The competition
STEM Racing.
STEM Racing, previously known as F1 in Schools, is described by the Re-engineering Australia Foundation as the “foremost student competition for STEM”. It's the competition Eclipse is racing in — and it's a bigger stage than most people realise.
How it works
Design,
build,
race.
Teams design and race a miniature F1-inspired car while building a recognisable brand at the same time. The cars are powered by a CO2 canister and race down a 20 metre track — the best in the world cover it in under a second.
Doing well takes more than speed. Teams are judged on engineering portfolios, branding and presentation as well as raw performance, which means it draws the same multi-disciplinary skills as a real motorsport or engineering business: design, analysis, testing, manufacturing, project management and entrepreneurship.
It's run with real industry partners behind it, which is why sponsors see it as more than a school project — it's a pipeline of engineers who are already used to solving real problems under real deadlines.
- 51+
- Countries competing
- 17,000+
- Schools worldwide
- 22,000+
- Australian students / year
- 8
- World championships (Australia)
Australia on the podium
A serious track record
Australia has competed at STEM Racing's world finals since 2003, and it's one of the strongest nations in the field.
- 8 world championships, 5 runners-up and 5 third places for Team Australia since joining the competition in 2003
- Current world record of 0.916 seconds, set in 2016
- 8 Best Engineered Car Awards, 6 Best International Collaboration Awards and 6 Fastest Car Awards
- Australian teams have taken first and second in the world, and swept multiple podium places in the same year
What it takes to win
- High-quality engineering portfolios
- Branding and graphic design
- Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
- Aerodynamic precision
- Verbal presentations
Help us get to nationals.
This is the field Eclipse is racing in — a global competition with a proven pipeline into engineering. Sponsorship puts your brand behind it.