Monday, 25 May 2026 - 8 minutes
What does it really take for school students to build a Formula 1 team from scratch? 🏎️🔥
In this episode, we sit down with two brilliant students from GEMS Founders School who are representing their 6-member team at the National Level of F1 in Schools — one of the world’s biggest STEM and engineering competitions inspired by Formula 1.
But this isn’t just about building a miniature F1 car.
This is about:
✅ Finding real sponsors
✅ Managing budgets like a professional racing team
✅ Branding & marketing themselves
✅ Designing and manufacturing a high-speed scale F1 model
✅ Teamwork, leadership & pressure handling
✅ Learning how Formula 1 actually works behind the scenes
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