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World Solar Challenge kicks off, PHL’s entry started on pole position

Ronnie Bulaong October 6, 2013 · 2 min read

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انطلقت للتو سباق التحدي العالمي للطاقة الشمسية نصف السنوي في أستراليا. من بين 24 دولة تتنافس على لقب هذا العام، تم اختيار Sikat II-A الخاص بنا من قبل المنظمة للبدء في المركز الأول بعد فوزه بالمركز الأول في فئة المغامرة في جولة التأهيل قبل السباق.

كارل ماموا من جامعة دي لا سال ومشغل سِكات II-A قال إنه “مُتحمس لأننا وصلنا إلى المركز الأول المرغوب فيه. الفريق بأكمله كان يعمل بجد خلال الأيام القليلة الماضية لذا أنا سعيد جدًا.”

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منذ أن بدأ الفريق في المنافسة عام 2007، هذا هو أفضل أداء رأيناه منهم والذي يُعد شهادة على تفاني الفريق للفوز بالبطولة. ومع ذلك، لن تكون رحلة سهلة لأنهم يواجهون فريق توكاي الياباني الذي فاز بالحدثين السابقين ويسعى الآن لتحقيق الثلاثية هذا العام.

بدأ السباق الذي يمتد على 3,021 كيلومترًا في داروين بأستراليا وسينتهي في 11 أكتوبر في أديلايد. نظرًا لأن هذا السباق مخصص للسيارات التي تعمل بالطاقة الشمسية، يُسمح للفرق المتنافسة بالسباق فقط بين الساعة 8:00 صباحًا و5:00 مساءً كل يوم، وسيقيمون مخيمًا حيث يتوقفون. أول سيارة تغزو البرية الأسترالية ستحصل على الجائزة الكبرى للبطولة.

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verif_engr · 13 years ago

Congratulations to Team Sikat II they finished 3rd place in the adventure class.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/330640/scitech/science/sikat-ii-finishes-third-in-2013-world-solar-challenge

Lou · 13 years ago

Ang sa kinikinita ko lamang naman, kailangan bang bigyan ng parangal para matawag na ‘achievement’ ang isang bagay? Parang hindi naman yata.

wew · 13 years ago

tama ka lou…

Adamson · 13 years ago

Hope you comrad would take home medals…

AsusFan · 13 years ago

Started pole, currently on the 29th after day 1…

http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/team/view/39

lionell · 13 years ago

visit up to date position here http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/dashboard/map

sajith · 13 years ago

Welcome to Australia. All the best for your team

Regards
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Milhouse · 13 years ago

^ Yes indeed! Animo La Salle!

Mr. Curious · 13 years ago

WHOOO ANIMO LASALLE! hahaha =D

Abdul Jakul · 13 years ago

i hope they didn’t purchase those panels at CDR King hehe

jesson · 13 years ago

what would be the winners prize.

Digest · 13 years ago

I remember the competition from the movie “Race the Sun”.

Justin · 13 years ago

Meh… that’s just pole position.

It would have been more noteworthy news if they actually WON 1st place.

lilboyblue · 13 years ago

You do understand that the race is still to finish on the 11th of october right? So there’s no winner yet.. On that note, you do understand what pole position is and what this article is reporting on…right?

Justin · 13 years ago

@lilboyblue: Dude, I understand the article 100% and I know that the actual race is on the 11th (naka-lagay nga sa article). My point is simply that capturing pole position (or garnering the best start position… yan! dinescribe ko pa) is not news-worthy enough, since it’s not considered an accomplishment yet. The last position racer could easily win the race.

Pag-dating ng 11th… at NANALO ang DLSU sa actual race… THEN, that would be a good time to write an article and showcase their achievements. Gets?

HK-47 · 13 years ago

Yes, it’s the race that matters in the end. But that does not mean that qualifying on pole is not an achievement in and of itself.

A note to the author:
The team was not CHOSEN by some committee to start on pole, they EARNED the pole by posting the fastest time in qualifying. The way this article was written makes it sound like the former.

lilboyblue · 13 years ago

Thank you, HK-47. Your first paragraph is on point. I’ll leave it at that.

wew · 13 years ago

HK-47’s right =)

Justin · 13 years ago

@HK-47 et al: So tell me, do they hand out awards to those who ‘earned’ their pole position? No. Do they hand out awards to those who win 1st (or 2nd or 3rd) place? Yes.

No award = not (much of) an achievement. Case closed.

bobomojustin · 13 years ago

bobo mo.

Justin · 13 years ago

@bobomojustin: Really? That’s all you can say? With that response, are you sure it’s not the other way around?

wew · 13 years ago

@Justin hindi po kailangan magkaroon ng award ang isang ginawa para matawag na achievement. Tska actually may kapalit naman un ah, un ay ang pagpili sa kanila sa pole position. Di mo naman matatawag na mababaw o malalim ang achievement eh, nasa sau un kung ganu kataas ang standards mo.Kung ikaw kaya ung driver, tapos ikaw unang natapos at nabigyan ng ganyan, di ka ba matutuwa sa nagawa mo at maraming nagcocongratulate sau?yan kasi hirap sa mga makikitid utak eh imbis na palakasin ang loob ng mga lumalaban dinodown pa.

Squirt · 13 years ago

I have to agree with Justin here.
The article could’ve been written in a way that it’s focused on the event itself and informing the readers that there’s a certain solar race happening in Australia, and that the Philippines has an entry named Sikat blah blah, what’s the race about, who started it, what was like last year’s race etc etc.. and maybe just squeeze in the article that we earned a pole position.

Tata · 13 years ago

So what’s wrong sa sinabi ni Justin? Wala naman ah, tapos ang dami nang blah blah against sa kanya. Pinoy talaga ugali at pag iisip ng mga ilan regular nag cocomment dito.