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The Winning Whittle
Wonders Team:
Thomas Bradford (team manager), Harry Birch,
Cadets Thomas
Govern and Ryan McLaren
(Credit: http://www.f1inschools.co.uk/)
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Two Cadets from 84 (Coventry Airport)
Squadron have been chosen to represent the UK as part of the winning team in
the Jaguar Land Rover Sponsored F1 Schools Programme. Now crowned the UK
Champions 2014, the team will jet off to the World Finals in Abu Dhabi in November along with tickets to
the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone this year, a tour of the Williams Team Factory
and much more!
Cadets Thomas Govern (aged
15) and Ryan McLaren (also aged 15) made up 50% of the winning team from North Leamington
School. The team spent
many months perfecting the design on the ultimate F1 car and putting it to the
test on the 20 meter track also scooping the winning time of 1.128 seconds!
Team Whittle Wonders worked diligently in their assigned roles and the work
paid off with their winning design! Ryan McLaren took the role of Manufacturing
Engineer whilst Thomas Govern lead the design elements and together the team
perfected the build as well as creating a pit display, printed portfolio and
then presenting their design to the panel of judges.
Jaguar Land Rover, who
sponsor F1 in Schools as part of its ‘Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers’ school
STEM education programme, have highly praised the local winners and look
forward to continuing to support them as they finalise their designs for the
world championships later in the year.
The Squadron is very proud
of these two inspiring cadets and wish them all the best for the world finals
in Abu Dhabi!
