17. March 2021
How ZF is automating next generation mobility
In future, intelligently controlled and autonomously operating fleets of vehicles with shuttles and robo-taxis will make fewer individual cars necessary, especially in urban areas. Automated and autonomous driving will help make...
05. March 2021
Driving an Autonomous Vehicle in a 3D Simulation Environment with Recorded Synthetic Data
With advancements in the automotive industry, various student competitions have introduced the driverless category, where the goal of the teams is to design and build an autonomous vehicle that can compete in different...
04. March 2021
Rules 2022 V0.9 published - feedback welcome
The rules for 2022 - the first year of the Driverless Integration in FSG - are now published.https://fsg.one/rules Normally we publish new rules in autumn shortly before the FSG Academy, where we provide a detailed explanation...
07. February 2021
FSG21 Quiz - Retake on Friday, 2021-02-12 13:00 CET
Dear Teams, this years quiz left us with some unexpected challenges. Some teams experienced huge delays during the submission of their answers to multiple questions. This lead to possibly correct answers not being recorded...
01. February 2021
ZF Driverless Challenge
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 sponsorship of the Formula Student Competition. The times are changing rapidly and...
26. January 2021
FSG2021 Competition Handbook V1 is online!
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 teams and team members per team significantly. We know, that this is...
13. January 2021
Space Drive: Key Technology for Autonomous Driving
In the future, autonomous and partly autonomous vehicles will have no mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steering gear. Schaeffler has a pioneering spirit as well as innovative strength and offers with Space...
11. January 2021
2021 Competition & Registration Dates
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 Hockenheim. Both of these dates have been chosen in coordination with the other...
03. January 2021
Design with Us the Future of Tomorrow! Working at Siemens Digital Industries Software
At Siemens Digital Industries Software we work with passion. It drives us to develop new innovation processes and offer our customers solutions with which they outperform their competitors in terms of innovation and growth. The...
20. December 2020
FS in times of CoVid -19 – two sides of a story
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 Germany told us their story on the emotional rollercoaster of 2020. In the...
02. December 2020
MAHLE Opens Start-Up Space for New Business Ideas
Innovative ideas are build best in a creative space! Following its innovation strategy, MAHLE opens a new Start-Up Space in Stuttgart, Germany. Curious? Check out their article to learn more about MAHLE’s new business projects!
16. November 2020
Using Physical Modeling to Design and Simulate an Electric Vehicle
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 model and simulate an electric vehicle using MATLAB and Simulink. It is valuable...
11. November 2020
FSG Academy: Deep Dive Workshop on Simulation - November 27th
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 presentations on vehicle dynamics, CFD and FEA simulations both from top FS...
05. November 2020
Magna’s e4 – Powering the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric Cars
As a technology leader, Magna contributes to sustainable mobility in the fields of e-mobility, autonomous driving, and future manufacturing processes. Regarding electromobility in particular: for the industry to be successful,...
05. November 2020
FSG Online Workshops & Blog
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 livestream. Among others, they listened to presentations on the FSG Rules 2021 and...
07. October 2020
FSG Academy Main Workshop October 24th
Registration is now open - Join us!
11. August 2020
Formula Student Germany goes global
Dear teams, partners, and friends of FSG, We are excited to share our latest project with you! In addition to our main competition in Hockenheim, Germany in 2021, we are exploring the possibility of organizing a...
31. March 2020
Update to Cancellation of FSG 2020
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 communication with all European and international events monitoring the current...
22. March 2020
No Formula Student Germany Competition in 2020
Dear Teams, Partners and friends of FSG, The current spread of the Corona Virus/CoViD19 is reaching a level of criticality which is higher than most of us would have expected. This situation calls for responsible actions from...
15. March 2020
COVID-19 and FS Deadlines
Dear teamsDue to the impact of measures against the spread of COVID-19, we would like to make the following announcement: We are aware of the situation and understand the difficulties your team may face. The most important...
02. February 2020
Registration Quiz Results + Feedback
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 for the FSD class, 136 for FSE and 154 for FSC. The results of the quiz have...
