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We have published a Rules FAQ on EV 5.8.5 - EV 5.8.7 and EV 5.8.14 to help answer some of the questions we have received about this rules change at ht…

The FSG Registration Quiz will be held on 2026-01-30 13:00 CET.

Most European registration quizzes will take place on 2026-01-30, spaced two hours…

World Ranking List Update: Preview the new Formula!

We're excited to share a major update to the Formula Student World Ranking List! As announced…

In this 2-hour online session, we’ll dive into the key factors for proper RWDR selection: from standard designs and high-speed optimization options to…

As announced during the FSG Academy at Zeiss, updated FS-Rules 2026 v1.1 have just been published at fsg.one/rules, based on the input we received…

The annual FSG Academy will take place on October 25th, 2025, at ZEISS in Oberkochen, Germany, within the ZEISS Forum. This workshop is designed…

The competition season is nearing its end, which means the new season is about to start and with it comes a new release of the FS Rules. To bring…

The 2025 FSG has come to a successful close: 84 teams from 23 nations competed with their self-developed electric and autonomous race cars, showcasing…

The electric autocross in the afternoon lit up the stage, but the legends weren’t about to be outshined. With insane lap times, the old-school heroes…

Statics were on! All Teams presented their Vehicle Designs, Cost Breakdowns, and Business Plan Pitches to score valueable points towards the total…

We’re kicking things off with the Historic Skidpad, followed by full coverage of all Dynamic Events throughout the week and the Business Plan Finals.

From 20–22 August at the Hockenheimring, FSG participants can join free workshops and talks led by industry experts. A great chance to learn, connect,…

Today we kicked off the static events with Business Plan Presentations, Cost & Manufacturing and Engineering Design, giving a behind-the-scenes look…

Monday was full of energy as the teams arrived for their inspections. Big congrats to everyone who nailed their inspections so far!  

With everyone…

The forest fire warning level for the Hockenheimring campsite has been raised to level 4 out of 5 for the coming days. As a result, all fires are…

Every minute counts! Be it inspection, test area or dynamic event: There is no time to procure material from the DIY store or ask around the other…

To mark the 20th anniversary of Formula Student Germany, FSG is reviving the thrill of night racing for the first time since the legendary EV Night…

For the 7th year - at FSG 2025, Siemens Digital Industries Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Award”, a 10.000 EUR award to…

The FSG MathWorks Modeling and Simulation Award 2025 is designed to recognize and reward teams that excel in utilizing MathWorks tools for the design…

We are celebrating our 20^th anniversary with a spectacular Historic Cup in which vehicles from all classes that have participated in the FSG up to and…

At MathWorks, we have the privilege of seeing some of the most innovative student teams in the world push the boundaries of model-based design using…

Over the past years, the CBOM tool has enabled 657 teams to structure their parts, assemblies, and systems for the Cost and Manufacturing competition.…

All teams that have designed a monocoque for their vehicle must have their Structural Equivalency Spreadsheet (SES) file checked by an external…

After several updates happening in the background, the ESF and ASF are online and ready for your input.

Please keep in mind the deadline 2025-03-28…

On Friday, 202 EV teams took part in the FSG quiz. The results of the quiz have been published on Saturday and we received a total of 85 feedback…

Dear FSG Community & Alumni Teams!

This year we are celebrating the 20^th anniversary of Formula Student Germany and the 15^th anniversary of Formula…

Despite a lot of effort in setting up the infrastructure and testing over the past few days, we made a configuration error with the six global servers…

The 2025 templates for the IAD and ASES documents have recently been published at fsg.one/rules. The SES template will follow shortly.

If you…

We have just published the updated Formula Student World Ranking Lists. https://fs-world.org

We added 889 team results (340 CV and 549 EV) from 24…

In the "Rules" talk at the FSG Academy at Siemens, it was stated that there were no plans to update the FSG Rules. However, during and after the…

Are you ready to accelerate your Formula Student journey? Mark your calendars for November 9th, 2024, as the annual FSG Academy event takes place at…

As we look back on Formula Student Germany 2024, we once again want to shoutout our amazing judges.

This year we had more than 200 dedicated judges…

Formula Student Germany 2024 has officially come to an end after an exciting week of competition, teamwork, and innovation. Teams from around the…

What a day it’s been! Under the scorching sun, teams pushed their limits, powering through different disciplines with relentless determination.…

We witnessed a day packed with incredible achievements both on the track and in the paddock. The action started early with the EV Cost Finals. A big…

Another electrifying day at Formula Student Germany 2024! Thursday was all about the Static Disciplines, with the remaining teams presenting their…

The temperature soared, but so did the action as teams blazed through technical inspections today.

Wednesday also marked the start of the Business…

Monday’s excitement continued as we welcomed a new wave of teams for inspections.

