Team Details

For the first time in our 14-year history, we were able to use a rudimentary lap time simulation to help us define the top priorities of our design. Combined with the feedback of our drivers and previous generations of team members, we decided on the following three crucial ingredients to create a fast racing car:1)Aerodynamic Efficiency,2) Lightweight Design and 3)Drivers Ergonomics.

High-Octane Motorsports e.V., founded in 2007, is participating for the 12th time in the Formula Student Combustion competition. 60 students of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg have been working together to build our newest racecar, the FAUmax my. We continued our work of the last season and worked on perfecting last years concept. Therefore we implemented an electronic clutch as well as an special designed differential combined with our bevel gear drive.

High-Octane Motorsports e.V., founded in 2007, is participating for the 11th time in the Formula Student Combustion competition. 60 students of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg have been working together to build our newest racecar, the FAUmax lambda. We changed major components and established small innovations, e.g. our teams first full monocoque, a new aerodynamics concept, laser beam melted uprights, self designed piston and displacement magnyfing. FSG here we come!

This year we decided not only to improve our last years car, but in some points to completely renew our design. Therefore we changed major components and established small innovations. For example we have a new engine and rear frame concept.We hope to create a lighter, faster and overall more compact racecar than last year.We call it FAUmax KappaWe want to thank our sponsors for their unbelievable support and for joining us on our journey!

We decided at the beginning of the season that we do not want to optimize our last years car with small adjustments and improvements, but rather to completely rethink every individual part of it. Therefore we started the design phase with a blank paper and achieved major innovations in every area of our racecar, the FAUmax iota. We want to thank our sponsors for their support and for making this amazing journey possible!

The FAUmax theta is our eigth car. One outstanding feature of our car is the powertrain. The modified Aprilia V2 engine is mounted longitudinally and transmits its power to the rear wheels through a bevel gear. Another speciality is the aero. This year we use a two layer setup at the rear wing with 8 elements. Furthermore, we developed our first under tray since 2011. To improve our performance we designed a new damper, anti-roll bar concept. This broadens the variety of setup adjustments.

High-Octane Motorsports is the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg's FS team. This year our 45 team members developed our fourth race car, the FAUmax delta. Our main goals were to significantly reduce weight and to switch to 10 inch wheels, by also refining our stand-alone drivetrain layout with a longitudinally mounted engine and a bevel gear. As a result we developed a lightweight car of 160 kg in combination with a powerful Aprilia V2 engine with 58 kW, that combines both the advantages of a powerful 4-cylinder car and a lightweight 1-cylinder car. To drastically reduce unsprung masses we developed 10 inch rims, which are made out of aluminium and CFRP. Our steel tube frame has an integrated CFRP sandwich structure as an underbody, combining high stiffness and low weight. The reliability of our electronics were enhanced by replacing all fuses with high side switches. With our promising car we are looking forward to the competitions and want to thank all our sponsors for their support!

The “FAUmax gamma” is the result from consist refinement and two years experience of competing at formula student events.In fact, our Team designed an entire new race car, as no part remained unchanged.We placed a lot of emphasis on improving the package of all assemblies to keep the car compact while concentrating and lowering masses. As a result, our E85 fuelled V2 engine is mounted transverse on a milled aluminium structure which also acts as rear end carrying the rear suspension while a conventional tubular steel frame forms the front end. This way we could also replace the fault-prone chain drive with a highly reliable hypoid gear drive with integrated limited slip differential.We also improved our skills in light weight engineering, designed and made several parts from CFRP, e.g. wishbones, pull-rods, drive shafts and bodywork.

High-Octane Motorsports from the University of Erlangen is competing the second time in Hockenheim. Building on the experiences from our first year car, we developed a new concept for the “FAUmax beta”. Our proposition was to design a light weight and good accelerating race car, which is competitive, but still easy to drive, handle and maintain, based on a new E85 fuelled two cylinder engine. We improved and exchanged several parts because of inappropriate complexity, impracticality or excessive weight. Every single part was reviewed and improved – from the alloy steel frame to the electronic gearshift assembly. Design for an easy assembly and installation, based on the acquired knowledge from our first car, in combination with much more simulation and tests for a high reliability were our guiding theme for engineering. In fine: “light weight, fail-safe, powerful and cost-effective”.We are really looking forward to match other teams and meet many like-minded students.

High-Octane Motorsports, the team of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg is one of this year's newcomers. Founded in early 2007 we spent countless hours of planning, designing and simulating to catch up with the already established teams and finally came up with a good design that is not only controllable for a first year team, but also met our high expectations. Our Car, the FAUmax alpha, features several highlights such as the aerodynamically shaped carbon fibre A-arms, the carbon fibre reinforced SiC ceramic brake discs or the extensively modified one cylinder engine with supercharger. We do not only hope to enthuse judges and visitors with this, but also to achieve high scores in the different events to fight for the title of the best newcomer.Special thanks go to the Faculty of Engineering, especially the Deparment of Mechanical Engineering and to all our sponsors and supporters, which helped to realize this project. We are looking forward to your visit in our box!