Team Details

Nelson Mandela Bay, located on the sunshine coast at the southern tip of Africa, is home to NMMU Racing which was formed with the goal of being the first South African team to build and race a Formula Student vehicle. Formula for Success has been the motto that we have adopted throughout the construction of DIBA01. Almost three years later, we are proud to have the opportunity to achieve this objective by competing at FSG 2011. Our vehicle follows a classic Formula Student design philosophy of tubular space frame with pushrod-actuated double-wishbone suspension and a Honda 599cc 4 cylinder engine. We have, however, been fortunate to include some distinctive features on the vehicle such as a unique intake manifold design, electronic data acquisition system and retro styling. This project has given us, a multi-disciplinary team, the opportunity to gain unparalleled experience in vehicle engineering; it has added the challenge of putting our designs to the test on the race track.