Victoria and Queensland win F1 in Schools Australia National Final
Dated: 31/03/2010
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Victoria and Queensland win F1 in Schools Australia National Final...Australia's second biggest F1 event!
Basilisk Performance, from Sebastapol College in regional Victoria, and Nitro Monkeys from Pine Rivers State High School in Brisbane, are the new national champions of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge.
After an intense day of tight competition, being judged in car design, innovation, marketing, technical folio, public speaking and car track speed...the teenagers outpointed 23 other state and territory champion teams.
The event was held at the Automotive Centre of Excellence, Kangan Institute, after a series of knockout rounds across the nation.
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35,000 students as young as Grade 6 compete in this competition which exposes young people to cutting-edge technology and career opportunities in engineering, manufacturing and technical industries.
It is run by the not for profit organisation, Re Engineering Australia Foundation.
The 10 winning students now form REA's Team Australia 2010 which will represent their nation at the F1 in Schools world championships at the Singapore Grand Prix in September.
Basilisk Performance has also won a visit to the Williams F1 pit garage on Sunday.
Queensland was the most successful state winning 4 awards.
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The winning teams were sashed by Grant Medbury, a director from the Defence Materiel Organisation, which is the national sponsor of REA.
Basilisk Performance and Nitro Monkeys hope to improve on Team Australia 2008 (2nd & 3rd in the world) and Team Australia 2009 (2nd, 3rd, 4th).
