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Latest News > All NewsF1 in Schools invited to PAC 2012Wednesday, January 25, 2012 The F1 in Schools Technology Challenge has been invited to exhibit at next week’s Pacific International Maritime Exposition, the major international maritime, naval and defence-related event in the Asia Pacific region. Pine Rivers Super Geeks race to finals of mini F1 contestTuesday, December 6, 2011 The F1 Super Geeks from Pine Rivers State High School are heading to next year's national finals of the F1 in Schools program. AUSTRALIA ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS - PentaGliders Win 1st PlaceWednesday, September 21, 2011 Students from Brooks High School, Tasmania, have been crowned World Champions at the Formula One Technology Challenge at the 2011 World Final in Malaysia. Australia Wins Fastest Car Award at F1 in Schools World FinalsTuesday, September 20, 2011 An Australian team has recorded the quickest track time on day two of the 2011 F1 in Schools World Finals in Malaysia ensuring that at tomorrow evening's awards presentation at least one trophy is heading Down Under. Wheels turn to give young minds a revSaturday, September 17, 2011 MORE than 100 students from seven Hunter high schools used their innovation, skills and imagination to design, construct and race mini formula one racing cars powered by CO2 when F1 in Schools visited the region recently. Central Queensland competes on F1 world circuitSaturday, September 17, 2011 Three students in central Queensland are preparing to show the world they can be competitive in Formula One racing, only their car is a scale model made of balsa wood and powered by a miniature gas cylinder that can reach speeds of up to 80 kilometres an hour. The Trans Tasman racing team will compete against more than 20 international teams. Trio in the F1 driver's seatMonday, August 29, 2011 Budding engineers from Auckland Grammar School are the first New Zealand students to reach the final of the world's largest technology competition. Sutherland Shire Schools race to show off carsMonday, August 29, 2011 CAR racing may not be a typical classroom activity but an event held at Sutherland this month had a broader purpose. Formula One program ready for race dayFriday, August 26, 2011 Formula One racing in Mackay may not come with as much horse power as Mark Webber's usual engine but F1 racing is a serious business for high school students in the region. REA: Jobs over TaxationMonday, June 6, 2011 The Re-Engineering Foundation has today called on governments to prioritise creating local jobs and securing the futures of our children over courses of action which will tax our industry out of existence. REA: Jobs from ResourcesMonday, May 30, 2011 The Re-Engineering Foundation has today called on governments to prioritise creating local jobs when approving major engineering projects or risk losing Australia‟s competitive advantage in engineering. Innovative Tasmanian Students Take on the WorldMonday, May 9, 2011 Tasmania Govt. Media Release - 6 May 2011: Four years of hard work and innovative thinking is nearing the home straight for four northern Tasmanian students. Keen Clinton one of a kindWednesday, May 4, 2011 Australian Teacher Magazine - May 2011: There's a clue as to why Peter Clinton won a Founder's Award at the F1 in Schools Australia Grand Prix in his reticence to take due credit for his accolade. Ballarat boys travel Lightspeed to titleWednesday, May 4, 2011 S-press Magazine - May 2011: Being national champions once just wasn't enough for the students of Ballarat South Community Learning Precinct. PentaGliders off to MalaysiaSaturday, April 30, 2011 S-press Magazine - April 2011. Faster than a speeding bullet! That is how fast the PentaGliders miniature F1 car sped down the racetrack on its way to winning the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge. F1 in schools constructs model pupilsWednesday, April 13, 2011 S-press April 2011: A unique program tests the engineering skills of high school students from around the nation. PentaGliders have formula for racing successWednesday, April 13, 2011 RACING miniature cars is serious business for Launceston's Amy Winter. So serious that the 18-year-old quit school to devote herself full-time to the F1 in Schools World Championships. Pentagliders & the battle for the F1 AshesTuesday, April 5, 2011 Launceston's Pentaglider team will represent Australia at the F1 Schools Technology Challenge world finals in Malaysia later this year. Team manager and teacher Murat Djakic; team manager Amy Winter and design engineer Tristan Mccarthy came into the ABC studios this morning and revealed there's a second part of the contest: "The F1 Ashes" which they're especially keen to win. A formula for successTuesday, April 5, 2011 MANY weren't old enough to hold a driver's licence but some of Australia's brightest high-school students were on