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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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. ...
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
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...
26. January 2018
With Riedel on Air! [UPDATE 20180126]
Sponsoring for 2 European teams with a total value of € 15,000
11. January 2018
The FSG 2018 Competition Handbook V1.0 and test registration are 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 also gives details on...
24. December 2017
Updated Formula Student World Ranking Lists
Both Formula Student World Ranking Lists have been updated after the last competition of this season in Australia. You will find them on https://mazur-events.de/fs-world/. The year 2017 is successfully coming to an...
18. December 2017
Registration starts on 22th of January [UPDATE 20171220]
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 topic for the quiz is: Formula Student Rules 2018 (excluding the specific rules for...
06. December 2017
Driverless: EBS Reference Guide is finally released
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 can be found in the Rules section: Important Documents for FSG 2018. This...
03. November 2017
Win Tickets for „Vehicle safety 2017“
The VDI awards tickets for the first 5 participants to the biggest branch meeting of security experts in the automotive industry – the congress “Vehicle safety 2017”.
25. October 2017
FSG Academy 2017 in Herzogenaurach: Slides & Videos are online
The yearly FSG academy event offering support and information to Formula Student teams was held on 21st October 2017 at Schaeffler in Herzogenaurach in cooperation with MathWorks. Over 300 students from 66 teams and 8 countries...
08. October 2017
Win Tickets for Electronics in vehicles - ELIV 2017
The VDI awards tickets for the first 10 participants to the most important branch meeting of electronic experts in the automotive industry - the VDI Congress "Electronics in vehicles - ELIV". The congress focuses on the...
02. October 2017
Rules 2018 v1.1 published
As planned, the Rules 2018 V1.1 including your feedback are now published. Changes to V1.0 can be easily found using the Changelog at the beginning of the document. As announced earlier, this document will not change anymore and...
18. September 2017
Rules 2018 v1.0 + Feedback Tracker
The first version of the rules for FSG2018 is now published: FS-Rules_2018_V1.0.pdf. While overall no substantial changes have been applied, a lot of detailed work has been done to clarify and simplify the document. Oversea...
09. September 2017
FSG 2017 Penalty Decisions and Updated Results including decisions regarding protests
Formula Student Germany would like to inform about changes within the results of #FSG2017 due to protests and feedbacks. Furthermore to make the results and decisions by the rules and scoring committee as transparent a...
06. September 2017
2018 Rules Schedule
Monday, 2017-09-18first version of 2018 rules will be published, this version is meant to be close to final. FSG forum opens to collect feedback until Sunday, 2017-09-24 13:00...
13. August 2017
FSG 2017 Endurance Running Order v2 ***Update***
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 of the teams considered. The FSG team apologises for the inconvenience and...
12. August 2017
FSE 2017 Engineering Design Finalists
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 page engineering design report as well as the technical specification of the...
11. August 2017
FSC 2017 Engineering Design Finalists
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 discussions and presentation took place on Thursday. It was a thrilling event and we...
11. August 2017
Resumé of Day 4
The Driverless Dynamics kicked off on Thursday, with ETH Zurich successfully completing the first real lap of the Acceleration event. The rain was pouring, but this did not dampen the spirits as the crowds cheered at the...
11. August 2017
FSD: Updated track drive procedure
Based on the experiences from the first ever FSD dynamic events yesterday, we decided to update the procedure for todays track drive event as follows: Track drive is split into two sessions One run per session ...
10. August 2017
Important Info for Morning Briefing
Please attend the morning briefing (8 a.m. CEST) with at least 1 ESO per team (Electric Vehicle), ASR has to attend as usual.
10. August 2017
Today's Team Briefing
The presentation of today's Team Briefing available for download now:
10. August 2017
Media Footage
...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
10. August 2017
Insulated tools to be used in charging/accumulator tent.
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 to be brought into the charging tent. Please make sure to sort any non...
10. August 2017
Update Driverless Dynamics
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 one and two have priority in the running order.
10. August 2017
Request from Commentators to Teams
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 are the drivers and what are their nicknames? Whose team helped you getting here?...
09. August 2017
Resumé of Day 3
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 the dynamic events. A couple of driverless teams (2) have made it through and we...
09. August 2017
FSG! FSG!
