AUSTRALIA DOMINATES (YET AGAIN) AT F1 WORLD FINALS!
2ND, 5TH, BEST ENGINEERING, THE ASHES, AND MORE!
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.
# Permanant link to post Sunday UpdateSaw practice and qualifying sessions trackside at night, such a great location with city lights and laser lights beaming animations on the sides of buildings like F1 cars racing up and down to the roof.
Brett and Keira from Basilisk Performance had breakfast with the orangutans at the zoo!
Weather stayed grey, overcast and gloomy for three days now. Got our ponchos and umbrella-caps ready for the next downpour. Race starts at 8 then Mariah Carey live onstage from 10.30. Another late night. Webber 5th on the grid.
Some of us going to one of the tallest building in Singapore - three buildings with a roof like a surfboard! Observation deck looks down on GP circuit.
# Permanant link to post TracksideLovely Asian banquet for lunch with shark fin soup (tastes like chicken!), chili crab and other examples of the amazing variety over here. Back to the track to watch F1, F2, Formula BMW, Porsche racing... # Permanant link to post Saturday summaryBasilisk Performance and Zer0.9 have been hob-nobbing with the stars! So far met Sir Richard Branson, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, David Coulthard, Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button's father, TV commentator John Smailes (an Aussie), walk around Lotus and McLaren pit garages.
Grandstand seats look out on Singapore skyline - beautiful at night - and Urban Jungle "FMX" (mixture of trail bikes and moto-x) stunt arena...with Aussie rider who is #1 in the world. Team Australia cheered him on with Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi.
Saturday like Friday. Grey, dark clouds low overhead, going to rain any minute. Practice and qualifying tonight. Planning to go to East Coast Seafood Centre for lunch today - famous for drunken prawns and chili crab. # Permanant link to post Final scores announced - 2nd and 5thTeam Australia spent the day at Universal Studios. Crazy rides, Mummy and Jurassic Park and Shrek themed areas.
Zer0.9 given a private pit visit to Lotus F1. Lotus provided the trophy - part of a carbon fibre wing - which the team won. Walked along pit lane seeing all the others teams busy at work. Saw Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello being interviewed by media.
Received judges points tallies and found that Basilisk Performance came 5th!!!!!! 2nd and 5th for Australia - an awesome outcome! USA got 256 out of 300...Zer0.9 on 251.8 (how close it that)...Germany 244...UK 240.3...Basilisk Performance 238.
Friday: teams resting after 5 frantic days, going to the GP track tonight to watch practice sessions. Weather is overcast with occasional rain. Forecast is three days of thunderstorms!!! # Permanant link to post Zer0.9 come 2nd overall!Zer0.9 (Pine Rivers SHS, Qld + UAE collab.) have come second at the F1 in Schools World Finals. # Permanant link to post Basilisk Performance win Best Engineered AwardBasilisk Performance (Sebastopol College, VIC) have taken out the coveted Best Engineered Award at F1 in Schools World Finals. Congratulations! # Permanant link to post Zer0.9 take out Best Collaboration AwardZer0.9 (Pine Rivers SHS + UAE collab.) take out Best Collaboration Award at F1 in Schools World Finals. Congratulations! # Permanant link to post Basilisk win Best Team PortfolioBasilisk Performance (Sebastopol College, VIC) win Best Team Portfolio at F1 in Schools World Finals! Congratulations! # Permanant link to post TEAM AUSTRALIA CAUSES MAJOR UPSET AT F1 WORLD FINALSTeam Australia has "punched above its weight" and scored unexpected wins in the knockout competition at the F1 in Schools Singapore 2010 supported by LG. Both student F1 teams which make up the Australian contingent - "Basilisk Performance" and "Zer0.9" - have outraced much more fancied teams on the final day of competing. "Basilisk Performance" (Sebastopol College, Ballarat) entered the second round of elimination races today on the 20-metre track against the fastest of the 25 nations: Germany. A track time of 1.295 seconds saw the Aussies cross the line ahead of the stunned Germans (1.353 seconds). In the next race "Zer0.9" (Pine Rivers State High School, Brisbane and The Indian School, Dubai) took on the host nation - Singapore - also came from behind to cause an upset win. Their chromed race car broke the laser beam with 1.270 seconds compared to 1.291. Round three saw an all-Australian shootout and it was "Zer0.9" who emerged victorious stopping the clock at 1.264 seconds to 1.279 of "Basilisk Performance". The losing side still had plenty to cheer about with "trigger man" Brett Sizeland claiming a personal-best reaction time (on the hand trigger that fires off the miniature F1 car) of just 0.137 seconds! This would end up being the second best time of the whole competition. The superior design of the "Zer0.9" car counted in the next round when they disposed of the Germany-USA collaboration team. Despite recording identical reaction times, car speed made the difference and the Aussies completed the track in 1.252 seconds to 1.276. The final showdown was Australia versus Malaysia. The latter nation emerged victorious with a sizzling 1.251 seconds to "Zer0.9"'s 1.332. It was a personal-best for the Queenslanders. All teams now await the naming of the next F1 in Schools world champions at tonight's awards ceremony. Event: F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore - F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is the world's biggest technology competition engaging 3M students across 19 nations. Patrons include Ross Brawn, Richard Cregan, Mike Gascoyne, Norbert Haug, Eddie Jordan, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey and James Allen, "the voice of Formula One".