track for success at Eastern Creek. F1 team gets green light for MalaysiaTuesday, March 22, 2011 LAUNCESTON'S The PentaGliders will take on the world in Malaysia later this year. Tassie students win F1 in Schools finalsMonday, March 21, 2011 The F1 in Schools Australia Grand Prix awards ceremony held on March 17th at Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Raceway was historic for many reasons. Students off to SydneyMonday, March 21, 2011 THREE Boyanup students are on their way to Sydney this week. St Gregory's College students look forward to F1 in Schools ChallengeSaturday, March 12, 2011 REGARDLESS of whether they win or lose this week, the four St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, students who make up Team CAA in the national final of the F1 in Schools Challenge will be champions. F1 In Schools – Australia Well Represented By Basilisk PerformanceSunday, February 20, 2011 Basilisk Performance, a team of four former students from Sebastopol College won the right to represent Australia at the F1 in Schools World Finals in Singapore during September 2010. The team were going over to Singapore with the pressure of performing well after previous Australian teams had performed well Monkeying about wins awardWednesday, December 8, 2010 THE Nitro Monkeys have won the YoungStar Group Award for September-October after they took on the world - and almost won. Magdalene Catholic High School revs up in F1 ChallengeFriday, November 26, 2010 NARELLAN’S Magdalene Catholic High School has two teams in the 2011 F1 in Schools Technology Challenge and hopes to gain a wildcard spot in the national finals. Aiming for national recordThursday, November 11, 2010 Having clocked up an impressive unofficial time of 0.997 seconds (the Australian record is 0.985 seconds) at the Western Regional’s recently, the F1 In School Challengers of Team Bullet met with sponsors CS Steel last week to discuss pit display requirements at the upcoming State finals Teens rev up for F1 challengeWednesday, November 10, 2010 SOME of them don't yet have their driver's licence but these students from Magdalene Catholic High School have no trouble racing their cars at speed. Condobolin High School challengers set their sights on stateThursday, November 4, 2010 Condobolin High School's 'Team Bullet' have satisfied their need for speed at the recent F1 In Schools Western Division Challenge in Dubbo placing first in their division and first overall with a speed of 0.997 seconds across a 20 metre track. Triple Eight proud to be involved with Pine Rivers team second place at F1 in Schools challengeFriday, October 15, 2010 Pine Rivers State High School and United Arab Emirates students have thanked Triple Eight Race Engineering – the company behind the TeamVodafone V8 Supercar Team – for their support in preparing them for the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge after they placed second in the World Championship in Singapore. SEQ students compete in the F1 in Schools QLD State FinalThursday, October 14, 2010 Reporter Jacquie Mackay (612 ABC Brisbane) is trackside with organiser Michael Myers and students Beau Gieskens and Mikael Koch from Petrie State School: ABC's Behind the News get 'behind' F1 in SchoolsWednesday, October 13, 2010 The BTN crew spent the day at Brighton Secondary School where the SA State Finals of F1 in Schools were recently held. Young engineers reach high speedsTuesday, October 12, 2010 Young engineering and marketing minds combined for the Queensland F1 in Schools Technology Challenge State Finals in Rockhampton. Girls best designers in challengeMonday, October 11, 2010 AT 15 budding engineer Casey Berends can’t drive a car yet. But the North Rockhampton High School student loves the thrill of racing at breakneck speed and over the next two days she’ll be bidding to be one of Queensland’s mini-Formula 1 champions. Formula One in the StudioFriday, October 8, 2010 Allison Courtney, Scott Thom and Katie Rae from Concordia Lutheran College talk with David Iliffe from 612 ABC Radio Brisbane about their preparation for the F1 in Schools QLD State Finals in Rockhampton. Aussies 2nd in World FinalsThursday, September 30, 2010
Continuing the tradition of dominating the international F1 in Schools Technology Challenge competition, Team Australia has again taken "most of the silverware" at the F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG. Following on from 2nd and 3rd in 2008 and 2nd, 3rd and 4th in 2009...Australian students have finished 2nd and 5th in what has been described as the most close-fought event in the competition's history. "Zer0.9", a team of three Brisbane students combined with three from Dubai, stood alongside new world champions the USA and also took away the Best Collaboration Award which was provided by Lotus F1. The trophy is an actual part from a Lotus F1 car. "Basilisk Performance", comprising four teenagers from Ballarat, won the