STEM Racing 

F1 in Schools Reimagined

We are thrilled to announce that our College will be hosting this year's STEM Racing National Finals, Friday 30 May to Monday 2 June. 

“St Bede’s College is proud to host the 2025 STEM Racing National Finals in collaboration with Re-Engineering Australia. Our students have been active participants in this fantastic program since 2013, and we are thrilled to support competitors from across Australia and New Zealand.” Deb Frizza

STEM Racing (formerly known as F1 in Schools) is the world’s most renowned student competition for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Each year, teams of our students embark on the challenge of designing, developing and building a miniature Formula 1 car to hopefully race against other teams in the state, the nation and the globe to be crowned the world’s fastest!

St Bede’s College is proud to be the World Record Holder for this competition since 2016. Our teams are mentored at the College by 2016 World Record Holder, Peter Russell (Class of 2018).

Inspired by the real-world experience of a Formula One team, students must follow engineering and manufacturing disciplines for their car: design, analyse, test, make and race. They gain experience with industry technology including 3D CAD/CAM/CAE engineering design software, as well as Coding, Computational Fluid Dynamics and  Finite Element Analysis.

STEM Racing is a brilliant launchpad for students to get hands-on experience in many different areas including teamwork, problem solving, project management, communication, collaboration, marketing, entrepreneurialism, public speaking and presentation.

For further information, please reach out to Program Coordinator Peter Russell ptr@stbedes.catholic.edu.au