- Major event sponsor LG will present a specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic. LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
- F1 in Schools is operated in Australia by not-for-profit organisation, Re-Engineering Australia Foundation.
- 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.
- "Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post TEAM AUSTRALIA WINS THE ASHES AT F1 WORLD FINALSTeam Australia has retained The Ashes at the F1 in Schools Singapore 2010 supported by LG!
The tiny urn - an exact replica of that fought over by the cricket teams of Australia and England - contains the ashes of the fastest Australian and English cars from the 2007 world finals. It goes to the fastest team at each world final of this international technology competition.
Redline Racing won the coveted urn for Australia in '09 and today Basilisk Performance, a group of three boys and a girl from Sebastopol College in Ballarat, came from behind to beat the favourites, Dynamic, with a time of 1.288.
The unexpected win was due to the team's "trigger man", Brett Sizeland, with his ultra-quick 2nd-best reaction time of the whole knockout tournament at the world finals, and to the innovative design of the miniature powered F1 racer.
The win came minutes after Brett had outperformed hot favourites Germany in the knockout competition. Despite what seemed like a lopsided match-up with 21st-placed Basilisk Performance versus number one placed Germany, the Aussie car crossed the line first in 1.295 seconds.
The second of the teams that make up Team Australia, the international Brisbane-Dubai collaboration team of "Zer0.9", made it all the way through to the finals of the knockout tournament and was just beaten by Malaysia for top honours. Their lap time of 1.332...a personal best...was bettered by that of 1.251.
The new world champions of F1 in Schools will be announced tonight at a glittery awards ceremony to be attended by F1 senior management and drivers.
Event: F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore -
F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is the world's biggest technology competition engaging 3M students across 19 nations. Patrons include Ross Brawn, Richard Cregan, Mike Gascoyne, Norbert Haug, Eddie Jordan, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey and James Allen, "the voice of Formula One".
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Major event sponsor LG will present a specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic. LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
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F1 in Schools is operated in Australia by not-for-profit organisation, Re-Engineering Australia Foundation.
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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.
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"Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post Zer0.9 wins second place in KnockoutsMajor upset by Team Australia at the knockout racing! Basilisk Performance defeated number one ranked Germany with a time of 1.295! The Germans were stunned. They were the hot favourites. Zer0.9 then beat the local Singapore team with a 1.270. Unfortunately in the next round BP had to race against their Aussie colleagues in Zer0.9...and whilst BP claimed the second best reaction time of the day (0.137) it was Zer0.9 who went on to the next round.
Zer0.9 has made it through to the final round of knockout racing today having beaten Singapore and the Germany-USA collaboration team. In the final round their "personal best" of 1.332 was not enough to beat Malaysia's 1.251. Still, it was 9 valuable points towards their total. And they were the highest placed of the 6 collaboration teams. # Permanant link to post TEAM AUSTRALIA MEET MARK WEBBER AT F1 WORLD FINALSMembers of Australia's youngest F1 team met with their hero, Mark Webber, last night during the F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
The chance meeting took place when "Zer0.9" - an international collaboration of high schoolers from Queensland and Dubai - were dining at a restaurant after the two days of intense competition. Mark and his Red Bull Racing colleagues were also dining there.
One of the Brisbane students is the grandson of multiple national drag racing champion Victor Bray, and Mark is a friend of Victor's. The timing was perfect for Brisbane teacher Corey Geiskens who was celebrating his birthday.
