Racing team at the University of Stuttgart
| Racing team Uni Stuttgart e. V. | |
|---|---|
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat | Stuttgart |
| purpose | Promote science, research and student education |
| Chair | Robin Prudlik |
| Website | rennteam-stuttgart.de |
The racing team Uni Stuttgart is a team of students from the University of Stuttgart that designs and manufactures racing cars in order to take part in Formula Student competitions. The team regularly takes various placements at Formula Student events.
history
The racing team was founded in 2005 by Michael Kissling, Konrad Paule and Sebastian Seewaldt, who also managed the team for the first two years. After the support from the university and the Research Institute for Motor Vehicles and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKFS) had been secured, a total of 30 students were enthusiastic about the project. This was followed by the establishment of a non-profit association as a legal basis.
The Uni Stuttgart racing team was able to establish itself as a successful Formula Student team. It was not only the first German winning team at Formula Student Germany 2007 in Hockenheim, but also the first German winning team in Michigan in 2013.
With the second car, the racing team was able to win the Italian competition in 2007 and establish itself at the top of the world with two podium places at world championships (3rd place at the FISITA World Championship 2007 in England and 2nd place at the FISITA World Championship 2008 in the USA) . The following years were marked by victories and top 3 placements. The racing team has regularly topped the world rankings since it was established.
structure
The team has a three-person team leader who is divided into a person responsible for the club (1st chairman), technology (overall vehicle manager) and organization.
The non-profit, registered association forms the legal basis. This is important because independence is guaranteed, the tax office grants some tax advantages and donation receipts can be issued.
There is also a technical and an organizational team, which in turn are divided into smaller teams. On average, the team consists of around 35 students, mainly from engineering courses. Since the team is newly formed every year and only a small number of the team members remain, knowledge transfer plays an important role.
support
Like all teams participating in the Formula Student, the racing team is dependent on financial support from the university, research institutes and industry. The FKFS provides rooms that serve as a workshop and office. Many of the manufacturing options for parts come from industry that cannot be implemented in your own workshop due to a lack of capacity and extremely high machine costs.
Companies are interested in contact with participating teams, in particular with prospective engineers and the Formula Student, because this event promotes and enhances training.
vehicles
The Formula Student regulations stipulate that you have to compete with a new or at least heavily revised car every year. Like almost all other Formula Student teams, the racing team constructs a completely new car every year, but of course it is based on the experience of previous years.
For safety reasons, the routes at the competitions are so narrow that maximum speeds of around 120 km / h can be achieved. The racing cars are designed accordingly. Important criteria are reliability, maneuverability, acceleration and good cornering behavior.
The racing team Uni Stuttgart designates its vehicles as follows: F0711 – x . 0711 stands for the area code of Stuttgart, x stands for the generation of the racing car. In everyday parlance, a short form has become established in which the first three characters of the name are left out. The first car, the F0711-1 , is called “ elf-one ” for short .
The Stuttgart bolides are traditionally painted white.
F0711-1 (2006)
The first car of the racing team had its rollout on May 5th, 2006. The racing team started with it at the competitions in England, Germany and Italy. With his successful start (best newcomer in England and 3rd place in Italy), he established the status of the Uni Stuttgart racing team as the most successful German Formula Student team to date.
F0711-2 (2007)
The elf ‑ two was presented to the public on May 11, 2007. However, since the team was convinced that the racing car as it is would not be able to meet its objectives, it was unfolded in the middle and the entire rear end was redesigned and converted into the F0711-2B within 29 days .
The F0711-2 did not have a long lifespan and it has never entered a competition.
F0711-2B (2007)
The elf ‑ two B was created from the conversion of the F0711‑2. The 11-2B drove the fastest endurance lap in its first competition and won the other 3 endurance races in a row in its other outings.
F0711-3 (2008)
In 2008 the eleven-three was able to build on the successful time of the 11-2B. Back at the start in England, Hockenheim and Italy, the racing team will also take part in the World Championship in Australia at the end of November 2008.
At the Formula Student Germany (FSG) in Hockenheim in August 2008, the racing team suffered its first endurance failure in the last lap, although the 11-3 was the outstanding car at the competition and was only 600 m short of defending its title. 588 of the 600 points that could be reached by then were achieved.
At the Formula Student in England in 2008, the 11-3 won all dynamic disciplines, something that had never happened in the history of the Formula Student series before.
Since November 30, 2008, the team has been able to call themselves world champions for the first time in its history. It won the Formula SAE World Championship in Australia with 961 out of 1000 achievable points and thus secured the overall victory with over 150 points ahead of the competition.
F0711-4 (2009)
The eleven-four was the team's first racing car with a monocoque made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (KFK).
F0711-5 (2010)
The eleven-five is very similar to its predecessor, at least from the outside. This is mainly due to the fact that the monocoque made of KFK comes from the same shapes as that of the F0711-4. Many small and large improvements make it easier, more efficient and faster. The driving tests promised a lot of potential, which was fully exploited on the one hand by almost infinite possibilities in the chassis setup and on the other hand by a lot of measurement technology used during the test phase and led to great success.
