Had a privilege to travel to Assen, Netherlands, and visit the first ever Formula Student Netherlands competition together with our University's Formula Student team, Formula Student Oulu Ry. The event was held at the famous 500 cc and MotoGP race track called TT Circuit Assen, The Cathedral of Speed.
Formula Student is a technical competition for students. The idea is to build a working prototype race car, which complies with the Formula Student rule book. Competition is divided to static and dynamic events. Static events include Business Plan Presentation, Cost & Manufacturing and Engineering Design events. Acceleration, Skidpad, Autocross and Endurance are called dynamic events.
All the teams had go through a series of tests before they were allowed to compete at the dynamic events. Chassis, safety and technical inspections together with brake, noise and tilt test had to be cleared before you were allowed to enter the race track.
37 teams participated to this year's competition. 22 of them were powered with internal combustion engines and 15 of them had electric powertrains. TU Valencia was crowned the overall winner of the whole competition after taking first places in Autocross, Endurance, Efficiency and CV events. You can find all the results from this link. Remember to also check the events Facebook page for more photos and coverage.
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| Map of the venue with all the event locations. |