Above and Beyond

What does it take to leave schools at 16, become the Head of Operations at Red Bull Formula 1 and win four consecutive F1 World Championships? "No One Said He Couldn't "... so Richard did it.

In an interview with Dr Michael Myers, Richard takes us on a remarkable life journey from leaving schools at 16, living the F1 dream to most recently winning the World Solar Challenge. An outstanding and inspirational story, engaging to the end.

Rick Fontyn talks to Andrew Denford about the origins of F1 in Schools and the journey to create a STEM program that now operates in 51 countries.

Rick Fontyn talks to Associate Professor Smith from University NSW - Canberra about his involvement in F1 in Schools and the Chief Judge, as a parent of student involved in the program, as academic and the changes he has seen the program bring to students.

Rick Fontyn talks to Gavin Smith about Bosch Australia's role is supporting F1 in Schools, his personal passion to reducing poverty in Australia and his career journey to the top of Bosch Australia.

Bill Crane, a teacher from Tumit High Schools in Southern NSW, recently took a group of students through to compete in the F1 in Schools World Final in Singapore. Bill discusses the issues associated with being a teacher in the bush, how country students can match it with the best students in the world and what was learnt from the experience, including by himself.

Page Folley & Alex Weeks discuss what it was like from a student's perspective to participate in the 2019 F1 in Schools World Final in Abu Dhabi.

Martin discusses the impact of participating in the 2019 F1 in Schools World Final had on himself and his students.

Mike Myers interviews Alexander Weeks and Page Foley, students from Penrith Christian College in Western Sydney, about to head over to the 2019 F1 in Schools World Final in Abu Dhabi. "Ascension" their team name is a collaboration formed by the merging of students from Penrith Christian College with students from Mountview High Schools in Cessnock NSW. This interview examines the impact on students of having to learn high-level collaboration skills very early in their educational journey.

Mike Myers talks to Mark Bassett, a teacher Mountview High School & Martin Bishop, a teacher at Penrith Christian College, about value for students of participating in F1 in Schools and what it's like to prepare a collaboration team to compete in the 2019 F1 in Schools World Final.

Mike Myers interviews Karl Slater from DST Group & Peter Brown from SMR Automotive about the skills being developed by the students who participate in the SUBS in Schools & F1 in Schools Programs.