Formula Student teams face a gruelling series of performance tests and then race.

Race What?

The competition is split into 2 different types, static and dynamic. The static events test the ability of the students and the dynamic events test the ability of the car.

Race Events

Static Events

Design:

The concept of the design event is to evaluate the engineering effort that went into the design of the car and how the engineering meets the intent of the market. The car that illustrates the best use of engineering to meet the design goals and the best understanding of the design by the team members will win the design event.

The purpose of this event is enhance your ability to gain knowledge and then put into practice.

Cost:

This event challenges teams to produce a report with a full breakdown of the cost of their car. Including the costs of not just bought-in components and materials but challenges teams to accurately cost the parts they make themselves and therefore challenges teams to gain an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing methods that are involved in producing their designs.

The purpose of this event is to give you the experience of optimising your designs with regards to budget, which is concept relevant to every form of engineering.

Business Presentation:

The objective of the presentation event is to evaluate the team’s ability to develop and deliver a comprehensive business case that will convince the executives of a manufacturing firm that the team’s design best meets the demands of the amateur, weekend, autocross racing market and that it can be profitably manufactured and marketed. Presentations are evaluated on the contents, organization and visual aids as well as the presenters’ delivery and the team’s response to questions.

This event is designed to give you an experience in the world of marketing, i.e. to give an experience of having to go and sell your designs and making your designs profitable.

Dynamic events

Skid-pad:

The objective of the skid-pad event is to measure the car’s cornering ability on a flat surface while making a constant-radius turn.

Acceleration:

The acceleration event evaluates the car’s acceleration in a straight line on flat pavement.

Autocross:

The objective of the autocross event is to evaluate the car's maneuverability and handling qualities on a tight course without the hindrance of competing cars. The autocross course will combine the performance features of acceleration, braking, and cornering into one event.

Endurance:

The Endurance Event is designed to evaluate the overall performance of the car and to test the car’s reliability. The race is 22Km long and cars can reach up to 80mph on the straights.