F1 in Schools is a technological challenge for High School teams from around the world and is considered the biggest Science Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) competition in the World with the event this year hosted by the United Arab Emirates.
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| Flying the flag for the Sutherland Shire was Rapid Motion, which was a team of students from Engadine High School in NSW. |
Flying the flag for the Sutherland Shire was Rapid Motion, which was a team of students from Engadine High School in NSW and Sachsenwaldschule Gymnasium Reinbeck in Hamburg, Germany.
Consisting of five Australian and 6 Germans who took on roles including manufacturing and design engineers, the team spent months planning and building their innovative fast car with much of the effort taking place with little physical interaction between the two schools until the actual race.
Despite the distance their “Rapid Motion” car proved a hit managing fourth place in the World Championship and a win for Best International Collaboration Award.
Congratulations also goes to the other Australian teams who participated making this a very successful meet for the region.
First place in the World Championship went to team “Cold Fusion” from Brighton Secondary School Adelaide SA who also took out the Fastest car, Best Engineered Car and the Race Award.
They were presented with the trophy by Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, who took time out of his busy schedule to present the F1 in Schools™ Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy to the Adelaide students.
Ecclestone showed great interest in the work that the students had put into their F1 in Schools racing car design. After chatting with the students Ecclestone made the students’ day even more special when he arranged for Mark Webber and Adrian Newey to meet them.
Fifth place went to “Team Spectra”, made up of students from Trinity Grammar Kew Victoria and Kyabram P-12 College Kyabram Victoria; which demonstrated a collaboration between a public and a private school.
ANSTO CEO Dr Adi Paterson remarked that “Australian teams achieving such great results in a highly competitive international science technology and engineering competition is a fantastic result and a good sign that Australian science and engineering can stay one of the best in the world.”
Published: 09/11/2012