F0711-6 (2011)
The eleven-six became known in racing team history as "the challenger". In order to ensure improved accessibility of the drive train, the frame concept was converted to a one-piece KFK monocoque in the front area in combination with a steel lattice tube rear. As a result, the inspection, maintenance and repair work could be made easier and the efficiency increased, especially in test operation. For the first time, the front wheel suspension was sprung via tie rods. The combination with the racing team's typical 4 cylinder with over 66 kW (90 PS) led the car to two first and two third places from four competitions.
F0711-7 (2012)
The eleven-seven was under the sign of the saying “Smaller. Stronger. Faster. ”The move away from the 13" tires used until then to the significantly smaller 10 "tires improved the driving characteristics through greater maneuverability and thus faster lap times with reduced weight.
The combination of the aforementioned properties made the racing team even faster.
F0711-8 (2013)
The Eleven-Eight also brought major changes, including a wing package. Never before has a vehicle from Rennteam been implemented with a complete aero package.
F0711-9 (2014)
The F0711-9 - the ninth vehicle in the history of the racing team - had a Yamaha YZF R6 and a KFK rear end instead of the CBR-600-RR engine.
F0711-10 (2015)
"Complete! Finish! Win! ”That is the racing team motto under which the racing cars have been designed for 10 years. In the case of the anniversary car, the "eleven-ten", this motto was picked up again more strongly in order to build on the successes in 10 years of the racing team. Proven systems have been linked with innovations, with flexibility being the main focus. The chassis is therefore the well-known combination of KFK monocoque with steel lattice tube rear end to simplify repairs and maximize test time.
The F0711-10 is the first racing team car to have a modular 3-spring system to further increase performance. In addition, the large aerodynamics package immediately catches the eye, which despite the new regulations for the 2015 season does not show any losses in efficiency and contact pressure . Due to the shape with the distinctive nose, this bolide can also be clearly assigned to the racing team. In the color design, on the other hand, the motto “tried and tested meets young and fresh” became clear, as well-known colors still take a new approach to design.
F0711-11 (2016)
Like its predecessor, the F0711-11 has a modular 3-spring system in order to keep the performance at the high level. In addition, this year the very revised aerodynamics package catches the eye, which generates over 30% more contact pressure compared to the previous year.
Competitions
| season | vehicle | Formula Student (UK)
July |
Formula Student (Germany)
August |
Formula SAE Italy
September from 2015: Formula Student (Spain) August |
Formula SAE (Michigan)
May |
More competitions | World ranking after the last competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/06 | F0711-1 |
Overall place 11
|
Overall place 6
|
3rd place overall
|
Not participated | 11 | |
| 06/07 | F0711-2B | 3rd place overall | Overall victory | Overall victory | Total place 2 | 3 | |
| 07/08 | F0711-3 | Overall victory | Total place 23 | Overall victory | Not participated |
Australia
Overall victory |
1 |
| 08/09 | F0711-4 | Overall victory | Overall victory | Overall victory | Total place 30 | 12 | |
| 09/10 | F0711-5 | Total place 2 | Overall place 15 | Total place 2 | 3rd place overall | 4th | |
| 10/11 | F0711-6 | Overall victory | 3rd place overall | Overall victory | 3rd place overall | 3 | |
| 11/12 | F0711-7 | Overall place 5 | Overall victory | Overall victory | Overall victory | 1 | |
| 12/13 | F0711-8 |
3rd place overall
(best vehicle with combustion engine) |
Total place 2 | Overall victory | 3rd place overall |
Austria
3rd place overall (best vehicle with combustion engine) |
1 |
| 13/14 | F0711-9 |
Total place 2
(best vehicle with combustion engine) |
Total place 2 | Total place 12 | Not participated | 23 | |
| 14/15 | F0711-10 |
3rd place overall
(best vehicle with combustion engine) |
Total place 2 |
Overall victory
|
Overall victory |
Austria
Total place 7 |
8th |
| 15/16 | F0711-11 | Overall victory | Total place 2 | Overall victory | Overall victory |
Austria
Overall victory |
1 |
| 16/17 | F0711-12 | Not participated | 3rd place overall | 3rd place overall | Overall victory |
Austria
Overall victory Hungary Total place 4 (best vehicle with combustion engine) |
1 |
| 17/18 | F0711-13 | Not participated | Overall victory | Overall victory | Overall victory |
Austria
Overall place 6 Hungary Overall victory |
1 |
| 18/19 | F0711-14 |
Legend: FISITA World Championship highlighted in blue
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.formulastudent.de/fsg/results/2019/
- ↑ www.uni-protocol.de
- ^ Report on Formula Student Germany 2007 ( Memento from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Placement in the Formula Student
- ↑ History of the world rankings
- ^ Report in Motorsport Magazin
- ↑ Information Service Science
- ↑ Redaktionzukunft.de
- ↑ www.sachen-machen.net ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Report on the racing team at www.innovations-report.de
- ↑ Overall wins Formula Student teams worldwide
- ↑ Report at AlphaGalileo ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Report on Formula Student at www.innovations-report.de ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Press release Rennteam Uni Stuttgart ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Formula Student Germany: Team details. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Formula SAE Australasia 2008 Top 3 Results per Event ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF; 37 kB)