HOW IT GOT STARTED

The Formula Student competitions are a series of engineering competitions held annually in various European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Italy. University students from all over the world show and race the car they developed over the past year. There are three different kind of competitions: combustion, electric and driverless. With UGent Racing, we focus on the electric and driverless cup. The competition is not won solely by the team with the fastest car, but rather by the team with the best overall package of construction, performance, and financial and sales planning. The decision is made by a jury of experts from the motorsport, automotive and supplier industries. They will judge every team's car and sales plan based on construction, cost planning and sales presentation. Additional judging will be done on the track, where the team demonstrate how well their self-built race cars fare in their true environment.