23. January 2020
FSG2020 Competition Handbook V1.0 is online!
The FSG 2020 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2020, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important information about the competition itself. It also gives details on the...
23. December 2019
Update Strategic Announcement
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 person. It was very insightful and constructive, and despite learning more...
22. November 2019
Strategic Announcement - Thank you for your feedback
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 strategic announcement. We want to thank you for honesty and opinion....
22. November 2019
Thanks for joining FSG Academy powered by Magna International!
On Saturday more than 60 teams joined our annual FSG Workshop which took place at Magna International in Untergruppenbach. Besides information about the upcoming Hockenheim event and the future of the FSG competition, the...
27. October 2019
FSG Strategic Announcement - Feedback
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 aware of that. When FSE and FSD was introduced, we received very radical...
24. October 2019
FSG Strategic Announcement
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 autumn we presented our ideas for FSG 2021, which set the milestone for the...
28. September 2019
2020 Competition & Registration Dates
The FSG Registration Quiz will be held on 2020-01-31 13:00 CET. FSG 2020 will be held from 2020-08-17 until 2020-08-23 in Hockenheim. Both of these days have been chosen in coordination with the other European...
25. September 2019
FSG Academy main event 2019 powered by Magna International
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 Magna in Untergruppenbach. It is open to anyone who is a registered member of a...
17. September 2019
Update of FSG 2019 Results in the Electric Class
The official protests (rule A 3.7) of three FSE teams were processed by the FSG Officials. All protests are rejected. The official argumentation can be found in the FSG Penalty Publishing section. The concerned teams are...
14. September 2019
Rules 2020 V1.0 + Rules Feedback Tool
The rules for FSG2020 are now published.https://www.formulastudent.de/fsg/rules/ If you find errors or inconsistencies in the document or have a remark how to improve the document, use the Rules Feedback Tool. This is to...
11. August 2019
FSG19 says thank you and congratulates all winners
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. It has been a very successful week of competing and racing! We...
10. August 2019
Congratulations to all teams - Award Ceremony Part I
We congratulate all teams that have received their well-deserved awards during Award Ceremony Part I on Saturday. Your dedication, time and effort was well-worth it. This marks the first part of Formula Student Germany this...
09. August 2019
The one and only PANORAMIC picture
And here it is: The one and only panoramic picture! Thanks to all teams!https://media.formulastudent.de/2019/Hockenheim/Panoramic-Picture/i-hxz64pG
09. August 2019
Guided Tours
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 Formula Student competitions and what the teams must do in order to win. If you...
09. August 2019
Pressemitteilung: Studenten aus aller Welt gestalten die Mobilität der Zukunft
119 Teams aus 25 Nationen bei der Formula Student Germany - Autonome Funktionen in den Fahrzeugen gewinnen an Bedeutung - FSG bietet beste Voraussetzungen für einen gelungenen Karrierestart
09. August 2019
Snapshot - Thursday at #FSG19
Thursday is mainly statics and inspection day as well. Nevertheless the first of the dynamic events took place. The driverless Skid Pad, where the teams competed for the first dynamic points. In the evening the Engineering...
08. August 2019
Review of the first Static Events
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 partners as well as judges from companies with deep contact to the fields of...
08. August 2019
FSG TV Live - Broadcasting Schedule
Like in the past years Formula Student Germany will broadcast the most important events live from the Hockenheimring. The events will be provided via our FSG TV channel. For all fans at home or on a trip, the following events...
06. August 2019
A warm welcome to all participating teams at FSG 2019
With the "Team Welcome" tonight, Formula Student Germany 2019 officially kicked off! We are looking forward to an exciting week of skills, speed and spirit. This year 119 teams from 25 nations are competing in the three...
06. August 2019
FSG19 Special Award Schedules
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 special field of design. 2019 our partners AID, BASF, Daimler, Kube and Siemens...
