STEAM: Formula 1 Experience Tour


  • The STEAM: Formula 1 Experience Tour is an all-inclusive travel and immersive experience. The standard duration of this program is thirteen days, ten nights. The package is all inclusive, with:

  • Return international airfares
  • Bus and train transfers
  • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner each day
  • An action-packed 13 day itinerary
  • Three Day Immersion at the Silverstone Grand Prix. Across three full days at Silverstone, students experience the Silverstone Grand Prix, from practice sessions, to qualifying and race day, students also engage with driver and team interviews, developing an understanding of the STEAM behind F1. At the Silverstone Museum, Students explore classic race cars, engine evolution, and motorsport heritage. Curators guide them through exhibits linking mechanical innovation to historical moments. In parallel, students participate in design challenges, such as building scale models or simulating aerodynamic designs using digital modelling tools, bridging history to modern practice, demonstrating how engineering evolves over time, how design thinking builds on past innovation, and how mathematics underpins performance improvements. Within the Sim Suite, students take turns driving virtual laps while engineers show how drag, downforce, tyre wear, and braking heat influence performance. This is an ideal setting to explore the physics of motion (force, acceleration, friction), data analytics (real-time sensors, telemetry), and engineering trade-offs (aerodynamic design vs cooling). Students also analyse how the design of race circuits, car balance, and materials influence lap times—applying mathematics and computational thinking to optimise performance.
Red Bull and Jaguar-Land Rover Factory Tours. Inside the Red Bull factory, students step into the high-precision world of a F1 team. They observe workflows in carbon fibre lay-up, wind tunnel testing, aerodynamic development, and power unit integration. Engineers and technicians explain how simulation tools, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and material science drive decisions. Students can examine how lightweight materials, energy recovery systems, and mechanical design come together; connecting engineering, physics, and technology. This tour helps them understand how iterative design, prototyping, and testing (the engineering cycle) operate in a performance-critical environment. At the Jaguar-Land Rover facility, students see how high-end automotive design, prototyping, and quality assurance take shape. They observe robotics integration, painting technologies, powertrain development, and CAD/CAM workflows. Staff explain how engineering tolerances, automation, materials testing, and safety systems converge. Students can connect this to what they saw at Red Bull and Silverstone, comparing the differing constraints (mass production vs specialised performance). This helps them appreciate the systems thinking required in engineering and manufacturing.
Cambridge University and Science Park. A visit to Cambridge provides contrast between academic research and industrial application. Students tour advanced labs in mechanical engineering, robotics, materials, or energy systems. They interact with researchers to see how theoretical concepts such as fluid mechanics, control systems, electro-mechanical systems are applied to real-world problems. Visiting the Cambridge Science Park, they see how spin-off companies work at the interface of academia and industry, where innovation, entrepreneurship, and STEAM overlap. Science Museum London and Greenwich Park Observatory. At the Science Museum, students explore galleries focused on transport, energy, computing, and engineering. They engage with interactive exhibits—such as flight simulators, energy demonstrations, and engineering challenges. These exhibits allow learners to test hypotheses, for example, how wing shape affects lift, to visualise invisible forces (magnetic, electric fields), and to see how art, design and human factors guide technological adoption. The museum acts as a bridge between abstract STEAM ideas and their tangible realisation in society. At the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, students stand on the Prime Meridian and explore the origins of modern astronomy and navigation. They uncover how precise measurement of time and longitude shaped global exploration, linking directly to mathematical and scientific principles. Through interactive exhibits and planetarium experiences, students connect astronomy, physics, and geometry while appreciating how innovation in observation and design continues to inform technology today. Downtime & General Exploration. Built in to every package is a block of "downtime". Use your London Sightseeing pass to visit sites including the London Eye, Tower Bridge Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, or explore the many different activities and experiences that are within reach from your central location.

Optional Add On Experiences

  • This tour can be extended with a host of optional add on experiences. Optional experiences include, but are not limited to:

  • Combine with activities and experiences from the STEAM: Innovation in Motion Tour in Paris, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart and Geneva
  • Additional sightseeing and city visits across the United Kingdom
  • With so many inclusions to this tour, the simplest way to describe this experience is by what is not included:

  • The cost of a passport
  • The cost of an ETA
  • Travel insurance
  • Any discretionary spending money
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