Zamparelli selected for MSA Advanced Apprenticeship
in Sporting Excellence (AASE)

BRDC Rising Star Dino Zamparelli has been selected for the Motor Sports Association (MSA) Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence.

After a strong field of applicants, the MSA shortlisted the number of applicants down to just 38 drivers in different Motor Sport disciplines such as Karting, Car Racing, Rallying and Motocross. The following extract is from the MSA website:


“The Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence develops the broad range of competences required in elite sport. It has been designed to present opportunities for young sports people who have demonstrated the potential to go on to Elite level, to develop a mix of transferable skills and qualifications that will aid their development as competitors and/or allow them to progress to further/higher education and/or into employment.

The AASE programme ensures that the most promising athletes will not only develop their human performance, but will secure transferable skills and recognised qualifications in recognition of what they have achieved, that can lead to careers either within motor sport or in the wider employment market place.

The Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) has been running since 2004 and is now active across a number of sports including football, rugby, tennis, golf, athletics and swimming with notable success – for example, Rebecca Adlington was an AASE student when she took double Gold in Beijing.

The AASE framework has been designed to meet the diverse needs of potentially elite athletes aged 16-18 (up to 24 in some cases) who have the realistic potential to achieve excellence in their sport and are seeking to perform at the highest level as their main career goal, whilst continuing with related academic studies. This offers them alternative career pathways and future options once their competitive career is over.

The AASE model is designed to test athletes’ ability to apply themselves to professional development in the technical, tactical, physical and psychological aspects of their chosen sport.”


Seventeen year old Dino Zamparelli said, “It is such an honour to be a part of the MSA AASE program. The course will hopefully provide me with more information about the racing environment.”

“The people involved are really knowledgeable and being part of this program can only be a good thing for me. I am both proud and honoured to be a part of this scheme and I know it will be of benefit to me in the future.”