Brighton Secondary School is the national F1 in Schools champion. Its team Precision Racing was named winner of the competition to design the best miniature gas-powered Formula 1 car at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
A TEAM of Brighton Secondary students will represent Australia racing miniature Formula One cars against the world’s best young engineers.
Precision Racing, made up of five Year 10 students, beat 24 teams from across the country in the F1 in Schools competition held at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this month.
The students will head to Singapore in September for the world finals of the largest Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) competition on the planet.
Teams design and build miniature carbon dioxide canister-powered F1 cars to race down a 20m track at speeds of up to 80km/h.
Brighton Secondary students Michael Walker, Lauren Squires, Sukhbir Gill, Jack Hillard, Ben Hauben and Jackson Menzies will head to Singapore for the world finals of F1 in Schools. Picture: David Cronin
Source: News Limited
Team manager Lauren Squires, 15, said teamwork was key to Precision Racing’s success.
“It was really exciting and we’re looking forward to Worlds,” Lauren said.
“I know they’ve got the night races there at the Grand Prix and it seems like it’ll be really good.”
The team formed last year and used computer-aided design, 3D printing, wind tunnel simulators and other industry-leading technology to create their car.
“It’s really good when you see it race down the track because you know that you’ve made it,” Lauren said.
More than nine million students from about 17,000 schools participate in the competition worldwide.
The cars are not just judged on speed, but 11 criteria including innovative design, public speaking and marketing.
Brighton Secondary STEM co-ordinator Stephen Read said the competition, which the school won the world final of in 2012, opened up a raft of opportunities such as universities and F1 scholarships.
Year 11 student Jack Hilliard will also join the team in Singapore.
“It’s a fantastic, unique opportunity that can take you to Melbourne … and then to Singapore and a world competition,” Mr Read said.
“Walking into that foyer for the first time where there’s 30 teams from around the world will be an experience you can’t buy.”
Brighton Secondary students win place in world finals of F1 in Schools competition in Singapore
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