A big congratulations to the 21 teams that passed the Electrical…

Also, this year, we’re offering a special opportunity for those who have recently become alumni or are in their final active season and thinking about…

The excitement of FSG 2024 is officially underway! The pit lanes are alive with activity as teams arrive, set up their spaces, and jump straight into…

It’s the 18th season of Formula Student Germany, and we are beyond excited to welcome you all to the Hockenheimring!

This year, 84 teams from over 20…

Every minute counts! Whether Scrutineering, Test Area or Dynamic Event. There's no time to go to the hardware store for materials or to ask all the…

The ZEISS Embedded Video Processing Award will honor the best electronic system architecture and implementation of a real-time video processing…

Time to celebrate! Formula Student Germany e.V. is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the Bertha-and-Carl-Benz-Prize 2023. This…

Join MathWorks Engineers for an Exclusive Ask Me Anything Live Session on the FSG MathWorks Modeling and Simulation Award 2024!

Date: 5 July 2024

Ti…

For the 6th year - at FSG 2024, Siemens Digital Industries Software is sponsoring the
“FSG Siemens Digital Twin Award”, a 10.000 EUR award to…

The MathWorks Modeling and Simulation Award is designed to recognize and reward teams that excel in utilizing MathWorks tools for the design of their…

The Driverless Cup targets teams with a vehicle which already is capable of running driverless autocross and trackdrive. It acknowledges the current…

The increasing number of EV slots leads to increasing congestion in the charging tent, especially during the rush hours around Autocross and…

Tomorrow is that time again. Registration for this season starts with a challenging quiz for EV teams. The FSG Quiz starts as usual at 13:00 CET. The…

The FSG 2024 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2024, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important…

The updated FS-Rules 2024 v1.1 including your input are now published at fsg.one/rules.

Changes in v1.1 can easily be found via the…

This year's FSG Main Academy powered by Schaeffler took place on 21st of October. Schaeffler hosted hundreds of Formula Student Team Members on site,…

The yearly FSG academy event offering support and information to Formula Student teams will be held on 21^st October 2023 at Schaeffler in…

Register now for the online session!

It's already been a week since the 17th Formula Student Germany competition came to a close. 

Let us reminisce, sit back and check out some of the…

We hope all of you had a safe journey back home and a chance to catch up on some sleep.

Since our Award Ceremony II, a few changes have been made,…

During FSG 2023, 175 diligent judges have been on-site, rigorously evaluating and testing our teams' innovation and hard work. You brought a critical…

Also this year the FSG Media Team worked around the clock to capture moments from the event that should not be missed. If you are wondering where and…

Yesterday not only FSG 2023 but a whole era of Formula Student Germany history ended with the last combustion cars finishing endurance yesterday. Our…

Wow, what a day! Yet again, the sun was relentless as everyone sweated their way through trackdrive and autocross. It was great to see that many teams…

From dawn till dusk (almost), we witnessed remarkable achievements both on the track and in the paddock. The day kicked off with the intense EV Cost…

Another day of thrilling action at the Formula Student Germany 2023! Today's focus was on Static Disciplines, with the remaining teams showcasing…

Following the footsteps of the blazing heat, the teams were absolutely on fire as they battled through technical inspection today.

To beat the heat,…

Our partner NIO will host several talks from Thursday to Sunday about NIO Power, Assisted Driving and the possibilities to Join the NIO Team.

What a Day! Monday's action continued today with inspections beginning for the next set of teams who we invited onto the site today. All the teams and…

Today marks the thrilling kickoff of FSG 2023! The pit lanes are buzzing with energy as the first teams rolled in, set up and dived straight into…

The 17th season of Formula Student Germany has officially started and we welcome you all to the Hockenheimring!

With 100 teams registered, more than…

With the new strategic orientation of Formula Student from a combustion-focused competition to electrically driven and autonomous racing cars,…

With less than 24 hours to go, we are in full swing of getting ready and setting up the event site. Yesterday, we kicked-off the countdown for FSG23…

We are happy to announce that we have ZEISS as a new partner on board!

Are you reading this post on your smartphone? Then it's very likely that it…

For the 2022 magazine three teams gave us insights into the way they tackle the challenge of building an autonomous race car. With the magazine team…

For the 2022 magazine three teams gave us insights into the way they tackle the challenge of building an autonomous race car. With the magazine team…

For the 2022 magazine three teams gave us insights into the way they tackle the challenge of building an autonomous race car. With the magazine team…

For the 5^th year - at FSG 2023, Siemens Digital Industries Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Award”, a 10.000 EUR award to…

Dear FSG Teams,

The deadline for submitting the Engineering Design Written Report is approaching (June 2nd). Our Statics Team has compiled some…

We have carried out a major revision of the ESF, which means that the EAIR is no longer needed. The EAIR deadline will therefore be removed without…

Here we go again! Tomorrow, the annual FS Quiz marathon will kick off the season for the European Formula Student Events 2023!

