A Northampton College student has been given the chance to impress bosses at the F1 world champions having landed a week's work experience for being crowned Student of the Year.
Mechanical engineering student James Collins will get the opportunity to work alongside some of the industry's brightest brains at Mercedes' Brixworth base this summer, and will also be fast-tracked onto their apprenticeship selection programme early next year.
The award vindicates the 28-year-old's decision to leave his job as a petrol station supervisor and follow his dream of working in engineering.
