EXETER FORMULA STUDENT
ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING TEAMS ON THE GRID
We provide our team members with real life engineering and business experience. Through competing in Formula Student, team members are able to apply and develop the skills they have acquired at university in a real-life setting.
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Our valued sponsors allow us to design and build every aspect of a car that flies. We are committed to improving our car year on year and can only do that with the support of Exeter University and businesses alike.
This is what sponsoring us can do for you:
Formula Student is a student engineering competition held annually in the UK at Silverstone Circuit. University teams from around the world design, manufacture, test, and race a formula style race car. These cars are judged by industry specialists on a number of criteria:
STATIC EVENTS
Engineering Design - 150 points
Cost & Sustainability Analysis - 100 points
Business Presentation - 75 points
Technical Inspection - 0 points, but 6 tests: safety, chassis, noise, tilt, brake, and tech
DYNAMIC EVENTS
Skidpad, figure of 8 - 50 points
1km Autocross Sprint - 150 points
75m Acceleration - 75 points
22km Endurance - 300 points
Fuel economy - 100 points
The winner of the event is the team with the highest number of points out of a maximum of 1000.
Coming soon! XRacing's facilities are undergoing a change.
This is as part of the wider developments happing in the university's Harrison Building, and will include a brand new Formula Student space for XRacing. Stay tuned!