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Aussie kids again win F1 in Schools
Adelaide team has knocked out 32 others to secure the F1 in Schools World Championship for 2012Cold Fusion, a team of students from Brighton Secondary School in Adelaide, has taken out the F1 in Schools World Championship for 2012.
The five-strong team – all 16 and 17-year olds – also scored gongs for 'Fastest Car', 'Best Engineered Car' and 'Knock Out Racing Champions'.
Following in the footsteps of the previous year's winners, the Pentagliders from Tasmania, the South Australian team now holds the Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy and the individual members have also received Motorsport and Automotive Engineering Scholarships for City University, London.
Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World park played host to the eighth World Finals event in the lead-up to the Grand Prix and the awards were presented to the winning teams by Sahara Force India driver, Nico Hulkenberg and the Chairman of F1 in Schools, Andrew Denford. Subsequently the winning team met Ferrari F1 drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
“I’m speechless” said Cold Fusion Team Manager, Jane Burton, “It is just awesome, an amazing day, a fantastic week and to top it all we are the World Champions. We’ve been working for this for years now and it means everything to us. Winning the City University scholarships is something we’re all very keen to take up, but for now we’re just over the moon, I don’t think it has sunk in and I think it will take a while. It’s been a very special experience and we have just loved doing F1 in Schools.”
Each year the F1 in Schools competition pits teams from all over the world against each other, designing and building their own vehicles powered by compressed air and running on a 20-metre track. Cold Fusion's win is an example of the way the competition encourages and channels the students' skills in a way that could be transferrable in later life.
“It’s been an amazing three days of competition and we’ve seen some exceptionally talented students produce an unbelievably high standard of work,” said Andrew Denford. “Cold Fusion impressed all the judges with the engineering of their car, the depth of their research and development and the innovative approach they had taken. There was even a feature which is part of the Red Bull Racing car design, although the team didn’t know this when they developed it and is an indication of just how much effort they put into the competition.
“There can only be one F1 in Schools World Champion team, but all the students at the World Finals brought to Abu Dhabi highly competitive cars and highly professional supporting elements and they can all be justifiably proud of their achievements,” added Denford.
“It is not only the F1 in Schools competition which they learn from, it is the overall experience of travelling to another country, meeting other students from different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles which is an invaluable experience which they will never forget. ”
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