Be ready for the FSG…

A Formula Student Germany without our volunteers would not be imaginable. Around 50 dedicated motorsport enthusiasts work hard to organize the event…

The Rules 2023 v1.1 including your input are now published: fsg.one/rules.

Thank you for all your feedback. We will answer to all tickets in…

It’s a wrap – FSG 2022 sadly has come to an end. After only a small event in 2021 it felt great to have you all back on track.

The hard work during…

Many new faces were seen at the Hockenheimring yesterday as visitors kept pouring in.

The stands were crowded, the track was full of cars, the…

Yesterday was all about cars on track, both for racing and the panoramic picture.
Seeing so many students together on the track was amazing and…

Today the cheers of students were heard echoing across the Hockenheimring. As of today, 43 of 66 teams have passed E-Inspection, 77 of 92 teams…

In case of an equipment or tool emergency check out Würth's booth. It's worth it!

“Racing is Life. Anything before or after is just waiting.” – Steve…

The FSG Media Team works around the clock to capture moments from the event that should not be missed. If you are wondering where and how to access…

Yesterday, was momentous. With multiple things happening simultaneously, everyone is witnessing the tension rising at Hockenheimring.

The day…

Our partner NIO has a special offer for you!

During the week their will be different NIO experts to discuss interesting topics about innovations…

Yesterday we finally had all teams on-site at the Hockenheimring! The partners have been setting up their stands and the gates were also opened to…

Provided by our partners, the Academy offers free workshops to give students an opportunity for further training and an industry insight on various…

Guided Tours will be hosted at the Hockenheimring this year for those who are interested in learning more about the concept and goals of Formula…

Today we finally opened the gates of the Hockenheimring for the first teams. Teams had the chance to settle into their pits and also begin their…

With less than 24 hours left, we are in full swing setting up the event site. Today we kicked-off with our Volunteers Welcome and started preparing…

We have prepared a little sneak peek into this years magazine. With the upcoming competitions, you will have to face the Engineering Design Event…

Formula Student Germany is right around the corner! With only five weeks to go, we're looking forward to seeing what everyone has been working on. Thi…

For the 4rd year - at FSG 2022, Siemens Digital Industries Software is sponsoring the "FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award", a 10.00…

You can't get enough of Formula Student? Then join our great community of volunteers. It takes around 450 volunteers to bring Formula Student Germany…

Join the Simcenter Star-CCM+ Student Day offered by our partner Siemens scheduled for March 25th, starting at 14:00 CET.

This event is especially…

We are shocked, upset and deeply saddened by the attack on Ukraine and the ongoing war in which people on both sides are dying completely senselessly,…

As stated in the rule DE 7.4.2 of the Competition Handbook, all RES must be of the latest 2022 hardware revision (with e-key). Older models must be…

In 2021, despite the ongoing pandemic, eight physical Formula Student competitions have been able to take place in Europe. We have collected the 350…

Thursday was the last live show held in the BW-Tower, as the Award Ceremonies on Friday and Saturday were streamed from the Grandstand.

We were…

In Wednesday's Grid show, we looked at Formula Student from the perspective of various participants.

Firstly, we gained some interesting insights on…

This was the day where Students got to prove their Formula Student knowledge!

We turned our second daily Grid Show into a Quiz show! Representatives…

As the 2021/22 Season kicks into gear, we want to wish all Rookies a great start to their Formula Student Journeys. As you've probably already heard…

Dear Teams,

as already announced we like to invite you to join the Main Workshop on Friday, 26th of November at 17:00 CET! Besides important…

Dear Teams,

after a short  but well deserved break both you and ourselves are back to work on the preparation of next year's event. Two things we…

What a week! After such a long break due to the pandemic, this week felt even more special. 

Finally, all the time spent by the teams on designing,…

It's a wrap - The Endurance is over!

Our "Final Four", TU Valencia, DHBW Stuttgart, TU Stuttgart & UAS Esslingen successfully completed all of their…

Yesterday night the first Award Ceremony of FSG 2021 took place. Besides many Teams, Partners & Volunteers that joined us on the Grandstands of the…

On Friday we continued with the Dynamics!

In the morning the driverless cars hit the track during the FSD Trackdrive, which is already the last…

The first Dynamic Day was packed! Starting of with FSC/FSE/FSD Skid Pad and Acceleration, we saw the Driverless cars performing in the afternoon…

Today, we would like to share the opportunity to meet one of our partners virtually. Siemens has set up an online Zoom-session to meet you. They will…

Dear Teams,

the schedule for the Online Edition of the Academy Onsite is now available! Starting tomorrow you can participate in different…

Please enjoy reading the second part of our little excursion on Formula Student in India. For those who haven't read the first part in this year's…

Dear Teams,

as mentioned in the Team Welcome, together we want to build the ultimate Formula Student car!

