Who are WE?

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We are The University of Nottingham Racing Team, a successful student run racing team made up of students from a variety of year groups, courses and nationalities. We were established in 2015 and are made up of two subteams- the Formula Student team and the E-bike team. 

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Our Rise To Success

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Our newly formed group is building on the success of The University of Nottingham electric superbike squad, who over the last two years, have designed and built two electric superbikes. We took on all comers, including factory race teams, resulting in a podium finish at the prestigious Isle of Man TT road races (winning the Best Team at the TT award), received two consecutive IET innovation awards, and as a result, the University of Nottingham went on to be first university to win the electric motorcycle manufacturer’s championship, recognised by FIM.

This gave us the confidence to attempt a first for Formula Student. In order to race against other cars in July, a new car has to pass strict tests set by a panel of scrutineers. Normally a car in year one of development does not get to race, but is sent back to the lab by the scrutineers with a load of improvements to make first. We have such a great team working on the car that we plan to become the first university to pass the tests and race in our very first year of entry!

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What Is Formula Student?

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Formula Student takes place in many western countries with our UK event being held at Silverstone each July and challenges university students from around the world to design and build a single-seat racing car, which is then put to the test at the famous Silverstone Circuit. The competition originated in the United States and has grown immensely over the last 20 years now incorporating in excess of 3000 universities, it is the most established educational engineering competition and a testing ground for the next generation of world-class engineers.

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