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The history of Mercedes-AMG is full of records – in terms of motor sport and high performance.
But a success story can only be written if you have a…

As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for powertrains and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics,…

This year a new entrance and scrutineering procedure is introduced for FSG, addressing last year's feedback. The new procedure will help to avoid…

All teams participating in the 2010 Formula Student Germany should take note of the following:

• All team members have to be students (see rules)!
• For…

Here at Bosch Engineering GmbH you will find the best of two worlds for your electronic systems: individual solutions combined with the benefits of…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

The engine is the heart and soul of every automobile. The BMW Group has demonstrated with their powerful and simultaneously efficient engines that…

In only a few months time, the fifth Formula Student Germany will take place at the Hockenheimring. Therefore, it may come as no surprise, that…

Notice to all teams:

Up until today nearly all add item requests have been processed. At the moment the cost committee is still working on an…

In addition to the first Formula Student Electric (FSE), this August there will be another world premiere at the Hockenheimring, the first ever…

We invented the motorized vehicle and are passionate about the future of automotive engineering. Our aim is to markedly reduce fuel consumption and…

We are back again!

Already in 2009 we offered an award for the Best Use of Adhesives. The documentations of the participating teams about bonding…

The requirement for the Safety Responsible (SR) of an FSE team to be certified to work with high voltage systems in automotive vehicles has been…

The newly founded Global Cost Event Committee strongly recommends basing their 2010 Cost Report on the Excel cost tables and use of the Excel…

With the introduction of FSE this year, an additional 18 SEFs and IADs will have to be processed by the event organisation. The FSG Executive…

The number of starting grids for the first Formula Student Electric (FSE) has been increased from 12 to 18 slots. With this measure the Executive…

The FSG Executive Committee would like to point out the following. Teams needing a letter of invitation in order to receive their Visa for FSG 2010,…

All available places for the 2010 Formula Student Germany (FSG) event have been booked. 40 German and 38 international teams from 21 nations and 5…

On 11^th of January, 25 teams registered to take part in the first Formula Student Electric (FSE) event, taking place in August 2010 on the…

Registration for the 2010 FSG and FSE events will be preceded by a registration quiz, testing the teams’ knowledge about the competition rules. This…

As of now the rules for the 2010 FSG competition are available under the rules section on the FSG website. The rules form the basis of the competition…

During the award ceremony the FSG Organisation made a terrible mistake. The award for third place in engineering design was handed over to the team of…

Stuttgart is the winner of the Formula Student Germany 2009. Second and third prize go to the universities of Hatfield and Western Australia. 77 teams…

Yesterday in the early afternoon the Autocross took place which 68 of 77 teams have finished. Here the dynamic skills of the race cars are tested. The…

Today the teams put their cars’ acceleration to the test (64 have finished). Fastest car to make the 75 meter distance was Kiel UAS, only a few…

After finishing scrutineering and all static events, the first dynamic disciplines are held today.
At first there is Acceleration, followed by Skidpad…

Today, all the static events took place, including the Business Plan Presentations, Cost Event and Engineering Design Event. The 77 teams presented as…

Bernd Schneider, five-time winner of the DTM (Mercedes), enjoyed his stay at the Formula Student Germany event last year and is now up to another…

Today as well as yesterday afternoon, the scrutineering of the first few cars took place. During the scruniteering process the cars are being checked…

The Judging for the Best Suspension Award will take place on Saturday. The teams will be nominated by the Design Judges based on your Design Reports,…

From Wednesday, 5th August 2009, til Sunday, 9th August 2009, the fourth Formula Student Germany takes place on Hockenheim-Ring. This year 78 national…

The Event Handbook with information for all participating teams is now available as pdf file. Teams are asked to read the handbook carefully in…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

The engine is the heart and soul of every automobile. The BMW Group has demonstrated with their powerful and simultaneously efficient engines that…

FSG is again offering the additional discipline Style Event. Prof. James Kelly, the Chair of Transportation Design at FH Pforzheim and Roberto Maronde…

Till today over 1200 add item requests have been completed. The committee is working on 350 more add item requests at the moment. Not all of them will…

The deadline for SEF and IAD has expired on the 1st of May 2009. All registered teams uploaded the requested documents. Only 12 of the 39 teams of the…

Designing and calculating components with traditional materials and joining technologies is the standard in industry. Looking at bonding technologies…

In January, 117 teams applied for the 78 starting grids – 39 of them are now on the waiting list.

