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Main Academy - Main Workshop - Registration is now open!

Dear Teams,

as already announced we like to invite you to join the Main Workshop on Friday, 26th of November at 17:00 CET! Besides important…

Academy

FSG 2022 Main Workshop 26.11. & Rules Update

Dear Teams,

after a short  but well deserved break both you and ourselves are back to work on the preparation of next year's event. Two things we…

Academy

Thanks for joining FSG Academy powered by Magna International!

On Saturday more than 60 teams joined our annual FSG Workshop which took place at Magna International in Untergruppenbach. Besides information about…

Academy 2019

FSG Academy main event 2019 powered by Magna International

The yearly FSG academy main event offering support and information to Formula Student teams will be held on Saturday the 16th of November 2019 at…

Academy 2019 Driverless

FSG Driverless Starters Workshop

The first FSG Driverless Starters Workshop was held on 11th of Mai 2019 in Munich at AID. In total, 160 Students from 56 teams and 12 countries…

Academy Driverless

FSG Driverless Starters Workshop in Munich at AID on Sat 11th of May

To help teams getting started with DV technology FSG will organize a Driverless starters workshop. This workshop focuses on bringing the driverless…

Academy 2019 Competition

FSG Academy at ZF in Friedrichshafen - Media

Last Saturday, 300 students from 72 teams attended the FSG Academy kick-off event for FSG2019 at the ZF Forum in Friedrichshafen.

2017 Academy

Win Tickets for „Vehicle safety 2017“

The VDI awards tickets for the first 5 participants to the biggest branch meeting of security experts in the automotive industry – the congress…

2017 Academy

FSG Academy 2017 in Herzogenaurach: Slides & Videos are online

The yearly FSG academy event offering support and information to Formula Student teams was held on 21st October 2017 at Schaeffler in Herzogenaurach…

Academy

Formula Student Aerodynamics and CFD Workshop

After last year's huge success, SimScale and Formula Student Germany are again joining forces to offer a revised edition of the free workshop series…

Academy

Review: Formula Student Aerodynamics and CFD Workshop

In the last few weeks, the first workshop on aerodynamics and CFD organized by SimScale and Formula Student Germany e.V. took place. A new approach…

Academy

Aerodynamic and CFD Workshop

SimScale and Formula Student Germany are joining forces to offer a free workshop series about the application of CFD in Formula Student.

Participants…

2016 Academy

FSG 2016 Main Workshop at Bosch Engineering GmbH

The 2016 FSG Workshop will be held at Bosch Engineering GmbH in Abstatt on Saturday the 29th of October.

The workshop offers support and information…

Academy

NEW IN 2016: FSG ACADEMY ON SITE IN HOCKENHEIM

FSG Academy offers free workshops from sponsors to the students.

Pat´s Corner 2016

Pat's Corner - Back to Basics

I have just returned from Formula Student India, where the importance of re-covering the basics became obvious. We forget the churn of students…

2015 Academy

2015 FSG Workshop at Daimler AG in Sindelfingen

The 2015 FSG Workshop will be held at Daimler AG in Sindelfingen on Saturday the 24th of October. The workshop offers support and information to teams…

Competition 2015 Academy

Call for Startups at Formula Student Germany 2015

Apply now: FSG offers a stage for one Startup Company again this year to present itself during the competition at the Hockenheimring.

Pat´s Corner 2015

Pat's Corner - The Money Tree

I regularly get asked by teams how they can get more sponsorship. No team ever had enough money regardless of their budget and as Formula Student cars…

Academy

Welding at Formula Student – the SLV-Workshop - 13th and 14th of February

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

Academy

The Fascination of Adhesive Bonding – High-tech Solutions exposed to extreme conditions

22./23. January and 29./30. January 2015
Henkel Technologiezentrum Garching

Under the title “Fascination for bonding – Hightech solutions for…

Pat´s Corner 2014

Pat's Corner - Communication with Judges

Communication

Formula Student was founded with the intention of preparing graduating students for a life in Industry.

What is usually quoted is the…

2014 Academy Awards

FSG Media Award Winner 2014

Some of you could hardly await the announcement of the media award winner 2014 so let’s go for it:

This year again we had many teams that…

2014 Academy

2014 FSG Workshop at Continental AG in Hanover

The 2014 FSG workshop will be held at Continental AG facility in Hanover on Saturday the 18th of October. The workshop offers support and information…

Competition 2014 Pat´s Corner

Pat's Corner Live @FSG2014

This year you can meet our Chief Design Judge Pat - known from many famous article concerning engineering design topics - live in our recreation area…

2014 Pat´s Corner

Towing Your Trailer Safely

In April 2006, a team from the University of Mankato in Minnesota,  attending FSAE in Michigan, lost control of their trailer in a cross wind and…

Academy

Scrutineering Podcasts E05-E09

With just a few days to go until the start of FSG 2014, here are some final tips from the Scrutineers to help this years' competing teams in getting…

2014 Pat´s Corner

Some of the Issues a Team Faces When Designing for FSG.

