Season 2011-12 Regional Qualifiers announced

Let the competition commence!

In March 2012 teams from around the country will come together to express their creativity, skills and team working abilities, share an innovative and exciting educational experience – and determine the best-engineered and fastest F1 in Schools cars in Ireland.

Working in teams of between three and six, each student is assigned roles. The team prepares a business plan and using 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) software, the team designs a Formula One car of the future. Aerodynamics are analysed for drag coefficiency in a virtual reality wind tunnel using Computational Fluid Dynamics Software (CFD). Using 3D CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) software, the team can evaluate the most efficient machining strategy to make the car.

Teams are judged on car speed, as well as supporting evidence of their design, verbal presentation and display stand.

Results are back and the teams that have been successful in getting through to the Regional Finals are listed here. Well done to all those that got through and hard luck to those that didn't, competition was very tough this year!

Important Dates

• Regional Finals: These will occur during the weeks of 12th and 19th March 2012. Teams will be contacted with details of which event they should attend.
• National Finals: Qualifying teams will go forward to the National Final which will be held in Griffith College Dublin on 26th April 2012.

 

Dundalk Grammar School team are season 2011 winners

Team Octane Racing to represent Ireland in World Championships

A team from Dundalk Grammar School are overall winners of the 2011 F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, powered in Ireland by the Irish Computer Society. At the National Finals held in Griffith College Dublin on 7 April team Octane Racing fought off fierce competition from 23 other finalist teams from all over Ireland to claim the national trophy – as well as the opportunity to represent Ireland in the 2011 World Championships in Malaysia in September. The overall winners receive €2,000 in prize money.

 

About the F1 in Schools Challenge

Are you ready to design, build and race?

F1 in Schools is a competition, open to all secondary schools, to design and manufacture compressed air-powered racing cars. Student teams will compete against each other in a National Championship to determine the best-engineered and fastest car in Ireland.

Competitors will have an exciting educational experience, expressing their creativity, skills and teamworking ability in a fun and positive way.

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