F 1 I N S C H O O L S
TWENTY-THREE TEAMS FROM 17 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE IN WORLD FINALS THISMONTH
F1 in SChoolS Technology ChallengeWorld Finals will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this year, 19–21 September. The event is privileged to receive official endorsement from the MalaysianMinistry of Education. The largest global educational
initiative, F1 in Schools will be staging its seventhWorld Finals and will be welcoming 23 teams from 17 countries including 8 collaboration teams, with representation from all four continents. This year’s hotel and venue for the competitive element of theWorld Finals will be the Doubletree by Hilton in Kuala Lumpur. F1 in Schools first took place
in the United Kingdom in 1999, before becoming a national programme the following year. It has expanded across the globe since this time, enjoying year-on-year international growth and is now accessible to over 15 million students in 38 countries. Andrew Denford, founder and
chairman, F1 in Schools, told Technology in Education: “This will be the second time that the World Finals have been held in Malaysia, with our first visit in 2008 proving to be highly successful.We are delighted that we have received official endorsement from theMinistry for Education inMalaysia and with their support we are anticipating another very popular and well-staged event and we know that the students who have won through to theWorld Finals from their national events will have the trip of a lifetime when they arrive in this beautiful country. There are over 800 schools engaged in F1 in Schools inMalaysia so home grown competition will be even stronger this year! “It is always our aim to tie in
ourWorld Finals with a Formula 1 Grand Prix and with the proximity ofMalaysia to
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Mr Formula 1 – Bernie Ecclestone – presents his trophy to the winning team, Unitus Racing, at last year’sWorld Finals of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge in Singapore. On the extreme left isAndrew Denford, founder and chairman of F1 in Schools.
Singapore we are able to offer the students the add-on of a trip to the Singapore Grand Prix.” The F1 in SchoolsWorld
Finals have been previously held inAustralia, UK,Malaysia and
Singapore.At each event, over the course of the three days, the teams are brought together for the biggest challenge of their life, competing for coveted automotive and motorsport engineering university scholarships to City University
London and the prestigious Bernie EcclestoneWorld Champions trophy. F1 in Schools aims to help
change perceptions of engineering, science and technology by creating a fun and exciting learning environment for young people to develop an informed view about careers in mathematics, engineering, science and technology. Students are given a brief to design a model compressed air powered
F1 car of the future using CAD/CAMengineering techniques. Cars are then manufactured on a CNC machine. Each team of between three and six students brings together their work to present to a judging panel with a verbal and written presentation to support their model car, which is raced on a specially designed test
track.At theWorld Finals each team will bring along a pit display, their cars and portfolio, as well as having prepared a verbal presentation for the judges. The cars race on a 20 metre
track, with the F1 class cars covering the distance in just over one second, a speed barrier which is yet to be broken by any student team since it was set by Team FUGAfrom Northern Ireland at the 2007World Finals with a time of 1.020 seconds. The F1 in SchoolsWorld Finals
take place with the assistance of a host of sponsors and supporters including theMalaysiaMinistry of Education, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and City University London.
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