In the Design event, the team needs to present the car along with all the necessary documentation. STATIC EVENTS THE STATIC EVENTS CONSIST OF A DESIGN EVENT, BUSINESS PRESENTATION, AND COST EVENT. With the maximum achievable of 1000 points, teams from around the world compete with each other to be the best of the best. The on-track “dynamic events” and the off-track “static events”.
To win the competition, the team needs to gain points from two separate events. With over 819 teams from more than 40 countries from around the world, the competition took place in some of the most renowned race track in the world, such as Hockenheimring in Germany, Silverstone in the UK, Assen in The Netherlands, and much more.
Moreover, the students have the unique opportunity to apply the knowledge that has been gathered from their studies to research, design, produce, and build their very own racecar. Founded in 1980 at the University of Texas in Austin as Formula SAE, today Formula Student is one of the most prestigious academic motorsport competitions in the world, with the goal of generating competent and proficient students on engineering, organisational, and communication and marketing role through a novel and innovative year-long project.