How does it work?

Tune in every night on…

Thank you to everyone who join us tonight during our virtual session! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. For those who were not able to…

Dear all,
we have changed the judging days for FS-Driverless vehicles to Friday. This had to be done to balance the available number of judges on both…

Daimler has a vision of a future with fewer traffic accidents and less stress. We are working to achieve this vision through automation,…

For the 3rd year - at FSG 2021, Siemens Digital Industries Software is sponsoring the "FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award", a 10.00…

Dear Teams,

Thank you for the open letter regarding the static event schedule.

We are aware of the situation caused by the rescheduling of FS EAST…

The time has come - the company "scuddy GmbH & Co. KG" of the two founders of RACEYARD (Formula Student Team at UAS Kiel) released the latest model of…

Feature-based, modular development approach for customized complete vehicle solutions

In recent years, the requirements in vehicle development have…

Dear Teams, Partners and Friends of FSG,
as we approach many official FSG deadlines, we would like to inform you on the following changes and…

"Schaeffler is a really cool employer, and I can definitely imagine working here." That was the statement given by Laura Vosseler in spring 2019 as…

The MAHLE Jet Ignition® system is a new combustion technology which replaces the standard spark plug in SI engines with a jet ignition pre-chamber…

After a short break we are back with our virtual FSG Academy series! Make sure to register for our session on Electric Vehicle Design on Friday, April…

Tackling a project. Discussing, coordinating, developing. Defying the time pressure together. And at the end of it all: proudly looking at the…

The next Deep Dive Workshop from our partner MathWorks focusing on simulating autonomous vehicles using MATLAB and Simulink is coming soon! It's…

In future, intelligently controlled and autonomously operating fleets of vehicles with shuttles and robo-taxis will make fewer individual cars…

With advancements in the automotive industry, various student competitions have introduced the driverless category, where the goal of the teams is to…

Dear Teams,

this years quiz left us with some unexpected challenges. Some teams experienced huge delays during the submission of their answers to…

Autonomous Driving and E-Mobility are two main fields of our ZF Mission to the Next Generation Mobility. For us this goes hand in hand with our…

The FSG 2021 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules. Because of the pandemic we had to reduce the amount of…

In the future, autonomous and partly autonomous vehicles will have no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steering gear.…

The FSG Registration Quiz will be held on 2021-02-05 13:00 CET. This year, the competition will take place  from 2021-08-16 until 2021-08-22 in…

At Siemens Digital Industries Software we work with passion. It drives us to develop new innovation processes and offer our customers solutions with…

During the pandemic, we talked to some Formula Student Teams to understand how Corona affects their work. One of the teams, CURE from DHBW Mannheim in…

Innovative ideas are build best in a creative space! Following its innovation strategy, MAHLE opens a new Start-Up Space in Stuttgart, Germany.…

Modeling is a way to create a virtual representation of a real-world system that includes software and hardware. In this article, we will see how to…

Great News!

Our first Deep Dive Workshop focusing on simulation is already scheduled for November 27th starting at 18:00 CET!

You will be hearing…

As a technology leader, Magna contributes to sustainable mobility in the fields of e-mobility, autonomous driving, and future manufacturing processes.…

The first virtual Main Academy on October 24th was a great success for us. More than 1.000 viewers from 34 countries worldwide joined us in the…

Registration is now open - Join us!

Dear Teams, Partners and friends of FSG,
 
Roughly one week after our sad but necessary decision to cancel FSG 2020, we are still in continuous…

Dear teams
Due to the impact of measures against the spread of COVID-19, we would like to make the following announcement:

We are aware of the…

On Friday 334 teams finished the registration quiz for Formula Student Germany 2020, which has been a new record for FSG. 44 teams finished the quiz…

Dear Teams, Partners and friends of FSG,

First of all, we would like to thank the 43 teams who took the time to talk to us either on the phone or in…

Dear Teams, Partners and friends of FSG,

over the course of the last few weeks we received lots of feedback from multiple parties regarding our…

On Saturday more than 60 teams joined our annual FSG Workshop which took place at Magna International in Untergruppenbach. Besides information about…

Dear all,

we knew we would cause very controversial reactions. Still, we want to react to some of the points mentioned.