It is now 20 years since I saw my first Formula Student event, FSAE 1994 at the Pontiac Silverdome in the US. I was on a business trip in the USA and…

Academy

Scrutineering Podcast E04: Time to meet PERCY!

Watch the next video as Ulf and Patrick explain the PERCY rule.

Please make sure that you check these rules have been followed properly and your car…

Academy

Scrutineering Podcast E03: The tractive system active light (TSAL)

The tractive system active light (TSAL) test is one of the mandatory tests that will be carried out on EVERY electric car. Watch this video as Juergen…

Pat´s Corner

Pat’s Corner - Formula Student Tyres for Dummies

I had a phone call today from a team member who wanted to talk about tyres.

He made the point that there is a lot of tyre information out there,…

Pat´s Corner

Pat’s Corner - Bill Mitchell, Rules & Engine Choices

I had a timely reminder today that it is a long time since I wrote a new blog article.

I guess getting involved with FS India and FS Russia has…

Academy

Welding at Formula Student - SLV-Workshop - 8th & 9th of November

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

Academy

2013 FSG Workshop at Bosch Engineering in Abstatt - 2nd of November

The 2013 FSG workshop will be held at the Bosch Engineering facility in Abstatt on Saturday the 2nd of November. The workshop offers support and…

Competition Pat´s Corner 2013

Pat’s Live Corner starts today

Meet Pat in his corner @recreation.area in the FSG forum

Saturday 14.00 – 17.00

Sunday 10.00 – 12.00 and 14.00 – 16.00

Pat´s Corner

Formula Student – Education or Motorsport?

In my life before Formula Student I was responsible for the technical area of CIK Karting, so I still maintain a passing interest in that sport. So…

Pat´s Corner

Pat’s Seven Deadly Sins of FS Design

In my last blog, I mentioned that some ‘beginner errors’ are creeping back into the designs we are seeing from some very experienced teams. I will…

Pat´s Corner

The Summer of 2012

Well, the summer is finished and the FS season is over for another year, so it is time to review the highpoints of the year.

FSG was another huge…

Competition Awards 2012 Academy

Winner of the Media Award 2012

The winner for the Media Award 2012 is UAS Berlin, car number 38!

They have been awarded 10 free places to the FSG 2012 Workshop which will be held…

Academy

2012 FSG Workshop at Bosch Engineering in Abstatt

The 2012 FSG workshop will be held at the Bosch Engineering facility in Abstatt on Saturday the 27th of October. The workshop offers support and…

Pat´s Corner

Pat’s Corner Live

Today we have another first at Formula Student Germany: Pat’s Corner Live. All teams are invited to come by for advice from Pat Clarke. Feel free to…

Pat´s Corner

How the Judges Learn about this stuff

Warning! Historical stuff!

I am often asked where I learned about this race car design stuff. Students want to know if they can learn the same way.…

Academy

Welding at Formula Student – the SLV-Workshop - 18th and 19th of May

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

Academy

UVV Workshop on handling of high voltage systems in road vehicles tailored to Formula Student

DEKRA offers a workshop on the handling of high voltage (HV) systems on board of road vehicles.  The workshop will be held on May 10th from 9:00 until…

Pat´s Corner

Pat's Corner: Understanding what you are trying to achieve

Time for another column.

I have been busy over the last few weeks writing my share of a new FS/FSAE book that will hopefully be published in time for…

Pat´s Corner

Pat’s Corner

Well, 2011 has passed into history, so we are all a year older and hopefully a year wiser. I wish all teams around the world, the very best wishes for…

Academy

Electric Powertrains Workshop

On December 2nd the FS Academy will offer a workshop focusing on electric powertrains. The workshop will be open for all teams planning to participate…

Academy

Adhesive Bonding Workshop by Henkel

Under the title “Fascination for bonding – Hightech solutions for extreme conditions” Henkel will organize again two two-day workshops for Formula…

Academy

Yearly FSG Workshop at Bosch Engineering in Abstatt

The yearly FSG workshop for 2011 will be held at the Bosch Engineering facility in Abstatt on Saturday the 29th of October. The workshop offers…

Pat´s Corner

Testing Times

The first major event of the FSAE/FS season has passed with Oregon State/GFR winning the FSAE event at Michigan International Speedway a couple of…

Academy

Welding at Formula Student – the SLV-Workshop - 6th and 7th of May

The Education and Research Academy for Welding Technology Mannheim Ltd. (SLV) has been responsible for supporting the Formula Student Teams in welding…

Pat´s Corner

How to make a correct design and layout of your brake system?

It has been brought to our attention by one of our design judges that there is a very useful paper by prof. K.H. Bill on the complete layout and…