A Little About The Motorsport Connect Team...

Matt has a varied and exciting CV, having worked in the music and mountain bike industries for the majority of his career. Matts partnership experience started in his early 20s racing mountain bikes and undertaking challenging multi day rides. His results attracted sponsors and his network proved crucial when he set up mountain bike business, Pedal Progression in 2012.

With Pedal Progression, Matt won a commercial tender in 2021 to build and operate a mountain bike park in the heart of Bath. This was a great opportunity to collaborate with a variety of businesses and in doing so, Matt was able to secure £1.5m of commercial sponsorship to cover build costs. 

A lifelong passion for motorsports and a desire to challenge and push himself, brought Matt to four wheels in late 2024 when he met Dino. The two joined forces in 2025 bringing partners to a leading Porsche Carrera Cup GB team. 

Stand Out Achievements

- 2010 Rode Lands End to John O'Groats off road in the fastest recorded time

- 2011 Winner CLIC24 - 24hr solo mountain bike race

- 2023 Exited the 12 year old award winning mountain bike business he'd founded and built

Dino is a former professional racing driver who competed at a high level in series such as GP3, Porsche Carrera Cup GB & British GT. Known for his race-craft and determination, he achieved multiple championship wins, race wins and podiums throughout his career. Since stepping away from full time racing, Dino has focused on driver development and business ventures within motorsport, sharing his experience to support the next generation of talent. 

Dino owns Race Drive, a company specialising in driver coaching and corporate track days.

Throughout his racing career, Dino excelled in attracting and looking after partners and still holds brand ambassador status for a handful of brands, even after retiring from competitive racing.

Stand Out Achievements

- 2008 Ginetta Junior Champion

- 2011 Formula Renualt Champion

- 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB 2nd (tied with champion)

Arantza is a fresh and hungry spark in the world of motorsport. With an extensive background in marketing; from social media and PR, to managing large-scale events and funding efforts; Arantza turned her full focus to motorsport in 2020. 

She has managed multilingual and multicultural communications and activations for communities of over 100K members, and been published in both online and print motorsport media, including working with F1 Academy drivers and Moto GP teams for feature work. 

Since 2024, she’s advised drivers and teams on their marketing efforts. Her strength is taking a story and a set of goals and bridging them through practical experience building narratives that engage.  She joins Motorsport Connect to further support the mission to build meaningful partnerships that deliver opportunity and impact. 

Stand Out Achievements

- Managed and delivered international networking events of over 1,000 attendees.

- Generated over 3.5K impressions and engagements through digital activations. 

- Ran the first “karting lass” event for young girls interested in entering motorsport in Scotland in 2023.

Ollie is an experienced, focused and results driven individual with vast operational and engineering experience, working for some of the worlds most prestigious Motorsport & Automotive brands. In his full time job he is a Lead Test Engineer for Fortescue Zero, working as part of the electrical systems team. The projects he currently supports include Formula E RESS and Pit Boost Charger, LMDh and XH. 

He founded Pitlane Development in 2022 as a way to encourage new talent into the motorsport sector. The company offers:

- Careers advise (click here to find out more and book)

- Online personalised career development programmes based on the individuals needs and requirements.

- Provide industry leading STEM content to schools, colleges and universities.

- Trackside work experience designed to mentor and coach aspiring professionals in a friendly and empowering work environment.

Stand Out Achievements

- Responsible for running & monitoring the ERS for the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team.

- Running the McLaren P1 GTR at worldwide events in McLaren’s own race series.

- Awarded a Guinness World Record in 2019 for the fastest autonomous vehicle at 175.49 mph