Knock-on
20th March 2008, 12:26
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/3/7523.html
Hopefully, some budding Brit F1 engineers of the future and good to see Bernie doing something positive to encourage the youth to participate in F1 :)
Team Pulse, from Devonport High School for Boys in Plymouth, have been crowned F1 in Schools world champions at the 2008 World Finals, which were held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.
F1 in Schools is a unique challenge which tasks school children, aged 11 to 18, to use CAD/CAM software to design, analyse, manufacture, test and race their miniature Formula One car made from balsa wood and powered by CO2 cylinders.
After 12 months of intense competition from over seven million students worldwide, Team Pulse battled their way through regional and national finals to reach this week’s world championships.
Having arrived in Kuala Lumpur, John Ware, 16, Samuel Wood, 15, Andrew Lees, 16, and Thomas Simpson, 17, then fought off competition from 24 teams from 15 countries to claim the coveted Bernie Ecclestone World Championship Trophy and win BEng Automotive and Motor Sport Engineering scholarships at City University London.
Team Pulse’s miniature Formula One car recorded the fastest time of the world championships and, with the four British students also clinching victory in the knockout challenge on Thursday morning, they scooped the title.
As world champions, Team Pulse will attend this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit and enjoy access to the Formula One paddock where they will be able to rub shoulders with the likes of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Renault’s Fernando Alonso.
Hopefully, some budding Brit F1 engineers of the future and good to see Bernie doing something positive to encourage the youth to participate in F1 :)
Team Pulse, from Devonport High School for Boys in Plymouth, have been crowned F1 in Schools world champions at the 2008 World Finals, which were held in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.
F1 in Schools is a unique challenge which tasks school children, aged 11 to 18, to use CAD/CAM software to design, analyse, manufacture, test and race their miniature Formula One car made from balsa wood and powered by CO2 cylinders.
After 12 months of intense competition from over seven million students worldwide, Team Pulse battled their way through regional and national finals to reach this week’s world championships.
Having arrived in Kuala Lumpur, John Ware, 16, Samuel Wood, 15, Andrew Lees, 16, and Thomas Simpson, 17, then fought off competition from 24 teams from 15 countries to claim the coveted Bernie Ecclestone World Championship Trophy and win BEng Automotive and Motor Sport Engineering scholarships at City University London.
Team Pulse’s miniature Formula One car recorded the fastest time of the world championships and, with the four British students also clinching victory in the knockout challenge on Thursday morning, they scooped the title.
As world champions, Team Pulse will attend this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit and enjoy access to the Formula One paddock where they will be able to rub shoulders with the likes of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Renault’s Fernando Alonso.