Young enthusiasts design, make and race miniature F1 cars ahead of S’pore Grand Prix

Students were required to form teams to design and manufacture miniature F1 cars, then race them along a 20-metre track. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A record number of more than 400 youth from 26 countries took part in the F1 in Schools World Finals at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) from Sept 10 to 13, in the lead-up to the F1 Singapore Grand Prix that begins on Friday (Sept 15).

Students formed teams to design and manufacture miniature F1 cars, then race them along a 20m track. The top prize – which included the F1 in Schools World Champions trophy as well as university scholarships – went to Recoil Racing, comprising six 16- to 18-year-old students from Marie-Therese-Gymnasium in Erlangen, Germany.