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Essex victory in UK F1 in Schools final
14th January 2009
Team Velocity, a team of students from the St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School in Essex raced to victory in the UK National Finals of the Formula One in Schools Technology Challenge held at the Autosport International Show in Birmingham last weekend.
Team Velocity have worked beat over 200 teams from around the country to lift the title and will now go forward to the World Championship event, with the prospect of racing for the Bernie Ecclestone trophy and scholarships to City University, London. The team’s victory also won the team members a trip to the 2009 British Grand Prix and a fast track to a work experience placement at Williams Formula One team for one of its student.
Chairman and Founder of F1 in Schools, Andrew Denford said, “The future of Formula One should be in safe hands if the standard achieved by our winners in particular, and all our entrants, is an indicator of prospective British engineering talent. With the support of the Formula One industry, F1 in Schools has captured the imagination of thousands of school children, not only in the UK but around the globe as well. We’re delighted that F1 in Schools is providing schools and students with an innovative, engaging and rewarding programme that encourages independent thinking, team work, and engineering learning. The success of our event today proves that it is highly relevant and is a valuable stepping stone for a future career in engineering, and maybe, Formula One.”
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