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Register your team! (It's only $195 plus
you'll get everything you need to get
started in our F1 Kit)
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Design your cars on CAD (e.g SolidWorks).
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Analyze your design using manual methods or
software (e.g., Virtual Wind Tunnel
software).
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Make your cars using a CNC machine (eg.,
Denford Compact 1000 or RouterWorks CNC).
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Test finished models in a smoke tunnel and a
wind tunnel.
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Paint them
to a high degree of finish and add
graphics.
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Then the race is on!!!
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The winners of the 2011-2012 Canadian National F1 in Schools competition announced!
Three high schools from Toronto DSB took the First, Second and third Place overall positions, winning trophies, cash prizes, 3D Modelling software and tickets to the Montreal F1 Grand Prix in June 2012 donated by the Gilles Villeneuve Track in Montreal.
Students from across Canada competed in the annual F1 in Schools Canadian National competition at the Ontario Science Center April 25. The winning teams from this years’ competition will be invited to compete at the next world’s competition in the fall of 2012, that will take place somewhere exotic. Here the "best of the best" will compete to win the coveted Bernie Ecclestone World Championship Trophy and an Automotive Engineering scholarship at City University, London, valued at 1.5 million dollars!
See the Toronto Star, Wheels column by Norris McDonald.
http://www.wheels.ca/columns/article/806923
First place overall was the collaboration team BobCAD Blazing Arrows from SATEC@WA Porter CI / Woburn CI Collaboration- Toronto, Ontario
Eeshmam Munir (SATEC) Team Leader
Melody Leung (SATEC) Resource Manager
Jasper Shan (WOBURN) Design Engineer
Ryan Wang (WOBURN) Manufacturing Engineer
Wareen Ganesh (WOBURN) Graphic Designer
Second Place overall was the collaboration team Mixtura from SATEC@WA Porter CI / Dr. Norman Bethune CI - Toronto, Ontario
3rd Place overall went to team Impulse Victoria Park C.I. – Toronto, Ontario
The Fastest Car Award went to Team Blazing arrows (SATEC@WA Porter CI / Woburn CI- Toronto) With a very fast time of 1.060 seconds to complete a 20 meter track. This years winner also swept the Best Team Marketing Award as well as the Best Collaboration Team Award.
This year the judges choice Award went to team Synergy Autosport, from Holy Trinity Secondary School from Courtice, ON. Synergy Autosport also received the Best Rookie of the Year Award as well as the Innovative Thinking award and Best Verbal Presentation.
The other newcomer this year was the Mercredi Northern Lightning, from Father Patrick Mercredi H.S. in Fort McMurray, Alberta, who swept the Executive Directors Award.
Finally the Best Engineered Car Award went to team Titanium Racing from Crocus Plains Secondary School in Brandon Manitoba.
Paul Riddell, executive Director of Team Work Canada said that this year’s event was a high level competition with the quality of portfolio, design and marketing increasing every year.
Register your team online, here, or download the PDF form here!
Team Canada at the worlds. more |
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QUICK LINKS:
F1 IN SCHOOLS
began in the UK where it has been rapidly growing in
popularity.
Visit the UK F1 in Schools site.
Canadian TEAM
REGISTRATION
has begun!
Register your team online,
here, or download the
PDF form
here!
Download the
F1 IN SCHOOLS
brochure
here.
Download the
F1 IN SCHOOLS Poster here.
Mastercam Tutorials
and other Downloads are here.
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