05. August 2019
FSG19 Engineering Design Scoring Categories
Based on FS Rule S3.8.2, Formula Student Germany will use different Engineering Design Scoring Categories during #FSG19. We have modified the scoring matrix to match it to the established Engineering Design Event Procedure and...
05. August 2019
Finalists for the "Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence" Award 2019
For the 2nd year - at FSG19, Siemens Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award”, a 7.500 EUR award to recognize three teams which have used the most professional, innovative and thoughtful...
05. August 2019
Finalists for the "BASF Best Use of 3D Printing Award 2019"
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 Printing Award we want to appreciate and distinguish innovative approaches that...
04. August 2019
FSG19 Pre-Entrance Regulations and Procedure
Until Tuesday 15:30, a maximum of 7 DV & EV team members with "pink passes" may enter specific areas on the venue. The only accessible areas are the pit building, charging tent and parts of the dynamic...
04. August 2019
Remember the 12m Truck-Trailer limit and watch out the new entrance routes
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. You can only use one team truck (including trailer <=12m long) for unloading...
28. July 2019
The finalists of the "Daimler Driverless AI Award 2019"
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 overall system and development process. We are pleased to announce the following...
28. July 2019
The finalists of the "AID Rapid Development Award 2019"
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 years, we have witnessed Formula Student Driverless teams shift their focus from...
22. July 2019
FSG Kube "Crashbox Award"
For more than 20 years Kube has been developing requirement-oriented solutions for safety-critical applications in automotive, aerospace and industrial sectors. One of our core competences is vehicle safety. We simulate...
09. July 2019
AID Rapid Development Award 2019
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 this goal, we wish to change the lives of millions of people over the coming...
04. July 2019
BPP Deep Dive Topic published for FSG19
Dear Teams, the Deep Dive Topics for the Business Plan Presentation Event have been published on the FSG website. Good luck with your preparations!
26. June 2019
Temperature Monitoring Device Updates and Technical Inspection Sheets published
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 process, we need to announce that the device will not be ready for FSG 2019. What...
07. June 2019
Daimler Driverless AI Award 2019
Daimler has a vision of a future with fewer traffic accidents and less stress. We are working to achieve this vision through automation, electrification and connectivity. Automation is one of the biggest drivers of change in the...
06. June 2019
Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award 2019
For the 2nd year - at FSG19, Siemens Software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award”, a 7.500 EUR award to recognize 3 teams which have used the most professional, innovative and thoughtful...
02. June 2019
BASF Best Use of 3D Printing Award 2019
The Motivation Individually shaped objects can be created in layers from various materials, for example plastic, metal and ceramics. The industry has been using the 3D printing process, also known as Additive Manufacturing, for...
24. May 2019
The updated FSG 2019 Competition Handbook is online!
The FSG 2019 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2019, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important information about the competition itself. It has been updated in the following...
22. May 2019
FSG Driverless Starters Workshop
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 attended this event. We would like to thank Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH and...
06. April 2019
FSG Driverless Starters Workshop in Munich at AID on Sat 11th of May
To help teams getting started with DV technology FSG will organize a Driverless starters workshop. This workshop focuses on bringing the driverless technology to everybody who is already familiar with Formula Student cars but...
01. February 2019
Registration Quiz Results + Protest Time
313 teams participated in the FSG registration quiz. We analysed the logs and could not find any problematic questions nor technical problems. Therefore, we will publish the correct answers on Saturday at 13:00 CET on our...
28. January 2019
FSG19 Competition Handbook V1.0 and test registration are online!
The FSG 2019 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2019, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important information about the competition itself. It also gives details on the...
14. January 2019
SES, SESA and IAD forms are online
The SES, SESA and IAD Forms are now available in the important documents section. Please use these forms and included instructions for your document uploads. The SES Form is an updated version of the one used last year at FSG....
22. November 2018
An outlook on FSG 2021 and the following seasons
FSG is pushing the Driverless development even farther, while keeping all mechanical engineering development. Thereby we want to set a challenging exercise for diverse engineering teams and give all participating students the...