The outright and category winners of the F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 will be announced tonight at a glittering awards ceremony to be attended by F1 drivers and F1 team management. The master of ceremonies is "the voice of Formula One", James Allen.
Between now and then is an elimination race event which will see "Zer0.9" take on the host team, Singapore. The other Australian team, "Basilisk Performance" from Victoria, are up against hot favourites Germany.
The teenage race car designers-builders-racers are racing their miniature powered F1 cars along a 20-metre track at speeds of 80 km/h. They designed, analysed, tested and manufactured the cars using space-age 3D software, industry-specification manufacturing equipment and miniature smoke and wind tunnels.
First prize is $1.5M worth of scholarships to study engineering at City University in London, the large glass crystal Bernie Ecclestone Trophy and a private audience with reigning Formula One champion Jenson Button. Outright and category winning teams will receive VIP tours of pit garages at the Singapore Grand Prix. Category winners will be presented with trophies provided by the Formula One teams. Australia last won the event in 2006.
Event: F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore -
F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is the world's biggest technology competition engaging 3M students across 19 nations. Patrons include Ross Brawn, Richard Cregan, Mike Gascoyne, Norbert Haug, Eddie Jordan, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey and James Allen, "the voice of Formula One".
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Major event sponsor LG will present a specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic. LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
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F1 in Schools is operated in Australia by not-for-profit organisation, Re-Engineering Australia Foundation.
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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.
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"Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post Secret weapons and LG's Best Photo competition"Basilisk Performance" went shopping at Little India last night...bought a "secret weapon" for the reaction timing knockouts today. Not allowed to say any more.
LG running competition for best photo of the week. I reckon both Aussie teams in with a good chance if "Zer0.9" enter Corey Geiskens meeting Mark Webber last night...and "Basilisk Performance" enter them sitting in the back of a local guy’s truck drinking their favourite beverage, Kickapoo Joy Juice. They had all seen how over here you are allowed to have people in the back of open trucks without seat belts, so decided to make that the feature of their photo. # Permanant link to post Awards ceremony tonight"Zer0.9" setting up their pit display in ballroom of Conrad Centennial Hotel for tonight's awards ceremony. Will be seen by bosses of F1 teams and F1 drivers! What a coup for 13 year old graphic designer Alysha Limmer.
No way of knowing who will win tonight. Ireland and Germany with fastest cars over the two days...Germany has an amazing pit display...been told it cost "a lot of zero's"...heard that "Zer0.9" verbal presentation was very well received by judges and "Basilisk Performance" folio also given a lot of praise. Just have to wait. # Permanant link to post Special birthday message from Mark Webber"Zer0.9" were eating at Outback Steakhouse next door to our hotel last night when they saw a familiar face: F1 driver Mark Webber. He came over and wished Corey Geiskens, the Brisbane teacher of "Zer0.9", a happy birthday!!! (pity Corey was wearing the Vodafone McLaren F1 shirt at the time!) # Permanant link to post TEAM AUSTRALIA SUCCESSFUL ON DAY TWO OF F1 WORLD FINALSTeenage race car designers-builders-racers from "Down Under" are setting the pace at the F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
The knockout category of this international competition has two nations at a time racing their miniature powered F1 cars along a 20-metre track at speeds of 80 km/h. The cars were designed by the students using space-age 3D software, industry-specification manufacturing equipment and miniature smoke and wind tunnels.
Team Australia is made up of Victorian team "Basilisk Performance" and "Zer0.9" - an international collaboration of high schoolers from Queensland and the United Arab Emirates. "Basilisk Performance" beat Ireland with a time of 1.326 seconds. "Zer0.9" faced China and won that shootout with a lap of 1.283 seconds.
Stage two of the knockouts will be held tomorrow at the Conrad Centennial Hotel and "Basilisk Performance" are up against the fastest team at the world finals, Germany. "Zer0.9" will take on eighth fastest Singapore.
Reaction time - of the hand trigger device which shoots the cars down the track - is measured electronically as well as overall lap time and when "Basilisk Performance" student Brett Sizeland stopped the clock at 0.147 seconds it was the second fastest response for the day!
The knockout competition is one of several categories that contribute towards the overall score. Other categories include engineering innovation, a 20-page technical portfolio, verbal presentation and marketing. Team Australia has already been assessed in these and, like the other 24 teams, awaits the announcement of winners at tomorrow's awards ceremony.
