Engineering
Every surface on the car exists because a simulation earned it. We model in CAD, test in CFD, and only cut material once the numbers agree.
ICARION
A student engineering team building the fastest miniature Formula 1 car we can design, simulate and machine.
Fastest Car, Regionals 2025
Sponsorship Award, Regionals 2025
Judges’ Favourite, Nationals 2026
2025 Regional Champions
About the Programme
What is STEM Racing?
STEM Racing, formerly F1 in Schools, asks school teams to do what a Formula 1 team does. We design a miniature F1 car in CAD, run it through CFD simulation until the drag stops falling, then machine and finish it. On race day it covers 20 metres of track in just over a second, fired down the line by a single CO₂ cartridge.
The car is only half of it. We also run ICARION as a business: a brand, a pit display, a sponsorship programme, a budget we have to account for and a portfolio judged as closely as the lap time. Six of us hold the roles a real team would: engineering, manufacturing, design and sponsorship. We answer to the same deadlines.
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Design
The car starts in CAD, drawn inside a rulebook that dictates the dimensions, tolerances and materials allowed.
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Simulate
Each revision runs through CFD. We keep the geometry that lowers drag and throw away the geometry that only looks fast.
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Manufacture
The body is machined on a CNC router, then filled, sanded and finished by hand until the surface is clean.
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Race
Two timed runs down the track, with the portfolio, pit display and verbal presentation judged alongside them.
Enterprise
We raise our own budget, manage suppliers and report to partners. The commercial side is scored as heavily as the car, and we treat it that way.
The Team
Six roles, one grid
AA
Arnav Ajay
Team Leader
Holds the schedule, the budget and the deadlines, and handles the partners who make the season possible.
AE
Abdallah Elamin
Manufacturing Engineer
Takes the model from CAD to the CNC router and sees the car through manufacture.
LP
Leonaidas Petroius
Graphic Designer
Drew the winged mark, the livery and the pit display, and keeps every partner logo where it was promised.
RR
Rohan Ramdass
Simulation Engineer
Runs the fast CFD passes, turning each revision into flow visuals the team can read the same day.
HV
Hrohan Vyas
Finance Manager
Tracks the budget, the invoices and the cost of every part, so the team knows what it can afford before it commits.
JW
Joshua Williams
Design Engineer
Designs the car in CAD and runs the stress testing behind every revision.
Journey
How we got here
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2025
Regionals
Our first competition. We took Regional Champions, Fastest Car and the Sponsorship Award, and qualified for the National Finals.
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2026
Nationals
Our first National Finals, and the Judges’ Favourite award. Racing against the best teams in the country set the standard we are building to next.
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Next
The season ahead
We step up from Development Class to Professional Class: a tighter rulebook, a higher standard of engineering and a full portfolio to answer for. How far we get depends on the partners we bring with us.
Partnership
Sponsorship tiers
We are a student team, so every pound goes into the car, the pit display and getting to the track. Four tiers, set out plainly below.
Title Partner
£1,000
- Naming rights and lead logo on the car
- Logo on team apparel
- Primary pit display branding
- Headline listing on this site
Gold
£250
- Logo on the car
- Logo on team apparel
- Pit display branding
- Site listing
Silver
£100+
- Logo on team apparel
- Pit display branding
- Site listing
Bronze
£50+
- Pit display branding
- Site listing
Current partners
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Contact
Talk to the team
Sponsorship, school visits, press or a question about the car. We will try to respond as soon as possible.