During the 2024 curriculum enrichment week, the car was built and driven by 6 students from the school, with the help of the Year 11’s.

This was a fantastic opportunity for students who are interested in STEM and offered the experience of building a race car from scratch!

They also made a start on Xanthus’ portfolio and researched the rival kit cars and which races to attend. 

Two school-wide competitions were held: one to decide on the name of the car, and another to decide on the logo and colour scheme.

All the entries were carefully considered by the team, and we eventually settled on the name Xanthus.

The name belongs to the largest species of hummingbird, and as the new kit car is larger than Hummingbird, the name suits the new car whilst incorporating it into our Hummingbird legacy.  

Our Branding Team then decided which colour scheme they thought suited the car the best and created a design for the outer bodywork of the car.