We are aware of the great amount of work and…

Only 8 seconds (!) after opening regular registration all available places were booked. 38 German and 40 international teams from 19 nations have…

Just in time for the early registration of the Formula Student Germany 2009 the FS-World published the Formula Student world ranking.
Please see www.f…

The countdown for the 4th Formula Student Germany from 5-9 August 2009 starts now! Early registration will be open from January 9, 2009. Regular…

Again in 2008 Bosch Engineering GmbH sponsored the “Best dynamometer performance award” and covered the expense of having a chassis dyno at the…

We engaged some photographers to save the impressions of FSG 2008 in pictures: Bernd Hanselmann, Frank Bramkamp, Ingo Reichmann, Kimmo Hirvonen,…

This year's Formula Student Germany Champion 2008 is the Technical University of Delft! The team from the Netherlands put the Technical University of…

Again Endurance was the last discipline this year. After 10 hours overall race time, 36 teams arrived on the finishing line and successfully completed…

The autocross, the discipline which for the first time tests the dynamic skills of the race cars, took place in the afternoon.

In advance Bernd…

Today, all teams have competed in the static disciplines Business Plan Presentation, Cost Analysis Event and Engineering Design Event and could…

The finalists for the additional award "Most Innovative Use of Electronics" powered by Bosch Engineering GmbH have been announced. On venue the list…

On Wednesday and Thursday the teams have to present their cars at the Technical and Safety Inspection.
The cars are thoroughly examined in the…

The finalists for two of the additional awards have been announced: for the Best Lightweight Concept Award powered by AUDI AG and for the Best…

Today the Hockenheimring’s gates open yet again for the Formula Student Germany 2008. This year, teams from 19 nations participate to compete in…

The engine is the heart and soul of every automobile. The BMW Group has demonstrated that with their powerful and simultaneously efficient engines,…

Awarded to the team that exhibits the best suspension system design and development including outstanding performance, manufacturing, and aesthetics.…

We at Bosch Engineering GmbH know about the complexity of designing a vehicle that meets emissions regulations and on the other hand still is powerful…

We at Bosch Engineering GmbH know about the needs of the automotive industry and engineering where there is a growing demand for graduates who are…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

Since 80 years DEKRA is working side by side with the automotive industries as a professional and neutral partner, especially in the field of vehicle…

FSG is again offering the additional discipline Style Event. Prof. James Kelly, the Chair of Transportation Design at FH Pforzheim and Roberto Maronde…

To inform participants, judges, sponsors and visitors about the dates and locations of proceeding disciplines or events during Formula Student Germany…

Certainly we are not going to auction scrutineering slots!

That was simply the Steering Committees’ April-fool joke 2008 – but with a serious reason.…

As a result of the scarce capacities and the tight time schedule, the Steering Committee has decided to auction off the first scrutineering slots for…

The first obstacle at the FSG event for most of the teams is the Scrutineering.

