Pictured are Team members from R-L Conor Morrison, Lucas Savva, Senan Crawford and Jack Lawler..
Four Transition Year students from St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny have taken their school’s first F1 in team, Sigma Racing into pole position!
Each having a keen interest in IT, Social Media and F1 racing the lads had all the necessary skills and interests to enter the competition and represent their school.
After finishing second overall in their Regional Finals which took place on the 5th March at G.M.I.T Castlebar, the lads are now through to the National Finals next Tuesday April 30th at Griffith College, Dublin.
The Transition year students were among 94 teams from 63 schools across 22 counties to accept the challenge to compete in the latest 2012-13 season of F1 in Schools competition.
Reeling after their Regional Final success the boys are now racing towards the National Finals to take place in Griffith College on the 30th of April.
The F1 in Schools Technology Challenge is part of an international competition to determine the best-engineered and fastest car in Ireland, with Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone as patron. Open to all secondary schools, the competition challenges students to design and manufacture compressed air-powered racing cars, using the latest of innovative technology and their own bright ideas.
The competition inspires students to use IT to learn about physics, aerodynamics, design, manufacture, branding, graphics, sponsorship, marketing, leadership, teamwork, media skills and financial strategy, and apply them in a practical, imaginative, competitive and exciting way.
“Being the first team to enter the competition from St. Eunan’s college we have gained an awful amount of valuable experience throughout the competition, which will be a learning curve for us in the later stages of our lives,” said Conor Morrison Marketing Manager of Sigma Racing.
“We would like to thank all our sponsors without whom, this project would not be possible.”
For more information of F1 in Schools Challenge and to track the progress on sigmaracing.net