Welcome to Chilango Racing Team
F1 in Schools
Welcome to Mexico!
Beautiful Mexico is located just south of the United States and has a long history and a proud heritage.
Our country is thousands of years old and is very well know for its culture, its beautiful coastlines and beaches, its unequaled gastronomical flavors, its lively music and its warm and welcoming people.
We are very proud to represent our beautiful Mexico and would be very happy to have you visit our home.
Our name and logo are the result of combining the word “Chilango”, which is a common term used to refer to a resident of Mexico City, and a hot serrano pepper.
We are chilangos and we are hot.
Eduardo Fernandez, Xavier Lebrija and Gonzalo Bolio
Cedros Norte is celebrating it’s 25th birthday!
Our alma mater’s philosophy is based on virtues, responsibilities and Catholic family values, all of which are clearly expressed in our emblematic slogan “Amicus Protectio Fortis”
Cedros Norte is a boys-only school located on the northern suburbs of Mexico City and has a very high standard education, from Kindergarten to High School.
Our school delivers a high standard education program, yet provides an extremely relaxed atmosphere where students are encouraged to pursue athletic, cultural, artistic and other extra-curricular interests. Our famous symphony orchestra, which has toured nationwide, is a clear example of our student’s excellence and we hope that our pioneering effort in the F1 in Schools program also becomes an emblematic part of our school’s academic accomplishments.
Our school mascot, the wolf, is representative of our students’ valor, team collaboration, courage and strength. We are honored to be part of this competition and part of this prestigious gathering of talents from around the world.
This is Mexico’s first participation in an F1 in Schools competition and our team accepted the great challenge of participating in the World Finals with very no experience and very little time to prepare.
Bringing all the resources together, including the required financial support, became such a race against the clock that the project was severely underfunded until the very last moment, on September 21st 2012.
Understanding and learning to use SolidWorks was a challenge in itself. Next came our first attempts at designing a car that would comply with all the F1 in Schools specifications and that took a lot of work, but we are quick learners and overcame both hurdles in a few weeks. We ultimately produced some initial prototypes that were slowly fine tuned into our competition cars.
We were fortunate to obtain the full support and timely advise from a local university. They kindly allowed us to use their engineering labs and equipment for manufacture.
Showing up at the World Finals without actually testing and racing our prototypes would’ve been a very bad idea, so we needed to set up our own track and race system. Our school’s hallways became the ideal testing grounds.
Gathering all the resources, equipment, materials, uniforms and financial support was a challenge in itself, and traveling half way around the world in order to attend the World Finals was a logistical nightmare. But designing, testing and building our race cars was a fascinating endeavor. Being here is a dream come true.
It took several willing and trusting sponsors to finance our project. It took our school’s flexibility and support to allow for the required time and space. It took our parents’ patience and guidance to get here.We thank them all and are very excited to be here.
