Setting a New Track Record

Exeter engineers prepare for international racing competition


Exeter engineering students are prepping for their first appearance in racing competition Formula Student.

The competition challenges teams to design, build and race a car in a year, testing it at Silverstone Circuit 3rd-7th July.

The international event will be held in the UK, testing our Exeter team against 149 projects from 32 nations.

The team will not only be judged on their track performance but on their skills in design, costing and business presentations.

Influential ex-Exeter students such as Sam Tozer, now a designer with McLaren, and Ted Kravitz, Formula 1 presenter for Sky TV, will be launching the car.

Joe Wait, Exeter Formula Student, said: “ What we really like about this project are the similarities to a real engineering project, which involves working with lots of different people.”