21. November 2018
FSG Academy at ZF in Friedrichshafen - Media
Last Saturday, 300 students from 72 teams attended the FSG Academy kick-off event for FSG2019 at the ZF Forum in Friedrichshafen. Many thanks to ZF and all involved for the wonderful day! For all who could not attend, we have...
18. November 2018
2019 Competition & Registration Dates
The FSG Registration Quiz will be held on 2019-02-01 13:00 CET. FSG 2019 will be held from 2019-08-05 until 2019-08-11 in Hockenheim. Both of these days have been chosen in coordination with the other European...
11. November 2018
Spaces left for FSG Academy 2018 at ZF Friedrichshafen
Due to a technical glitch, we now have some spaces left for this years FSG Academy at ZF Friedrichshafen. Until 2018-11-11 13:00 CET the same procedures as for the first part of the normal registration apply: Only 5 team members...
01. November 2018
Free Online Workshop - Aerodynamics and CFD with SimScale
SimScale and Formula Student Germany are joining forces for the third time to offer a free workshop series about the application of CFD in Formula Student. Participants will receive a hands-on, interactive introduction to the...
21. October 2018
FSG Academy 2018 at ZF in Friedrichshafen
The yearly FSG academy main event offering support and information to Formula Student teams will be held on Saturday the 17th of November 2018 at ZF in Friedrichshafen. It is open to anyone who is a registered member of a Formula...
07. October 2018
Rules 2019 V1.1 published
The Rules 2019 V1.1 including your input are now published. Thank you for all your feedback. We will answer to all tickets in the feedback tracker. Changes to V1.1 can be easily found using the Changelog at the beginning of...
19. September 2018
Rules 2019 V1.0 + Rules Feedback Tool
The first version of the rules for FSG2019 is now published. While overall no substantial changes have been applied, a lot of detailed work has been done to clarify and simplify the...
12. August 2018
#FSG18 says thank you and congratulates all winners
#FSG18 is over. Seven hot days, three technical vehicle classes, thousands of participants and visitors made this Formula Student Germany amazing again. Congratulation to the winner of #FSG18 and thank you to all participants,...
09. August 2018
FSG Penalty Publishing Tool was born
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 on the FSG Website in details. The intention behind the tool is to make FSG...
09. August 2018
FSC Design Finals (FRI, 19:30 -22:00) & Cost Shoot Out (FRI, 09:00 - 10:10)
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 teams were judged by our experts from different businesses. Similar to the...
09. August 2018
FSG Kube "Crashbox Award"
For more than 20 years Kube has been developing requirement-oriented solutions for safety-critical applications in automotive, aerospace and industrial sectors. One of our core competences is vehicle safety. We simulate...
09. August 2018
FSC Business Plan Presentation Finals (THU, 19:30 - 20:30)
The second #FSG18 Statics Event Day comes to its end. Beside the FSE and FSD Engineering Design Finals, the FSC Business Plan Presentation final will take place at the end of the day. Today 58 teams presented their business...
09. August 2018
FSD & FSE Design Finals (THU, 19:15 - 21:45)
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 different special fields of vehicle design evaluated the teams. After a long...
08. August 2018
Business Plan FSE Finals and FSD Highlight Presentation (WED, 20-21)
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 Presentation. 43 Business Plan Judges evaluated the whole day creative and exciting...
07. August 2018
FSG18 Engineering Design Scoring Categories
Based on FS Rule S3.8.2, Formula Student Germany will use different Engineering Design Scoring Categories during #FSG18. We have modified the scoring matrix to match it to the established Engineering Design Event Procedure and...
06. August 2018
[UPDATE] FSG18 Special Awards Finalists & Schedule
The Special Awards is a section in engineering design where the teams have the possibility to show and present some innovations they implemented in their car.Every year several sponsors offer the great opportunity to FSC and FSE...
04. August 2018
[UPDATE] Team and truck entrance on Monday and Tuesday (copy 1)
[Update]: On Tuesday, until 15:30, a maximum of 7 DV/EV team members with pink passes may enter specific areas on the venue. The only accessible areas are the dynamic area, charging tent and pit building. CV access will start at...