Seven teams didn't have to race in the knockout session because they had set the quickest times of the world finals. They are Germany, Malaysia, Ireland, Singapore-Portugal, United States, United States-Germany and Canada-Germany.
The contemporary graphic pit display stand of "Zer0.9" has been chosen by judges as one of six to be relocated to the Conrad Centennial Hotel for the awards ceremony on Wednesday. This glittering evening function will be attended by Formula One drivers and senior management and is where the next F1 in Schools world champions will be named.
First prize is $1.5M worth of scholarships to study engineering at City University in London, the large glass crystal Bernie Ecclestone Trophy and a private audience with reigning Formula One champion Jenson Button. Outright and category winning teams will receive VIP tours of pit garages at the Singapore Grand Prix. Category winners will be presented with trophies provided by the Formula One teams. Australia last won the event in 2006.
Event: F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore -
F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is the world's biggest technology competition engaging 3M students across 19 nations. Patrons include Ross Brawn, Richard Cregan, Mike Gascoyne, Norbert Haug, Eddie Jordan, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey and James Allen, "the voice of Formula One".
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Major event sponsor LG will present a specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic. LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
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F1 in Schools is operated in Australia by not-for-profit organisation, Re-Engineering Australia Foundation.
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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.
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"Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post Knockout resultsReigning world champions Koni Kats and an independent group of judges selected six pit displays to be on show at tomorrow evening's awards ceremony at the Conrad Centennial Hotel...Zer0.9 is one of them!
Knockout racing has commenced with Basilisk Performance defeating Ireland and tomorrow they face the fastest-ranked team of the world finals, Germany. Zer0.9 beat China and tomorrow they will face the 8th-best team, Singapore.
# Permanant link to post Reaction time resultsReaction time results for two Aussie teams: the best of 4 runs for Zer0.9 was 0.164 sec. reaction time and 1.274 lap time...Basilisk Performance 0.147 sec. reaction time and 1.290 lap time. The Basilisk Performance reaction time was 2nd fastest for the day! # Permanant link to post Judging and Racing updateBasilisk Performance completed their engineering judging...hard to determine how well they went...Zer0.9's reaction time is now 7th fastest with Ireland and Germany leading. Basilisk Performance preparing for their track session. # Permanant link to post Zer0.9 impressive reaction times!Zer0.9 has completed their reaction time racing with an impressive 0.164 seconds and are in 2nd place to the Irish team's 0.159. # Permanant link to post A GOOD START FOR TEAM AUSTRALIA AT F1 IN SCHOOLS WORLD FINALS.One of the teams which make up Team Australia has scored maximum points in the scrutineering category on Day One of the F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 supported by LG.
Basilisk Performance - made up of three boys and a girl from Sebastopol College in Ballarat, Victoria - received 40 out of 40 from the judges for their miniature powered F1 car...one of only two teams to score maximum points of the 25 competing in this event.
Throughout the day the Victorians were also judged on their technical portfolio, pit display stand, public speaking and time trials (automatic computerised racing of their car). In the latter category they recorded a lap time of 1.132 seconds - a lot slower than in Australia.
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The other Australian high school team, Zer0.9, an international collaboration between Pine Rivers State High School in Brisbane and the Indian High School from Dubai, ran a 1.082 second time trial and was also judged in scrutineering and their portolio.
The quickest time trials for the day went to Ireland (1.056), Singapore and Germany (1.071).
The F1 in Schools World Finals Singapore 2010 is being held at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Centre over two days and involves students from 18 nations. It was officially opened today by the British High Commissioner, Paul Madden. Teams were welcomed by Ngee Ann Principal Chia Mia Chiang, traditional dance groups, former F1 technical director and car designer Gary Anderson - who is Chair of Judges, and Formula BMW race driver Richard Bradley.
The event is being webcast worldwide (go to www.f1inschools.com for details).
The day ended with a party at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic featuring a wide variety of local cuisines, and F1 simulators featuring the first public showing of Sony's soon-to-be-released Playstation3 F1 game.
Day Two commences at 9AM and the new world champions and category winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony at the Conrad Centennial Hotel (where the McLaren F1 team is staying) on Wednesday night. Three F1 drivers and many senior members of F1 teams will be in attendance.
Event: F1 in Schools Technology Challenge World Finals 2010.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore -
F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is the world's biggest technology competition engaging 3M students across 19 nations. Patrons include Ross Brawn, Richard Cregan, Mike Gascoyne, Norbert Haug, Eddie Jordan, Sam Michael, Adrian Newey and James Allen, "the voice of Formula One".
