Why F1 in Schools?
The F1 in Schools initiative creates a fun and motivating environment for students to experience the engineering process. The worldwide popularity of F1 racing lends excitement while providing a relevant background for simulating critical elements of engineering in the real world.
Experiencing Engineering
Students form their own F1 teams to research, design, manufacture, and ultimately race their own scale model F1 cars. The process simulates many facets of real F1 racing.
Experiencing Engineering
Students form their own F1 teams to research, design, manufacture, and ultimately race their own scale model F1 cars. The process simulates many facets of real F1 racing.
- From a design and manufacturing perspective, students use CAD (computer-aided design) software to create virtual 3-D models of their cars and translate their designs into reality by means of CNC milling machines.
- Team organization is critical to the project. Teams must have a minimum of three to a maximum of six members who fill the following roles: team manager, resources manager, manufacturing engineer, design engineer, and graphic designer.
- Teams must also promote their cars through a variety of marketing efforts, such as procuring sponsors (if possible); developing sponsorship decals and a consistent color scheme; and producing a design folder with initial design ideas, design development information, testing evidence, and graphical renderings.
