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Both electric and mechanical technical inspection is in full swing. There are currently 10 teams in scrutineering and the scrutineers are still…

Let us introduce to you the newest FSG feature that is online now: the FSG job board! 
From now on, the FSG sponsors can upload job offers,…

Congratulations to the University of Hertfordshire for winning the Scrutineering quiz for FSC and to Zwickau UAS for winning the FSE scrutineering…

This year BASF awards the special price “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”. After application deadline ended the following teams were selected…

This year Tognum awards the special price “Most Innovative Powertrain”. After application deadline ended four teams were selected for the final. The…

The Hockenheim Ring has officially been taken over by the Formula Student Germany team as they work hard to prepare for the 7^th Formula Student…

In any racing event, safety is of key importance. DEKRA is one of the world’s leading expert organisations and Technical Partner of Formula Student…

Please note that on Friday, July 27^th, 12:00 CEST is the deadline for the final team list. Registration will be closed then.

This means that teams…

In spring 2012 for the first time asphalt mills and track pavers worked on behalf of Formula Student Germany on the Hockenheimring. The goal: the…

FSG IS BANNING THE BRAKE PANIC SWITCH FOR FSG2012 AND ALL FUTURE FSG EVENTS.

All electric teams that have already installed a brake panic switch MUST…

Intelligent and high performing connection technology forms the foundation of industrial application and manufacturing technologies. The product and…

Here you find important facts and figures about Formula Student Germany on one page to be used for example for media requests that might be directly…

To all teams: The 1st place winners of both the FSC and FSE Business Plan Presentation Award and FSE Cost Analysis Award to be announced at the event…

FSG will award a prize for the best team's FSG video. Be creative: The subject is internationality of the Formula Student Germany competition.

The wi…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

Why does BASF as The Chemical Company award the “Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics”? You are right, high performance plastics are a very…

Please remember to upload your car video until coming Monday July 9th 12:00 CEST which “proves” that your car is ready to take part in the FSG…

Here at Bosch Engineering GmbH you will find the best of two worlds for your electronic systems: individual solutions combined with the benefits of…

Here at Bosch Engineering GmbH you will find the best of two worlds for your electronic systems: individual solutions combined with the benefits of…

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

We invented the motorized vehicle and are passionate about the future of automotive engineering. Our Road to Emission-free Driving stands for our…

Press representatives are cordially invited to cover Formula Student Germany 2012. The press representatives interested in being accredited to cover…

All teams that participate in FSG are requested to submit a short abstract on their car together with technical specifications and CAD renderings of…

The order of the scrutineering queue for FSG 2012 will be determined by means of a scrutineering quiz like in the previous two years. The…

Warning! Historical stuff!

I am often asked where I learned about this race car design stuff. Students want to know if they can learn the same way.…

We are looking for volunteers who want to help us to make Formula Student Germany 2012 another unforgettable event for all its participants.

Whether…

All teams that intend to have their car shipped to the Hockenheimring for FSG 2012 are kindly requested to take notice of the document on vehicle…

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

DEKRA offers a workshop on the handling of high voltage (HV) systems on board of road vehicles.  The workshop will be held on May 10^th from 9:00 until…

The FSG Executive Committee would like to point out the following: teams that need a letter of invitation in order to receive their Visa for FSG 2012,…

As you may have already suspected, this is Formula Student Germany and we always have a back up of a back up. There were no errors in the results of…

Due to a programming error, the registration quiz result for FSC and FSE Teams for this years event has been deemed invalid. All teams are to retake…

Time for another column.

I have been busy over the last few weeks writing my share of a new FS/FSAE book that will hopefully be published in time for…

Registration for FSG 2012 opened at noon on the 16^th January. Team members from all around the world sat together in anticipation of being the first…

Well, 2011 has passed into history, so we are all a year older and hopefully a year wiser. I wish all teams around the world, the very best wishes for…

On Monday January 16 the registration for both FSC 2012 and FSE 2012 will open. One week in advance the early registration will open for FSC 2012. New…

The Formula Student Germany Team wishes you a Very Merry Christmas and a relaxing holiday!

We are looking forward to seeing you in Hockenheim from 31^…

To end the year the websites of both Formula Student Electric and Formula Student Electric Combustion can now be found on one website: www.formulastud…

The complete rules for FSG 2012 are now available online. The 2012 FSC rules can be found here, and the 2012 FSE rules can be here.

The rules govern…

In October 2011, for the first time ever, the German Formula Student team “TUfast”, from the Technical University of Munich, travelled to Asia with…

On December 2^nd the FS Academy will offer a workshop focusing on electric powertrains. The workshop will be open for all teams planning to participate…

Under the title “Fascination for bonding – Hightech solutions for extreme conditions” Henkel will organize again two two-day workshops for Formula…

The team from the university of Pisa have won the FSG 2011 Media Award. The team was awarded for their outstanding 30-second commercial which they…

The weekend of 17 and 18 September the FSG Operative Team came together in Leipzig to evaluate the 2011 event and to discuss and start the…

The yearly FSG workshop for 2011 will be held at the Bosch Engineering facility in Abstatt on Saturday the 29^th of October. The workshop offers…

The energy meter data that was recorded during FSE 2011 is now available online. All FSE teams that participated in FSE 2011 and which took part in…

On Saturday scrutineering on demand will be offered. All teams that did not pass scrutineering yet, as well as all teams that have not yet presented…