It is a bold step and we are…

Dear teams, partners and friends of FSG,

today, we would like to present our concept for Formula Student Germany 2022. During the FSG Workshop last…

The yearly FSG academy main event offering support and information to Formula Student teams will be held on Saturday the 16th of November 2019 at…

The official protests (rule A 3.7) of three FSE teams were processed by the FSG Officials. All protests are rejected. The official argumentation …

The rules for FSG2020 are now published.
<link fsg rules>www.formulastudent.de/fsg/rules/

If you find errors or inconsistencies in the document or have a…

It’s been a long week on the Hockenheimring racetrack.

Finally, all the time spent by the teams on testing and optimizing the vehicles has paid off.…

We congratulate all teams that have received their well-deserved awards during Award Ceremony Part I on Saturday. Your dedication, time and effort was…

And here it is: The one and only panoramic picture! Thanks to all teams!

https://media.formulastudent.de/2019/Hockenheim/Panoramic-Picture/i-hxz64pG

Come join us at the Information Counter in the FSG Forum where you can sign up for a Guided Tour of the event site. The guide will explain to you the…

119 Teams aus 25 Nationen bei der Formula Student Germany

- Autonome Funktionen in den Fahrzeugen gewinnen an Bedeutung

- FSG bietet beste…

Thursday is mainly statics and inspection day as well. Nevertheless the first of the dynamic events took place. The driverless Skid Pad, where the…

Besides the ongoing inspection events, the FSE as well as FSD Static Events took place on Wednesday. During the whole day experienced judges from our…

Like in the past years Formula Student Germany will broadcast the most important events live from the Hockenheimring. The events will be provided via…

With the "Team Welcome" tonight, Formula Student Germany 2019 officially kicked off! We are looking forward to an exciting week of skills, speed and…

Every year we offer a variety of Special Awards in cooperation with our partners. The goal of this awards is to evaluate engineering excellence in a…

Based on FS Rule S3.8.2, Formula Student Germany will use different Engineering Design Scoring Categories during #FSG19. We have modified the scoring…

For the 2nd year - at FSG19, Siemens Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award”, a 7.500 EUR award to…

New “additive thinking” and engineering skill sets are required to bring the full power of 3D printing on the road. With the BASF Best Use of 3D…

Before you load your truck and set up to Hockenheim, please read DE4.1 of the Competition Handbook again. These rules are the same like last year.
Yo…

Daimler has a vision of a future with fewer traffic accidents and less stress. Our special award this year focuses on AI innovations within your…

Here at Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID), we have set out to build a self-driving system for the Volkswagen Group and beyond. Over the past few…

For more than 20 years Kube has been developing requirement-oriented solutions for safety-critical applications in automotive, aerospace and…

Here at Autonomous Intelligent Driving (AID), we have set out to build a self-driving system for the Volkswagen Group and beyond. In working towards…

Dear Teams,
as you know we aimed to design a new temperature monitoring device for FSG 2019.
However, due to some issues during the development…

Daimler has a vision of a future with fewer traffic accidents and less stress. We are working to achieve this vision through automation,…

For the 2nd year - at FSG19, Siemens Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award”, a 7.500 EUR award to…

The Motivation

Individually shaped objects can be created in layers from various materials, for example plastic, metal and ceramics. The industry…

The FSG 2019 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2019, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important…

The first FSG Driverless Starters Workshop was held on 11th of Mai 2019 in Munich at AID. In total, 160 Students from 56 teams and 12 countries…

To help teams getting started with DV technology FSG will organize a Driverless starters workshop. This workshop focuses on bringing the driverless…

FSG is pushing the Driverless development even farther, while keeping all mechanical engineering development. Thereby we want to set a challenging…

…

#FSG18 is over. Seven hot days, three technical vehicle classes, thousands of participants and visitors made this Formula Student Germany amazing…

A new FSG tool was born at #FSG18. From now on the FSG Scoring Team is publishing penalties of offences happened during ACC, SKP, ATX and Misc. events…

Thursday was the second Statics Day of #FSG18. In addition to this the second Engineering Design and Cost Event round took place. This time the FSC…

For more than 20 years Kube has been developing requirement-oriented solutions for safety-critical applications in automotive, aerospace and…

The second #FSG18 Statics Event Day comes to its end. Beside the FSE and FSD Engineering Design Finals, the FSC Business Plan Presentation final…

On Wednesday the #FSG18 Engineering Design Event for FSE and FSD teams took place. 132 judges from different companies with a lot of experience in…

The first day of #FSG18 Statics Events is almost done. The day will be closed by the FSE Business Plan Finals and FSD Business Plan Highlight…

Based on FS Rule S3.8.2, Formula Student Germany will use different Engineering Design Scoring Categories during #FSG18. We have modified the scoring…

The Special Awards is a section in engineering design where the teams have the possibility to show and present some innovations they implemented in…

Fixed time slots for Technical Inspection:
Based on feedback from the FSG workshop round-table discussions and the wish to have as many teams as…

Due to your feedback we decided together with our partner Siemens to re-open the upload area for FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence…

#FSG18 Business Plan Presentation Deep Dive Topics for FSC, FSD and FSE teams are available within the rules section on the FSG website from now on.

