About Us
ML Motorsport was set up to provide its customers a place they can bring their pride and joy, whether it be racing, classic or prestige.
Established in 2018, bringing 50+ years together of knowledge and experience, the company caters for race prep and support; classic restoration and prestige servicing.
Martin Leeder - Director
Martin’s passion for cars started from an early age and if he could be in, on, under, or around a car he would be. A love for fast cars led him towards a career doing what he loved most and over the past 20+years has been developing his skill set within the industry from fitting audio systems to fabrication and painting.
A highlight of which, working as head painter for Eagle e-types in East Sussex where his work spoke for itself as the team brought these magnificent cars together.
A life changing move to Scotland brought further experience, skill sets and knowledge and the decision was made; in 2018 Martin and his wife Amy set up ML Motorsport.
Very quickly, Martin gained the trust of many customers asking him to take on their restorations and racing quests and now continues to look forward to the future of ML Motorsport as a small but well regarded family run company.
Amy Leeder - Director
Although Amy’s background is not followed up with a portfolio of car pics, she soon embraced the passion Martin had for fast and loud cars and found herself with a Subaru Impreza WRX which was fully restored and modified by Martin. Amy’s background revolved around dentistry for 17 years. Managing a dental practice for 10 years followed by running her own freelance business.
Combining experiences, it felt right to be setting up ML Motorsport together to allow each other to do what they do best.
Amy is usually found in the office managing the other aspects of the business’ needs and accounts, however she does also enjoy getting involved in the restoration work when she can and attending race meets to offer track side support.
Lewis Blake - Classic Car Restoration Technician
Lewis grew up with a passion for all things cars, with motorsport being top of the list. Lewis knew that it was the career path he would want to take from a young age and gained experience in his dad's motorcycle workshop while completing his A Levels. Whilst waiting for his results; reached out to us here at ML Motorsport to secure an apprenticeship and joined the team in September 2020.
Lewis is a key part of the mechanical side of the workshop and has recently completed his Level 7 Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair apprenticeship.
You will also find Lewis at all our race meets providing track side support for the team.
Sabit Murray - Body Repair Technician
Growing up, Sabit had a love for everything mechanical; whether it was planes, bikes and especially cars. Sabit was initially unsure of what he wanted to do as a career until a vehicle maintenance course was suggested to him. This then reignited his love for the car industry.
After a couple of years at college, Sabit joined us here at ML Motorsport and has is the later stages of completing his Body Repair Apprenticeship.
Sabit joined us at a time when as a business we needed to expand and we found Sabit to have the passion for this industry and the drive it takes to produce the quality we require for our customers. As such welcomed Sabit into our team in March 2022.
Jamie Lathwell - Classic Car Restoration Technician
Jamie was always destined to have a life surrounded by cars after being dragged to Hot Rod and Custom car shows and growing up in the heart of motorsport country as a child.
This brewed an engineering passion and as soon as school was done, he was off into a New Vehicle Development Apprenticeship rather than university. A 20 year career of Testing, Development and Engineering followed, with more recently a relocation to Scotland.
All the while outside of work, Jamie was working on his own classic projects, from Aircooled VWs to American cruisers. All providing the important hand skills and vintage vehicle nuances.
Jamie is the newest member to our team, very much welcomed for his passion and experience and joined Lewis in the mechanical side of the workshop in November 2023.
Skye and Dougie - Official Welcomers
Skye and Dougie are always on hand to give a warm welcome to our customers and reps, and they get as much out of it in return as they provide.
Don’t worry though, they have an office to lounge their time away in, should a canine greeter not be your thing.
We also have other highly skilled individuals we can call upon as and when the work depicts it.