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The new world champions receive $1.5M in university scholarships, the beautiful cut-glass Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy, and a private audience with reigning F1 champion Jenson Button.
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Outright and category winning teams will receive VIP tours of F1 team pit garages.
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Category winners to be presented with trophies provided by Formula One teams.
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Major event sponsor LG will present a specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic. LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
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The culmination of the week will be watching the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.
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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.
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"Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post Monday Team SummaryOpening ceremony at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Centre with traditional dancing, national cheerleading squad, the British High Commissioner, Ngee Ann principal, Chief of Judges Gary Anderson who was an F1 car designer for Eddie Jordan and Jackie Stewart. Then full-on competition all day - 25 teams from 18 nations.
Basilisk Performance time trial 1.132 - a lot slower than back home. Then Zer0.9 only 1.082. Again, slower than in Australia. Could it be the humidity? Quickest time trials for the day went to Ireland (1.056), Singapore and Germany (1.071).
Basilisk Performance judged in scrutineering (top scored with 40 out of 40!), verbals, folio and pit display. Zer0.9 judged in scrutineering and portfolio. The rest is tomorrow.
Germany looks good. Pit display 3D videos to watch with 3D glasses...slow-mo video of car launching...Michael Schumacher is their patron...car has magnetic dampers(!). One other display has a water feature!
Winners of reaction time trials on Sunday were Malaysian boy team member (.125) and Singaporean girl member (.154) - they get to race against Kobayashi from BMW Sauber on Wednesday night.
Met Gary Anderson, Chief of Judges. Technical director for Eddie Jordan, also for Jackie Stewart. Worked for Reynard in Indy Cars then back to Jordan F1 til they were sold off. Now TV commentator and F1 consultant. What a quality judge!!!
F1 simulators in the Polytechnic foyer, Zer0.9 team members and "Mr.G" got to play not-yet-released Sony Playstation3 F1 game!
Ngee Ann Polytechnic put on a party at end of the day. Carts with all different kinds of food. Couldn't say most of the names but tasted great. Back for thirds!
Discovered this soft drink at the local food market - what a name - Kickapoo Joy Juice. Is now the official drink of Basilisk Performance!
Check webcast at www.f1inschools.com and news on Basilisk Performance at their Facebook page
# Permanant link to post Final preparations Walked in hot sun and (unbearable) humidity across the city to the Megu Centre for a beautiful sit-down lunch then gift exchange with all of the other teams. We all had reaction time racing (they won't be announcing the results until tomorrow) and team photos out on the balcony with the amazing skyline in the background. Then we climbed on to the Singapore Flier - like the London Eye but bigger! 165 metres at the top with views of Indonesia and Malaysia! Saw all of Singapore below us, setting up the race track for Sunday's GP. Next, setting up the pit displays at the Finals venue. # Permanant link to post AUSTRALIA ON DISPLAY AT F1 WORLD FINALS OPENING CEREMONYTeam Australia has spent the day before the launch of the 2010 F1 in Schools Technology Challenge World Finals meeting the 24 teams they will be up against and exchanging gifts.
The welcome lunch and gift exchange was held at Singapore's Megu Centre and followed by team photographs and a trip on the Singapore Flier - similar to the London Eye but at 165-metres high a lot bigger.
The cross-cultural activities are the introduction to what will be two days of intense competition as 26 teams from 19 nations strive to become the new F1 in Schools World Champions. They demonstrate the holistic approach of this global program - to enrich young lives as well as to stimulate them via competition.
The teams will be assessed in their understanding of engineering principles, innovation, marketing, collaboration with industry, public speaking, outright car speed on the 20-metre race track, the 20-page technical folio, and pit display.
The new World Champions - to be named on Wednesday night by Master of Ceremonies James Allen, the "voice of Formula One" - will receive $1.5M in university scholarships, the beautiful cut-glass Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy, and a private audience with reigning F1 champion Jenson Button.
Outright and category winning teams will also receive VIP tours of F1 team pit garages and meet race engineers and drivers.
The culmination of the week will be sitting trackside at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.
Team Australia will be keen to keep a hold on The Ashes. This tiny urn - an exact replica of the one fought over by the Australian and English cricket teams - contains the ashes of Australian and English race cars and will be awarded to the highest ranked nation on Wednesday night.
