Congratulations to Lancaster Racing!
Lancaster Racing 2012 at Silverstone
The Engineering Department's Formula Student team, Lancaster Racing 2012 put in an excellent performance in the 2012 Formula Student competition, placing 34th out of over 132 cars.
Formula Student sees teams of Engineering students from universities worldwide build a single seat racing car in order to compete in a range of static and dynamic events. The team, consisting of 10 MEng students from across a range of Engineering disciplines had 16 weeks to take the car from concept to final build, as well as finding sponsorship along the way.
The team and car were judged on their design, subjected to technical and safety scrutineering and a brake and tilt test as well as giving presentations on cost and their business plan. The team also tested the car across a range of dynamic events, performing well in the skid pan (figure of 8), acceleration and sprint tests and making it through to the final day's endurance test. Despite engine problems preventing the car from completing the endurance test the team managed a very respectable 34th place overall. Congratulations team!
To find out more about how their project unfolded, see the Lancaster Racing website.
Thu 19 July 2012
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