDS Chairman in 2008.
- Appointed ARDS Director and Partner at The Motorsport School, overseeing operations at Mallory Park.
Full career story
Developed extensive experience in motorsport administration over more than three decades, supporting drivers, teams, sponsors and circuits.
Held a series of key administrative and customer-facing roles across the sport, including work on events, hospitality and delivering high-quality graphics and logos for race cars and trucks.
Worked at the Silverstone Drive Centre under John Watson, later serving as Personal Assistant to Silverstone Managing Director Richard Phillips.
Invited by the ARDS Chairman in 2008 to become the ARDS Administrator, managing licensing and coordinating between Motorsport UK, circuits and instructors.
Now serves as ARDS Director and Partner at The Motorsport School, overseeing its Mallory Park facility and acting as a central point of contact for customers, instructors and Motorsport UK.