01. August 2018
[UPDATE] Fixed time slots for Tech-Inspection and Tech-Inspection-Sheets online
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 possible at FSG we decided to introduce a fixed time schedule and slots for the...
01. August 2018
FSG2018 Pre-inspection Procedure + Driver Egress Test
Pre-Inspection as a part of the Technical Inspection will be carried out in a tent in the area directly in front of Dynamic Gate g2. The Pre-Inspection will follow the "first come first serve" principle and is available...
31. July 2018
[UPDATE] FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award
Due to your feedback we decided together with our partner Siemens to re-open the upload area for FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award for all teams until Monday, 6th August 2018, 23:59 CEST. All teams are...
26. July 2018
FSG18 Business Plan Presentation Event - Deep Dive Topic
#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.
23. July 2018
FS Rules 2018 - Feedback Welcome
If you found errors, ambiguities or inconsistencies in the FS Rules 2018, we offer you the opportunity to provide feedback. Please note that only constructive criticism and ideally alternative wording proposals are ...
11. July 2018
Reminder: Limitations for Team Trucks
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 "team truck", to transport their competition vehicle and equipment. ...
06. July 2018
FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award
For the first time - at FSG ’18, Siemens PLM software is sponsoring the “FSG Siemens Digital Twin Engineering Excellence Award”, a 7.000 EUR award to recognize 2 teams which have used the most professional, innovative and...
03. July 2018
Daimler e-Drive Technology Award 2018: Apply now!
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 intelligent electric mobility: EQ – Electric Intelligence. However, there are still...
02. July 2018
BASF Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics Award 2018
Why does BASF as The Chemical Company award a prize for the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”? High performance plastics are a very sophisticated form of chemicals and have a large variety. They can contain different types...
15. May 2018
“Most Innovative Powertrain System” powered by MTU
As a leading supplier of diesel engines and systems for marine propulsion and off-highway applications, MTU is particularly committed to setting the benchmark in powertrain design. Each time our engineers tackle the task of...
02. May 2018
Win Tickets for „Dritev - Drivetrain for Vehicles“
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 are allowed to participate at the competition, if you are active FSG team member...
12. April 2018
FSG2018 ESF (Electrical System Form) Deadline
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 longer than expected. This inconvenience will be compensated by extending the...
02. April 2018
The updated FSG 2018 Competition Handbook is online!
The FSG 2018 Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2018, identifying the key dates, deadlines and important information about the competition itself. It has been updated in the following...
02. April 2018
Campsite Situation clarified for FSG2018
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 Formula Student Germany 2018 event. Here you’ll find the campsite location...
12. March 2018
Advanced Concepts in CFD Workshop by SimScale
SimScale partners with Formula Student Germany to offer a free workshop on advanced CFD topics for Formula Student participants.
12. March 2018
FSD & FSE: Autonomous & Electrical Add Item Requests
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 for your Autonomous System Form (ASF)/Electrical System Form...
13. February 2018
Win Tickets for „PIAE – Plastics in Automotive Engineering“
The VDI awards tickets for the first 5 participants to the congress “Plastics in Automotive Engineering” from March 14-15, 2018 in Mannheim, Germany. You are allowed to participate at the competition, if you are active FSG team...
26. January 2018
With Riedel on Air! [UPDATE 20180126]
Sponsoring for 2 European teams with a total value of € 15,000
22. January 2018
Registration Quiz: Updates of the Answers [UPDATE 20180122-2]
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 registration time. Two variations of question 3 have been...
22. January 2018
Registration Quiz: Integrated waiting periods for fast teams
You should answer the questions as quickly as possible, but the questions will be available at the earliest at the following times. Question Time [hh:mm:ss] 1 13:00:00 CET2 13:05:00 CET3 13:10:00 CET4 13:15:00 CET5 13:20:00...
19. January 2018
New Type of Answers in the Quiz for FSG2018 on Monday
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 number format according to the question, all other formats will not be accepted as a...
