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A team of engineering students from the University of Sheffield have brought the chequered flag down on the academic year after building their own single-seat racing car and competing at one of the world’s most famous racing circuits.
Students in the team, named Sheffield Formula Racing, have dedicated the last 10 months to build a race car from scratch alongside their studies so they can follow in the footsteps of their racing heroes and compete at Silverstone – the home of British motorsport.
Comprised mostly of undergraduate mechanical engineering students from every year of study, the team competed in Formula Student, Europe’s most prestigious educational engineering competition, which is run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
After working around the clock throughout the academic year and facing last-minute technical setbacks that put their racing dreams in jeopardy, the students managed to compete in every event throughout the Silverstone weekend and finished 14th overall and 9th out of the UK universities competing. The competition was won by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia from Italy.
The competition aims to help students test the skills and expertise they are developing on their engineering degree by working together to manufacture all aspects of a race car – from design through to build.
Read more here: sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-formula-racing-silverstone-1.858018
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A team of engineering students from the University of Sheffield have brought the chequered flag down on the academic year after building their own single-seat racing car and competing at one of the world’s most famous racing circuits.
Students in the team, named Sheffield Formula Racing, have dedicated the last 10 months to build a race car from scratch alongside their studies so they can follow in the footsteps of their racing heroes and compete at Silverstone – the home of British motorsport.
Comprised mostly of undergraduate mechanical engineering students from every year of study, the team competed in Formula Student, Europe’s most prestigious educational engineering competition, which is run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
After working around the clock throughout the academic year and facing last-minute technical setbacks that put their racing dreams in jeopardy, the students managed to compete in every event throughout the Silverstone weekend and finished 14th overall and 9th out of the UK universities competing. The competition was won by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia from Italy.
The competition aims to help students test the skills and expertise they are developing on their engineering degree by working together to manufacture all aspects of a race car – from design through to build.
Read more here: sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/sheffield-formula-racing-silverstone-1.858018
Instagram: instagram.com/theuniversityofsheffield
Twitter: twitter.com/sheffielduni
Facebook: facebook.com/theuniversityofsheffield
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/university-of-sheffield
Website: sheffield.ac.uk
