ABOUT FORMULA SAE


Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineer) is a series of international competitions in which university teams compete to design and manufacture the best performing racecars. 

"The concept behind Formula SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team to develop a small Formula-style race car. The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a production item. Each student team designs, builds, and tests a prototype based on a series of rules whose purpose is both to ensure onsite event operations and promote clever problem-solving."  -SAE International

THE EVENTS

Formula SAE competitions consist of 7 events: 4 dynamic events, and 3 static events.

DYNAMIC EVENTS

ACCELERATION

Measures the car's acceleration over a 75m straight track.

AUTOCROSS

Measures the car's maneuverability and handling over a tight course with a series of straights and turns.

ENDURANCE

Measures the car's durability and reliability over a 22 km race with 11 laps around a track.

SKID-PAD

Measures the car's cornering ability over a constant-radius turn over a figure-8 track.

STATIC EVENTS

DESIGN

Evaluates the team's adherence to good design practices during the conception, iteration, integration, and validation of every subsystem on the vehicle.

BUSINESS SALES PRESENTATION

Assesses the team's ability to compile a business case argument that their car best serves the needs of the amateur racing market.

COST REPORT

Assesses the team's ability to factor the cost of production into the design of the car and solve production issues on the fly.