If you found errors, ambiguities or inconsistencies in the FS Rules 2018, we offer you the opportunity to provide feedback. Please note that only …

Due to the limited space in Hockenheim and to ensure a well-ordered build-up and tear-down of the pits, each team can use ONLY ONE vehicle, called the…

At Daimler, we are convinced: The future is electric. That is why we are setting the course for tomorrow today. We prove this with our brand for…

Why does BASF as The Chemical Company award a prize for the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”?
High performance plastics are a very…

As a leading supplier of diesel engines and systems for marine propulsion and off-highway applications, MTU is particularly committed to setting the…

The VDI awards tickets for the first 20 participants to the congress “Dritev - Drivetrain for Vehicles” from June 27-28, 2018 in Bonn, Germany. You…

The ESF is now online and can be submitted. Due to some changes in the structure of the ESF forms the process of bringing them online and working took…

The FSG 2018 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2018, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important…

We’re happy to announce the availability of the C2 and C3 campgrounds next to the Hockenheimring providing proximity to the event ground for the…

SimScale partners with Formula Student Germany to offer a free workshop on advanced CFD topics for Formula Student participants.

The VDI awards tickets for the first 5 participants to the congress “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” from March 14-15, 2018 in Mannheim, Germany.…

Sponsoring for 2 European teams with a total value of € 15,000

Dear all, 

due to some protests, we have made the following changes to the quiz results. 

• Question 1 has been deleted and will not count for the…

You should answer the questions as quickly as possible, but the questions will be available at the earliest at the following times.

Question Time…

We have updated the quiz server today in order to allow the entry of numbers without multiple choice. Please note that you have to use the exact…

The FSG 2018 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2018, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important…

Both Formula Student World Ranking Lists have been updated after the last competition of this season in Australia. You will find them on https://maz…

FSG has switched the mailing system as of December 13th 2017. In practice this should not make a difference - all previously known addresses stay the…

The team registration starts on 2018-01-22 13:00 CET and will take place in the form of a quiz. There will be one quiz for all three classes. The…

We are happy to announce that the Emergency Brake System (EBS) Reference Guide, we presented on the FSG Workshop, is now available for download.

It…

The VDI awards tickets for the first 5 participants to the biggest branch meeting of security experts in the automotive industry – the congress…

The yearly FSG academy event offering support and information to Formula Student teams was held on 21st October 2017 at Schaeffler in Herzogenaurach…

The VDI awards tickets for the first 10 participants to the most important branch meeting of electronic experts in the automotive industry - the VDI…

Formula Student Germany would like to inform about changes within the results of #FSG2017 due to protests and feedbacks. Furthermore to make the…

Monday, 2017-09-18
first version of 2018 rules will be published, this version is meant to be close to final. FSG forum opens to collect feedback until…

It’s been a long week on the Hockenheimring racetrack.

Finally, all the time spent by the teams on testing and optimizing the vehicles has paid off.…

All teams with serious interest to participate in Formula Student Driverless next year are invited to send one representative to the FSD Round Table…

A new running order for the Endurance event has been published. The former running order was created based on wrong data input regarding the lap times…

The FSE Engineering Design Event is the battle for the best designed and build Formula Student Electric car. Before the event each team uploaded a six…

65 teams did compete in the FSC Engineering Design Event. Hundreds of pages were evaluated by the statics team and judges. Additionally a lot of…

The Driverless Dynamics kicked off on Thursday, with ETH Zurich successfully completing the first real lap of the Acceleration event. The rain was…

Based on the experiences from the first ever FSD dynamic events yesterday, we decided to update the procedure for todays track drive event as…

The first Formula Student Driverless Trackdrive Running Order is available now. Details concerning the process will be explained during the Friday…

Please attend the morning briefing (8 a.m. CEST) with at least 1 ESO per team (Electric Vehicle), ASR has to attend as usual.