Thursday 4^th of August the FSE Statics took place:

• FSE Engineering Design
• Cost Analysis
• Business Plan Presentation

Tonight also the FSE Business Plan…

Thursday 4^th of August the judging of the special awards powered by Tognum and Henkel took place in the FSG Forum. The finalists for the Most…

The order of the scrutineering queue for FSG 2011 has been determined by means of a scrutineering quiz. The results of this scrutineering quiz have…

This year, wireless internet powered by Bosch is being provided to all participating teams and visitors of FSG 2011.  For simplification, it is also…

Preparation for FSG2011 at the Hockenheim Ring has been running at full speed since this morning. Volunteers and Officals are working hard setting up…

The Event Handbooks for FSC and FSE with information for all participating teams are now available as PDF document. The event handbooks contain…

All teams need to have their cars scrutineered before being allowed to take part in any of the dynamic events. The order for scrutineering is obtained…

To those teams out there who enjoy reporting, we have created an award for you. The Media Award.

You have until 17:00h on the 7^th August to produce a…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

We at Bosch Engineering GmbH know the needs of the automotive industry and the engineering community. There is a growing demand for graduates who are…

Through the excellent support that Formula Student Germany is continuing to receive from industry and other related sponsors a top secret source has…

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

Here at Bosch Engineering GmbH you will find the best of two worlds for your electronic systems: individual solutions combined with the benefits of…

We invented the motorized vehicle and are passionate about the future of automotive engineering. Our Road to Emission-free Driving stands for our…

All teams that intend to have their car shipped to the Hockenheimring for FSG 2011 are kindly requested to take notice of the document on vehicle…

In less than two months the sixth Formula Student Germany will take place at the Hockenheimring. Therefore, it may come as no surprise that the…

The first major event of the FSAE/FS season has passed with Oregon State/GFR winning the FSAE event at Michigan International Speedway a couple of…

One part of the cost event is the calculation of total vehicle cost. To do so every team has to sum up the costs of every single part on the car. In…

Attention all FSG student competitors:

Like in the last 2 years Henkel offers again a price for the Best Use of Adhesives. It starts to become a tradition and it seems to turn into a…

It was brought to our attention that the eCarTec Award 2011 is open for contenders. FSE Teams might be interested in participation.

The eCarTec is an…

Some FSE teams experienced difficulties with specifying the charging type and charging power of their car in the online form. All issues with the form…

The order of the scrutineering queue for FSG 2011 will be determined by means of a scrutineering quiz. The scrutineering quiz will take place on Monda…

With FSG 2011 just three months away, we would like to point out to you some minor modifications in the team member designation procedure for FSC and…

The FSG Executive Committee would like to point out the following: teams that need a letter of invitation in order to receive their Visa for FSG 2011,…

All teams that are registered for FSE2011 need to prepare an electrical safety form (ESF) for their car. The ESF must visualize the interconnection of…

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

It has been brought to our attention by one of our design judges that there is a very useful paper by prof. K.H. Bill on the complete layout and…

In order to facilitate teams better in preparing their Design Spec Sheet (DSS) an online DSS form has been introduced for FSG11. This form can be…

There have been a lot of questions about impact attenuator (IA) design regarding acceptance at FSG. We would like to elaborate on this below:

We accept…

All teams please take note of the following:
Attachment of the Impact Attenuator (IA) on the middle of the anti-intrusion plate, if supported…

On January 17^th the registration quiz for FSE 2011 was held. The outcome of this quiz was, that all available 30 slots were booked, with an additional…

In order to give engineering students a head start in the global automotive industry FISITA offers bursaries of up to €2000. The Student Travel…

All available registration slots for Formula Student Combustion and Formula Student Electric have been booked. This means 78 student-built cars for…

It was brought to our attention that one of the questions in yesterday’s early registration rules quiz for FSC 2011 could be answered in multiple…

Our dear friend Craig Dawson passed away on December 30^th. After two years of fighting against cancer he succumbed. He was only 29 years of age. Our…

On December 16th the registration deadlines for the 2011 FSC and FSE events were  announced:

• FSC Early registration opens Monday January 10^th, 12:00…

Well, 2010 is almost finished, cold weather has spread over Europe and hopefully we have all been good little children and Santa Claus has been kind…

As promised there would be some Christmas gifts. Here is one of them:

Under the title “Fascination for bonding – Hightech solutions for extreme…

As promised there would be some Christmas gifts. Here is one of them:

The complete rules for FSG 2011 are now (finally) available online. The 2011…

Dear students, volunteers, judges, sponsors, fans and everybody interested in Formula Student Germany, the organizers of FSG wish you a relaxing and…

The registration websites for FSC and FSE 2011 are now available online. They contain all information you need for registering your team for FSC or…

In a recent email exchange with my fellow Chief Design Judge Steve Fox, the subject of ‘compliance’ came up. Steve wrote the following comment and it…

The Formula Student Germany 2011 event will be held on Tuesday 2^nd to Sunday 7^th August 2011 at the Hockenheimring, Germany. There will be 78 FSC…

The technical rules for FSE 2011 are now available online. They can be found under the rules section on the FSE website.

The 2011 FSE rules are a…

On December 4^th the FS Academy will offer a workshop focusing on engine technology. The workshop will be open for all teams planning to participate in…