Team Australia is made up of "Basilisk Performance" from Sebastopol College at Ballarat and "Zer0.9" - an international collaboration team featuring three 13 and 14 year olds from Brisbane who have worked with three boys from the United Arab Emirates.
Event: F1 in Schools Technology Challenge World Finals 2010.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore -
Category winners to be presented with trophies provided by Formula One teams.
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Major event sponsor LG presenting specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic.
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LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
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Awards Celebration (Wednesday evening) at the Conrad Centennial Ballroom hosted by F1 commentator, James Allen, and attended by F1 senior management and drivers.
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Gary Anderson, with over 30 years experience in motor sport and F1 race car design, is Chair of Judges.
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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.
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"Zer0.9" major team sponsor is ABB from the United Arab Emirates.
# Permanant link to post Welcome breakfastAt welcome breakfast hosted by F1 in Schools founder Andrew Denford we found out that our hotel is the official McLaren F1 hotel (!) so might get to meet some of their team. Told the new world champions will have a private audience with F1 champion Jenson Button... and three F1 drivers will be at the awards ceremony. World finals and awards ceremony will be webcast via www.f1inschools.com. # Permanant link to post Meeting the other teamsMet other teams arriving during the day from around the world. At night went to a local food market - saw so many dishes we'd never seen before. Some of the team kept to Western food. Meals were so cheap - $3-5! Had photos taken with a Ferrari F1 car on a F1 shopping centre display. The whole city is revving up for the GP. Sunday is welcome breakfast, gift exchange, a trip to the Singapore Flyer (like the London Eye) then pit display set-up. # Permanant link to post TEAM AUSTRALIA PREPARES FOR BIG SHOWDOWN AT F1 WORLD FINALSA team of Australian teenagers who have designed, made and raced miniature F1 cars using industry-level space-age technology are one day away from taking on the rest of the world at the "F1 in Schools Technology Challenge" World Finals in Singapore.
Team Australia is made up of seven Victorian and Queensland high school students who outperformed tens of thousands of other young people to represent their nation. The youngest is 13 years of age.
A total of 26 teams from 19 nations have assembled at "race headquarters", the Conrad Centennial Hotel, and the competition starts in earnest on Monday.
A panel of international judges will assess the teams over 17 categories such as innovation, understanding of engineering principles, marketing, collaboration with industry, public speaking, outright car speed on the 20-metre race track, technical folio and pit booth display.
The Ballarat team is "Basilisk Performance" (named after the basilisk lizard which runs rapidly over water) whose members graduated from Sebastopol College at the end of last year. The commitment of the three boys and one girl can be seen in that they have taken a gap year to invest in preparing for this event...working every day at their old school.
"Zer0.9" (named after the goal of breaking the one second barrier) is an international collaboration team and features three 13 and 14 year olds from Brisbane who have worked with three boys from the United Arab Emirates. A demonstration of their commitment is the 15 hour flight the UAE students took to Australia to meet their team mates and get the process started. The car design, analysis and presentations have been completed using email, Skype, Facebook and Cisco Webex technology.
Event: F1 in Schools Technology Challenge World Finals 2010.
Dates: 20-22 September
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Convention Centre, Singapore
Awards Celebration (Sept 22): Conrad Centennial Hotel, Singapore
- High school F1 teams from 19 nations being judged in 17 categories by an international judging panel. Categories include innovative design, car speed (over 80 km/h!), use of technology, collaboration with industry, public speaking, marketing, pit display.
- Category winners presented with trophies provided by Formula One teams including McLaren, Ferrari, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Mercedes GP, Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing, Force India F1, Williams F1 and Sauber F1.
- Major event sponsor LG presenting specially commissioned trophy for the LG Moment of the Week, designed by a former F1 Chief Mechanic.
- LG PC monitors for each member of the World Finals winning team.
- World Champions presented with the Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy, a beautiful glass sculpture given by Ecclestone to F1 in Schools.
- Awards Celebration at the Conrad Centennial Ballroom hosted by F1 commentator, James Allen, and attended by F1 senior management and drivers.
- Gary Anderson, with over 30 years experience in motor sport and race car design, is the Chair of Judges.
- REA Foundation's Team Australia is sponsored by Defence Materiel Organisation, Cisco Webex, Santo, Engineers Australia, Queensland Government, Victorian Government, ResMed, The Warren Centre, City of Ballarat, The San Francisco Foundation, Queensland Manufacturing Institute.
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