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 and the teams were buzzing as they patiently waited for the 2017 Panoramic...
08. August 2017
FSG17 Special Awards Finalists & Schedule
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 submit an application and present their unique concepts to the judges during...
08. August 2017
FSD17 Modified Statics Schedule for Saturday
Dear driverless teams participating at Formula Student Germany 2017,due to unforeseeable changes with the judge allocation and event site set-up we unfortunately had to realign the Saturdays Engineering Design & Cost Groups...
07. August 2017
White Competition T-Shirts
Due to space restrictions in Event Control, the White Competition T-Shirts that every Team Member receives will be handed out tomorrow (Tuesday 9th August) at 8.00pm outside Pit 2, before the Welcome Ceremony begins. Note to all...
05. August 2017
Update on the camping situation at the Hockenheim Ring
The FSG Team have been working together with the Hockenheim Ring and can confirm that the campsites C2, C3 and C4 have had multiple trees fall down as a result of the storm on Thursday night. The area will be checked on Monday,...
11. July 2017
Formula Student Teams at Bosch Proving Ground Boxberg
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 Formula Student Germany in Hockenheim. The teams had the chance to get...
04. July 2017
Daimler Best E-Drive Packaging Award 2017: Apply now!
The future has begun: Numerous electric and fuel cell test vehicles have proven their worth in field trials. We have demonstrated the technical feasibility of electromobility, the production of highly diverse vehicles is now...
03. July 2017
"Audi Vorsprung Award" - best lightweight concept 2017
There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and beyond. Audi pioneered the use of aluminum in manufacturing car bodies. With fuel...
25. June 2017
Opel Style Award 2017 by Opel Design Center Germany
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 spirit, engagement, know-how, car performance and durability are probably the most...
21. June 2017
Become the Porsche Performance Innovation Award winner of 2017!
“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 Porsche had his vision of the sports car of the future. A vision that has...
15. June 2017
BASF Best Use of Fiber Reinforced Plastics Award 2017
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...
29. May 2017
“Most Innovative Powertrain System” powered by MTU
As a leading supplier of diesel engines 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 pushing...
29. May 2017
Vehicle Shipping & Letter of Invitation (Visa)
Dear participants of FSG 2017, here are some important information and reminder for you: Vehicle ShippingAll teams that intend to have their car shipped to the Hockenheimring for FSG 2017 are kindly requested to take notice of...
22. May 2017
FSC, FSD, FSE Award “Best Prepared Car for Scrutineering”
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 “Best prepared car for scrutineering” award carefully.As you know...
07. April 2017
FSG2017 Schedule published
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 registration and scrutineering for the driverless class will already...
05. April 2017
Preliminary Spec Sheet of the FSG Data Logger published
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 has decided to develop a new FSG Data Logger integrating both functions. With...
18. March 2017
New website tool for creating the (C-)BOM is online!
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 their team area, regardless of whether their team is registered for the FSG...
09. March 2017
FSD & FSE: Autonomous & Electrical System Forms + 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 (ESF) are...
17. January 2017
Registration for FSG 2017 is completed
249 teams from all over the world participated in registration, a new record. 37 countries: Austria(5), Bangladesh(1), Belgium(1), Bulgaria(1), Canada(4), China(6), Croatia(2), Czech Republic(5), Denmark(1), Estonia(1),...
06. January 2017
Formula Student Germany 2016 - Special Publication
A compilation of the Formula Student Germany Event at Hockenheim 2016 has been published by ATZ, featuring FSG impressions as well as highlighting teams design concepts: https://goo.gl/qjrzLV
10. December 2016
The FSG Competition Handbook V1.0 is now online!
The FSG Competition Handbook has been created to compliment the Formula Student Rules 2017, identifying the key dates, deadlines and information required for the period leading up to the 2017 competition. It also gives...
30. November 2016
Formula Student Rules 2017 V1.1
As stated when publishing the updated "Aerodynamic devices" section, a fully revised version of the Rules 2017 is now published. All changes are based on feedback and Rules Tracker inquiries we received since the...
10. November 2016
The "Aerodynamic devices" section of the Rules 2017 was updated
As stated when publishing the Rules 2017, the intent is to keep the possibility of oversea competition participation. Based on the feedback we received, the "Aerodynamic devices" section was the only part of the...