coveted Best Engineered Award (provided by McLaren Mercedes F1) and Best Portfolio Award (from F1 Racing magazine). Earlier in the day they had won The Ashes in a shootout against England. Zer0.9 was also a finalist in the Innovative Thinking Award and Basilisk Performance was a finalist for Best Pit Display Award. Basilisk Performance had a private audience with reigning Formula One world champion Jenson Button after the awards ceremony and he autographed their car. In winning the Best Engineering Award in the world's largest STEM-based competition (science, technology, engineering and maths), Australia has cemented itself as the powerhouse of design and innovation in this global competition. Team Australia first won this coveted award at the 2005 World Finals in England and since then has held a tight grip on it winning again in 2006, 2007, 2008 and now 2010. The award - presented by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - was for the high school team with the highest standard of engineering innovation and design from the 18 nations represented. It went to "Basilisk Performance" from Ballarat's Sebastopol College - Aidan Cowie, Ben Kersten, Brett Sizeland and Keira Schroeder. The foursome took a gap year, having completed their schooling, to focus on the finals in Singapore. There are 9,000,000 students in 33 countries engaged in the F1 in Schools competition. Only the top 130 made it to Singapore for the World Final. Of these...the four Australians were voted the best. The students were tasked with designing a miniature F1 car using industry-standard 3D engineering design software, conducting aerodynamics studies using Virtual Wind Tunnel software, creating "G-code" to program a Denford manufacturing centre to cut the shape out of block of balsa, using rapid prototyping technology and exotic materials to make wheels and wings, doing further aerodynamics testing in mini smoke and wind tunnels, then racing the car on a 20-metre twin lane race track. Powered by a standard CO2 canister it reaches speeds of 80 km/h and completes a lap in little more than a second. The major sponsor of Team Australia is the Defence Materiel Organisation. REA Foundation's Team Australia is sponsored by Defence Materiel Organisation, Cisco Webex, Santos, Engineers Australia, Queensland Government, Victorian Government, ResMed, The Warren Centre, City of Ballarat, The San Francisco Foundation, Queensland Manufacturing Institute. Team Australia Success at F1 in Schools FinalsTuesday, September 28, 2010 Team Australia has won the Best Engineering Award at the F1 In Schools World Finals Singapore 2010, the world's largest science, technology, engineering and maths based competition. Life in the very fast laneTuesday, September 28, 2010 THE four Nitro Monkeys from Pine Rivers State High School are among the top 15 from nine million international students who took part in the junior F1 in Schools program. Students revved up for world finalsThursday, September 16, 2010 Students from Pine Rivers State High School will be revved up for some great competition when they travel overseas next week for the F1 in Schools World Championships. Students Feel the Need for SpeedSunday, September 12, 2010 WA students are designing the next generation of Formula One cars. Condobolin High School: Racing into RegionalsThursday, September 2, 2010 Condobolin High School’s F1 In School Challengers, ‘Team Bullet’, gained speed this week with an injection of funds from Condobolin Rotary and Condobolin RSL Club. Picton HS students race to third place...Thursday, May 27, 2010 A group of year 11 students from Picton High School are continuing to celebrate after coming third in a model racing car design competiton. Gilgandra team heats up F1 in SchoolsThursday, May 27, 2010 In their first year of the F1 in Schools championship a team from Gilgandra High School has collected the National Innovation Award in the Apprentice Class. Sebastopol College team crowned national championsMonday, April 19, 2010 SEBASTOPOL College's Basilisk Performance Racing Team overcame some stiff competition recently to be crowned national champion at the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge in Melbourne. In September, the team will compete at the world championships in Singapore for the ultimate prize - $1.5 million in Cambridge University scholarships. Monkey business a wheel winner!Thursday, April 8, 2010 Members of the Nitro Monkeys have gone bananas after they booked themselves a trip to Singapore by winning the Formula One in Schools Challenge in Melbourne. WA scores high marks in 2009Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Check out WA's report card on their F1 in Schools performance - see the highlights, achievements and big plans for 2010. Pine Rivers State High Success!Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Nitro Monkeys and Redhawk Racing shine at the F1 in Schools 2010 Australian Grand Prix! Tassie Teams Hit the AirwavesFriday, March 19, 2010 Team Walrus and Juggernaut Racing interviewed by ABC Tasmania... Miniature F1 cars...Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Scaled-down versions of Formula One vehicles that can reach speeds of up to 100kph will be built by school students as part of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge. Battling it out at 100kphMonday, March 8, 2010 Schools in WA now have the chance to participate in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge... WA schools off & racingThursday, March 4, 2010 The cars may be small but they're powered by the same principles that send Formula One vehicles roaring at top speed. Ascroft High Goes Formula 1 on 2UEFriday, February 26, 2010 Ashcroft high school are representing NSW in the Australian Formula One Schools Competition, designing and building a scale model, that will go on to be built and race on track The Samantha White storyThursday, February 25, 2010 Samantha White is team manager of the NSW champion team, Rocket Jockeys. Her transformation began during Year 9 at a time when she was being disruptive in class and finding it hard to apply herself. Picton High School Racers Worth BackingThursday, February 18, 2010 BEING a former student of Picton High School, I love to see its students achieving so highly today. Ashcroft High: Five little kids have changed a whole school!Monday, February 15, 2010 This year we have started something that has never been done before at our school. We have launched a Year 9 engineering class. This is purely as a result of the interest that has been generated by the F1 program and we have 22 students in our first intake. Half of them are girls. They are using the CATIA design software and our science teacher is teaching them about aerodynamics and engineering formulas. Picton HS F1 Team on Fast Track to MelbourneWednesday, February 10, 2010 Picton High School's ROCKET JOCKEYS are heading off the National Finals in Melbourne. World Best - Australia / Canada Collaboration TeamThursday, February 4, 2010 Teacher Mark Presling shares his account of the AC Racing World Championship Team effort - an amazing story courtesy of INTAD Journal. Western Australia Launch Season 2010Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The Echo Newspaper reports on latest F1 in Schools news in W.A. St Gregs read for F1 Schools ChallengeWednesday, January 6, 2010 MECHANICALLY minded students at St Gregory’s College, Campbelltown, are already preparing an assault on this year's F1 in Schools challenge, inspired by 2009's success. F1 in Schools acknowledged in Prime Minister's Excellence PrizeThursday, October 29, 2009 BADGINGARRA Primary School teacher Allan Whittome has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in Primary Schools for 2009. Mr Whittome is a teacher who runs the F1 in Schools Challenge in his school and was one of the examples of projects he runs in his classes. National Final to be held at Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne - March 2010Tuesday, October 20, 2009 The F1 in Schools 2009 National Final will be held at the Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, in March 2010. Representitive teams from all over Australia will travel to the Grand Prix and compete to represent Australia at the World Championships. Right now, all across Australia, states are holding their finals to determine their best teams, and these teams will spend their summer creating the best F1 cars Australia has ever seen. Webber Wins Again!Monday, October 19, 2009 Mark Webber was supreme in winning his second Formula One Grand Prix in Brazil. Jenson Button (GB) wins drivers World Championship... Toowoomba Chronicle - QLD State FinalThursday, October 15, 2009 CONCORDIA Lutheran College student Jared Pailthorpe is using small scale cars to get a deep understanding of what it is like to run a race team.... ABC TV - Behind the News StoryThursday, October 15, 2009 Formula 1 car racing is a multi-billion dollar sport. Teams hunt for the most talented drivers, engineers and mechanics around, in an effort to beat all comers on the track.... ABC Online - QLD State FinalsThursday, October 15, 2009 I took a trip to Toowoomba's Concordia Lutheran College yesterday for a fantastic event - the F1 in State Schools Finals F1 Students Race to TAS State FinalTuesday, October 6, 2009 A special program designed to attract students to engineering is roaring through the classrooms at Riverside High School. Mackay schools race to win titleTuesday, October 6, 2009 MANY youngsters dream of racing Formula One cars and the dream has become reality - on a slightly smaller scale - for some Mackay students... Pine Rivers Region NewsletterTuesday, October 6, 2009 Latest F1 in Schools news from the Pine Rivers Region, just north of Brisbane... F1's at RAAF Base - Hunter Regional FinalThursday, October 1, 2009 REA announces the Newcastle-Hunter regional finals are to be held at Newcastle Airport for the first time. The inaugural one day elimination will host high school F1 teams from across the region F1 Racing in Geelong!Thursday, October 1, 2009 For the first time the Victorian F1 in Schools State Finals are to be held at Geelong. The two day event, on October 19-20, will be staged at the Ford Discovery Centre located across the road from the site where Ford commenced their operations in Australia in 1925. World Championship VideosThursday, October 1, 2009 Visit our YouTube channel REATV to view new World Championships video content... Team Australia Dominates!Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Re-Engineering Australia Foundation's Team Australia were the dominant force at this years F1 in Schools Technology Challenge World Championships in London GKN Aerospace Engineers Consult to High School F1 Race TeamsTuesday, September 29, 2009 Engineers from the GKN Aerospace company who are usually engaged in such hi-tech global projects as the Joint Strike Fighter have been offering their skills to high school students competing in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge. See more in the PDF. World Championships PicturesMonday, September 21, 2009 See some of the images from the awards ceremony of the F1 in Schools World Championships TEAM AUSTRALIA DOMINATES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSFriday, September 18, 2009 Australia has taken out 2nd, 3rd, 4th, as well as multiple other prizes, at the World Championships! World Championships Wrap-upThursday, September 17, 2009 Overview of the first few days of competition, prior to the awards ceremony. Highlights: Arrival, tour of Red Bull factory, visit to Australian Embassy, Redline Racing Fastest Car in the World 2009 World Championships Coming Soon!Friday, August 21, 2009 With the 2009 World Championships kicking off on Sept 15, find at above link, the latest press release. Bremer students nab poll positionThursday, August 6, 2009 THE winning Formula One racing design of the future could emerge from an Ipswich classroom... Tour the Red Bull F1 Factory!Friday, July 31, 2009 Very interesting video (Youtube) showcasing the ultimate in engineering and design. Pine Rivers State High School Regional FinalMonday, July 27, 2009 PRSHS Teacher Corey Gieskens reports on more amazing student results... Victoria State Final AnnouncedFriday, July 24, 2009 Dates: October 19&20. Venue: Ford Discovery Centre, Geelong Congratulations Mark Webber!Monday, July 13, 2009 F1 in Schools Australia congratulates Mark Webber on his maiden Formula 1 victory! Engineers Australia Speaks to F1 Students from Port Dalrymple SchoolFriday, July 10, 2009 Engineers Australia takes a look at team "Fast Lane" of Port Dalrymple School from Tasmania. Student engineers chasing the right formulaMonday, July 6, 2009 The Formula One in Schools program is run at more than 250 schools around Australia and in 28 countries around the world. It involves small teams of high school students collaborating together and teaming up with businesses to design, analyse and build tiny Formula One cars. Three Australian teams will travel to the United Kingdom in September to compete in the world finals. REA's brand new training material "Fast-Track" availableWednesday, June 17, 2009 REA's newest training material "Fast-Track to CATIA" is now available. The new tutorial uses only the latest technologies, and is available as easy "starter-packs", to get your school up and running in no time! REA's quarterly newsletter "Imagine" releasedTuesday, June 9, 2009 In 2009's second edition we congratulate an exceptional teacher recognised at the Victorian Manufacturer's Hall of Fame Dinner, speak to some of our earliest F1 in Schools participants to find where they are now, follow the unique collaboration tale taking place over 14 000kms and take a peek at the Avalon Airshow and the Melbourne Grand Prix. This and much more inside. Noosa's collaboration team getting world finals sponsorshipWednesday, June 3, 2009 International collaboration team between the Noosa Bullets and Canadian students received over $4000 in sponsorship from Manufacturing Skills Queensland. London to host 2009 F1 in Schools world championshipsFriday, April 24, 2009 This year's F1 in Schools world championships will be held in the United Kingdom, it was announced on Friday. Thirty competing teams from around the world will gather at London's Royal Horticultural Halls and Conference Centre in September. Bio-Hazard in the PressTuesday, March 24, 2009 Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports on the achievements of the Bio-Hazard team and the team teachers. WA Season LaunchSaturday, March 7, 2009 On the 4th of March at Swan TAFE in WA, 150 Students and teachers were joined by 4 State and 3 Federal MP's Got a news tip? — Contact us now! |
  
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