Sound easy? The catch is that each car must be made from a single piece of Balsa wood and conform to similar style specifications as a full sized Formula one car. The cars are run by a Carbon Dioxide canister and timed over a twenty-metre track to a thousandth of a second. That’s fast!

Speed is not the only key. Teams must present two identical cars, a verbal presentation before a panel of markers, a portfolio of the research the students undertook before deciding on a design, an engineering component and a pit booth as well as the racing of the cars.

State of the art software called CATIA was provided to aid the competitors in designing their vehicle. CAITA is a multi million dollar piece of software used by companies such as Boeing, Toyota and Triple 8 Racing to design cars and aircrafts. Teamed with Christ Church’s virtual wind tunnel and with Mr Chandler's knowledge, we were heading down the highway of design greatness.

Congratulations to our junior team, Marlin Racing, who were the winners of the State junior Championships and the Best Team Marketing and Identity Award. Nicolas Terpkos, Michael Cassie and James Moorman are currently representing Christ Church and Western Australia at the National Finals in Noosa, Queensland. If successful at the Nationals, they will have the opportunity to represent Australia at the International Final, held in Malaysia in 2008.

Another Christ Church team, Jullian Chung, James Bai and George Ford from the j2:G Racing team won the award for Most Innovative Design at state level.