F1 in Schools, which challenges students to design, manufacture and race miniature Formula One cars, may boast a roster of famous patrons, but the most significant success of the educational initiative is on an individual level.
Winning the hearts and minds of students across 30 countries, it has slowly and surely converted a whole host of youngsters into the engineers, technical directors and team principals of the future. One of the programme’s biggest fans is the UK’s Kelly Ashbridge. Originally planning to do a marketing degree, Ashbridge is now set to study industrial design at Northumbria University