The large event at Silverstone aims to help ex-armed forces members into civilian jobs.
Attendees at the National Transition Event watched as more than 100 supercars were driven around the trackHundreds of former members of the armed forces have attended an event arranged to help them move into new careers in the civilian sector.Mission Motorsport, the forces' motorsport charity which organised the event, said about 15,000 people leave the services each year.
Mission Motorsport chief executive James Cameron said it "isn't a job fair, it's about meeting those who came before you and had similar life stories". "If you're in the armed forces, talking about yourself in the first person as being better than the people around you is very counter cultural," he explained.
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