The presentation of today's Team Briefing available for download now:

...do you want to see some more photos? Check out the OFFICIAL FSG photos from the week so far under: http://media.formulastudent.de/FSG17 

After a light incident with a battery cell shortcut in the charging tent (no person harmed or affected) we have decided to allow only iinsulated tools…

Contrary to the announcement in todays team briefing and the rules, there will be four runs per driverless vehicle for acceleration and skid pad. Run…

For the coming race days the commentators would really like to have your input about any fun facts regarding your team. What's your car's name? Who…

Day 3 of Formula Student Germany and the teams are working hard to get their cars through the tough scrutineering in order to be able to compete in…

Today we managed to bring 84 of the 114 Teams together for a giant photo overlooking the Formula Student Germany event site. It was a beautiful day…

Special Awards are the battle for trophies within a defined field of engineering design. Each year our sponsors offer the opportunity to the teams to…

Dear driverless teams participating at Formula Student Germany 2017,

due to unforeseeable changes with the judge allocation and event site set-up we…

Due to space restrictions in Event Control, the White Competition T-Shirts that every Team Member receives will be handed out tomorrow (Tuesday 9th…

After the successful premiere in 2016, there will also be workshops at the FSG competition in 2017!

These workshops will be offered to this years'…

Due to the recent severe weather conditions, the Hockenheim Ring has unfortunately had to close the campsite opposite the track and the campsite on…

If you found errors, ambiguities or inconsistencies in the FS Rules 2017, we offer you the opportunity to provide feedback. Please note that only…

On July the 8th Bosch opened it’s proving ground at Boxberg to 20 Formula Student teams in order to test their cars for the upcoming events such as…

OPEL. THE FUTURE IS EVERYONE’S.

To be a winning team several characteristics are required to set your team and your car apart from others. Team…

“In the beginning I looked around and could not find quite the car I dreamed of, so I decided to build it myself.”

It was over 60 years ago that Ferry…

Why does BASF as The Chemical Company award a prize for the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”?

High performance plastics are a very…

As a leading supplier of diesel engines for marine propulsion and off-highway applications, MTU is particularly committed to setting the benchmark in…

Would you like to be the first team in the scrutineering order of the FSG 2018? If your answer is yes you should read the following announcement for…

The schedule for FSG 2017 is online!

In order to integrate the new driverless class some time slots had to be adapted. So among others the team…

Due to the lessons learned operating the now 6 year old Energy Meter and because of the addition of the FSD class, which demands a data logger, FSG…

We are pleased to introduce a new tool to the Formula Student community. All team captains are now able to create the (Costed) Bill of Material in…

The web-based forms for ASF Add Item Request (AAIR) & ESF Add Item Request (EAIR) are now available. Firstly, please check whether all items you need…

A compilation of the Formula Student Germany Event at Hockenheim 2016 has been published by ATZ, featuring FSG impressions as well as highlighting…

In the last few weeks, the first workshop on aerodynamics and CFD organized by SimScale and Formula Student Germany e.V. took place. A new approach…

The FSG Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2017, identifying the key dates, deadlines and information…

SimScale and Formula Student Germany are joining forces to offer a free workshop series about the application of CFD in Formula Student.

Participants…

Sponsoring for 2 European teams with a total value of € 15,000

As stated when publishing the Rules 2017, the intent is to keep the possibility of oversea competition participation. Based on the feedback we…

The first version of the rules for FSG2017 is now published: Rules2017_V1.0.pdf

A lot of work has been done to generate a combined document, which…

The 2016 FSG Workshop will be held at Bosch Engineering GmbH in Abstatt on Saturday the 29th of October.

The workshop offers support and information…

Due to the fact that we wanted to start the award ceremony right on time the cross checking of the penalty system was still ongoing during the…

The last event is over - endurance is finished. 91 cars started to compete throughout the day in this highlight of the event , 42 cars finished the…

It’s been a long week on the Hockenheimring racetrack - hot weather and a lot of hard work.

Finally, all the time spent by the teams on testing and…

On this final day of Formula Student Germany 2016 the Endurance event takes place.
It is the last of the dynamic disciplines and probably the most…

The Running Order for Endurance is available now. Please see the attached document. The Endurance is divided in two sessions:

Morning Session will…

Don't forget about the Sportsmanship Award! Please hand in your nominations until 15:00 on Sunday at Event control! 

15 teams handed in concepts to suggest ideas and solutions for a possible driverless event at Formula Student Germany and participated in the Formula…

Again, in 2016 FSG invited sponsors and other interested VIPs to a VIP reception at the BW Tower. Here, they all had the opportunity to learn more…

As every year, we are happy to offer our popular Guided Tours to our sponsors, visitors and friends. Our tour guides are all former participants of FS…

We congratulate all teams that have received their well deserved awards during Award Ceremony Part I on Friday. Your dedication, time and effort was…

Team HHN Racing reported an engine problem.
Their engine: Husqvarna SMR 510, manufactured in 2008, has problems with the outlet valve (valve+valve…

These are the 6 finalists for the FSC Engineering Design event.  

