Greenpower boosts F1 dream for UAE students

Greenpower boosts F1 dream for UAE students

Dubai, UAE: UAE school students with dreams of becoming a future Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton, or a Formula One team-mate, can boost their chances through a new initiative offering a career path into motorsport and electric vehicle engineering.

The Greenpower programme is being introduced by Pole Position, the Dubai-based automotive events and motorsports consultancy, in connection with Greenpower Education Trust, and GEMS Education, the UAE’s largest school group.

Starting with 11 GEMS Education schools, it challenges students to engage in the design, construction, and racing of electric cars as part of their educational journey, using the excitement of motorsport to inspire excellence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Participating schools have formed teams of 12 to design and build electric kit cars supplied by the Trust, a UK-based charity which has been running the programme for over 20 years.

One of these, GEMS Winchester School – Dubai (WSD), carried out a pilot build of the car over the summer, and its team is now working on the bodywork to complete the project.

With ten other GEMS schools across the UAE now receiving their kits, teams will assemble cars to compete in the Formula 24 category race final for 11 to 16-year-olds next March