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F1 in Schools is an international competition for school children (aged 12 - 18), in which groups of 3 - 6 children have to design and manufacture a mini "car" out of balsa wood using CAD/CAM design. The cars are powered by CO2 cartridges and are attached to the track by a thin wire. The car has to follow specific guidelines (e.g. the car must be in contact the track at all times). The cars are raced on an 80-foot long track (roughly 25m) and are timed from the when they are launched to when they pass the finish line by a computer. Although two cars are raced at a time it isn't the result of the race but the time that is recorded.

The competition is currently hosted in 21 countries. The competition was first introduced in the UK in 1999^[1]. The competition's aim was, and still, is to introduce younger people to engineering in a more fun environment. ^[2] The competition is held annually. There are regional and national finals. The winners of the national finals compete in an international final. The 2007 international final will be held in Melbourne, Australia. The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...

There are two categories - D-type (or dragster type) and R-type. There also subcategories for age - D-type 12-14 and D-type 14-16 or R-type 14-16 and R-type 16-18. The main difference between the two is the R-type category allows the use of spoilers and parts added on to the main body.

Countries Currently Involved

• Australia
• Brunei
• Canada
• Hong Kong
• Korea
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Thailand
• United States of America
• United Arab Emirates
• England
• Malaysia
• South Africa
• Ireland
• Germany
• Kuwait
• Austria
• Northern Ireland
• Saudi Arabia
• Wales
• Dubai
• Qatar
• France

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F1 In Schools In the Media

2001:

F1 in Schools was reported by The Mirror (22nd February) and appeared on Blue Peter in June. The Mirror is a former and currently informal name for the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone; see The Mirror (The Twilight Zone) a film by Andrei Tarkovsky This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...

2002:

F1 in Schools was reported by The Sun (27th November), RPM Motorsports (November) and appeared on Techno Games on BBC1 in March. Look up sun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

2003:

F1 in Schools appeared on HTV News (11th December), BBC News Wales (11th December) and BBC 1 Newsround (10th January).

2004:

F1 in Schools appeared on the BBC Politics Show (10th of October), BBC Central News (3rd of October) and BBC Northern Ireland TV (7th January). An article on F1 in Schools was in the Education Guardian (6th of January).

2005:

F1 in Schools appeared in Newsround (13th January).^[3]

Sponsors

F1 in School's main sponsors are Jaguar and Denford. For other uses, see Jaguar (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ http://www.f1inschools.us/
2. ^ http://www.f1inschools.co.uk/about.asp
3. ^ http://www.f1inschools.co.uk/about-article.asp?ID=9

Links

http://www.f1inschools.co.uk/ F1 In Schools Homepage

http://www.honda.ie/contentv3/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&pageID=8124&parentID=4115 Honda's F1 in Schools Page

http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&PO_ID=34581 ITV Article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2646000/2646357.stm Newsround article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/teenagers/devonport_cars.shtml BBC Article