Uni Stuttgart (car 202)
TU München (car 231)
Seattle (car 269)
Oxford (car 292)
Hamburg…

A Formula Student car – independent of being a combustion or an electric one - is a complex system interacting with the driver and its subsystems also…

As a leading supplier of diesel engines for marine propulsion and off-highway applications, MTU is particularly committed to setting the benchmark in…

Why does BASF award a prize for the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”? High performance plastics are a very sophisticated form of chemicals and…

Nine teams have competed in the finals for the special award "Best E-Drive Packaging", sponsored by Daimler. 

And the winner is TU Delft (Car 1).…

5 teams competed in this years’ first Porsche special award at Formula Student Germany, „Porsche Performance Innovation Award“.

The winner 2016 is …

A very important part of success is always also the definition of an elaborated car design. Getting people’s attention to your product is something…

Once again, the representatives of Formula Student events from all over the world got together to discuss ideas and possible developments of these…

Tonight the FSC Business Plan Presentation finals take place in the Marquee above Pits.

The four finalists are (in order of final presentation):

• O…

After a whole day of presenting, evaluating and judging the results of yesterdays electric cars Cost and Business Plan Presentation events are now…

FSG once again leads the world of Formula Student with a new competition class, Formula Student Driverless (FSD)

Again, everybody can follow the dynamic events on the Hockenheimring live on formulastudent.tv. Right now you can watch skidpad, the first dynamic…

Skidpad measures the cornering speed of the car. At Formula Student Germany, the cars perform the skid pad on a wet track, making it the Wet Pad. The…

The 2016 FSE Design Finalists are ...

Today we enter the second round of static events. This time it is the Formula Student Combustion teams turn to present the underlying concept of their…

On the second day of scrutineering 97 FSE and FSC teams were seen by the technical inspectors, 25 electric cars and 72 combustion cars.

At the end of…

Tonight the FSE Business Plan Presentation finals took place in the Marquee above Pits.

Today all FSE teams had to present the underlying concept of their cars to industry judges. The overall package counts. Technical solution, cost…

As every year, there will be a Sportsmanship Award presented by the FSG Executive Committee. We would like to ask all teams to nominate a team they…

Today, FSE static events Engineering Design, Cost Report and Business Plan Presentation take place. During the day, FSE teams will present the…

To friends or relatives of the participants who are still trying to understand where your friend/son/daughter/partner/brother has been for the past…

FSG 2016 Scrutineering started at 9.00 this morning where the fastest teams from the Scrutineering Quiz were some of the first to face the…

The judging for the FS Driverless Competition before the Competition Concept Award is taking place in the BW-Tower all day today. The teams have to…

Every participating team received a feedback form which should be handed in at the Event Control until Sunday 19:00. Additionally, we encourage you to…

The schedules for the special awards are online now. You can find the documents at the end of this document or on our scoring wall at the FSG forum.…

The staging for the panoramic picture and the picture takes place today from 13.00 to 14.00. We would like the teams to start to get ready at 12.30 in…

Following the unclear situation about utilisation and marking of the one dry and one wet tire set for the use during the dynamic events in FSG 2016…

Yesterday a battery pack of one of the registered teams for FSG 2016 caught fire in a hotel room in Hockenheim. The incident injured 4 of the team…

…FSG 2016 is on and we are ready to kick off this years' event!

It's been a year since our 10th anniversary and we are excited to start a new decade…

FSG Academy offers free workshops from sponsors to the students.

Press Release from Magna: Opportunity to attract and recruit some of the brightest young engineers in the world.

Can you imagine FSG16 without any pictures, timelapses, slowmotions or any aerial footage? Unthinkable right? Right!
!!!That’s why we need you!!! -…

“In the beginning I looked around and could not find quite the car I dreamed of, so I decided to build it myself.” (Ferry Porsche)

Friedrichshafen welcomed approximately 500 Formula Student participants from all over the world. "The Future is Electric" – Grotendorst, Head of the…

The international trade fair ConCarExpo takes place for the first time on 29 and 30 June 2016 at the Messe Düsseldorf exhibition centre. As the event…

Engage the attention to your car! To be a winning team several characteristics are required to set your team and your car apart from others. Team…

The Technical Inspection Sheets are now available in the important documents sections of both FSC&FSE.

Use these documents for your own advantage and…

The future has begun: Numerous electric and fuel cell test vehicles have proven their worth in field trials. We have demonstrated the technical…

Why does BASF award a prize for the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”?

High performance plastics are a very sophisticated form of chemicals and…

As a leading supplier of diesel engines for marine propulsion and off-highway applications, MTU is particularly committed to setting the benchmark in…

A Formula Student car – independent of being a combustion or an electric one - is a complex system interacting with the driver and its subsystems also…

Would you like to be the first team in the scrutineering order of the FSG 2017 without any quiz? If your answer is yes you should read the following…

The order of the scrutineering queue for FSG 2016 will be determined by means of a scrutineering quiz like in the previous years. The scrutineering…