Experienced scrutineers, who worked several years in Formula Student…

Dear registered teams for FSG 2008,

we are glad you registered for the event and are looking forward to meet you in Hockenheim. If you need an…

After the unexpected number of applications for the Formula Student Germany 2008 we analysed all processes to identify the maximum number of possible…

We are all aware of the highly demanding work to be done in preparation of a Formula Student event. The dissapointment of the 25 teams, that did not…

Already 5 minutes and 38 seconds after opening regular registration all available places are booked. 35 german and 29 international teams have…

From the 1^st February 1300 CET registration to Formula Student Germany 2008, taking place on the Hockenheimring from 6^th to 10^th August, is open to…

International teams have the possibility of early registration to FSG 2008 from Monday, 21st January, 1300 CET, until Wednesday, 30th January, 1300…

The registration for the third Formula Student competition in Germany starts in less than five weeks. The event will take place, like last year, at…

During the 2007 FSG event we had a new award that was open to all teams that focused on engine development. Bosch Engineering GmbH sponsored the…

Dear Teams,

after having worked on our specific rules for the Formula Student Germany 2008 we are happy that we were able to publish the finalised…

Almost 1,200 participating students as well as around 5,000 visitors, guests and sponsors made this years’s Formula Student Germany the most…

The weather turned out to be very good – just on time for the dynamic events at the Hockenheimring. Even though Saturday was cloudy and didn’t look…

For the first time during the whole event, all drivers can show the driving dynamics and handling qualities of their race cars during the Autocross.…

38 out of 54 teams were doing the Acceleration Event on Saturday morning.
On the 75 m long track Kiel University could win the event for itself and…

LU Motorsports (University of Loughborough, UK) won the Cost Analysis Event at the Formula Student Germany. Despite this year’s rules changes…

During the Skid Pad Event, the race cars are driving a course shaped like an eight, to show the lateral acceleration (forces) of their car. The best…

The track is dry – just on time for the start of the dynamic events, after a rainy Thursday and Friday. Therefore safe Skid Pad and Acceleration…

If you cannot be personally at the Formula Student Germany event at the Hockenheimring, you still have the chance to watch the whole event on…

It was a very tight competition and all student racing teams presented a very high standard of a business presentation to our judges. The best five of…

Friday was the day of the static event, which consisted of Business Plan Presentation, Cost Analysis and Engineering Design judged by highly qualified…

The Formula Student Germany Event at the Hockenheimring started on August 8, 2007. Overall 54 teams, 32 German and 22 international, arrived at the…

You are in the middle of the final preparations for Formula Student Germany, you are testing your cars and making last adjustments to the car’s…

There are no compromises when it comes to the finest sports car engineering. Technical precision and performance must be pushed to the limits – and…

We at Bosch Engineering GmbH know about the needs of the automotive industry and engineering where there is a growing demand for graduates who are…

We at Bosch Engineering GmbH know about the complexity of designing a vehicle that meets emissions regulations and on the other hand still is powerful…

According to the slogan ‘the ultimate driving machine’, the BMW Group supports the Formula Student event in Hockenheim by sponsoring an award for the…

After last year's positive feedback FSG is again offering the additional discipline Style Event. Prof. James Kelly, the Chair of Transportation Design…

New Year, new luck and – new car! And coming with it to Germany to the Formula Student Germany. After the successful opening in 2006, this seems to be…

The rules for Formula Student Germany 2007 can now be accessed online. The competition is based on the FSAE rules in order to enable teams to…

Formula Student Germany will again be held in Hockenheim in 2007. From the 8th to the 12th of August 54 teams will be competing with their self-built…

On the last day of the engineering competition at the Hockenheimring, the teams were able to show the capabilities of their car by participating in…

The first three dynamic events – SkidPad, Acceleration and Autocross – showed in addition to the ability of the race cars the competence of the…

Today, the dutch team from TU Delft won the Presentation Event of the Formula Student Germany for the best business case presentation.

On the second…

The first Formula Student Germany competition started today. 40 Teams from 10 nations found their way to the Hockenheimring, settled in their pits and…

The Event Handbook for the first Formula Student Germany is now available. It delivers useful information to the teams from parking over schedules and…

Continental is supporting the 'Formula Student Germany' competition by inviting entries for two Innovation Awards, each worth 500 euros. The prizes…

As promised earlier we want to give some last advice for the presentation event. As for all parts of the competition it is necessary to read the…

SolidWorks is a leading vendor of easy-to-use 3D CAD software and design analysis tools for designing better products in less time. Numerous companies…