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Volkswagen Supports Seven University Racing Teams at the Hockenheimring

Seven University teams from Germany and the Netherlands head to the Hockenheimring with support from Volkswagen to compete in the International Formula Student competition- six competing in Formula Student Electric for electric motors, and the other participating in Formula Student Combustion for internal combustion engines. These budding engineers have designed and built their own racing vehicles over the past few months, each of which will be used to compete against rivals from around the world.

Volkswagen supports the seven university teams with a total of almost 400 students (from Aachen, Braunschweig, Bremen, Hannover, Kassel, Wolfsburg and Delft / NL) not only financially, but with valuable advice and assistance from experienced experts. Coming from various disciplines such as mechanical, electrical or industrial engineering, the budding engineers have showed great commitment and passion when building their race cars and gaining practical experience. In addition, they have proved that they could employ this knowledge as a team in creative new ways-  ideal traits for a career at Volkswagen.

The Formula Student teams compete in events of differing disciplines against each other.  But technical expertise isn’t the only thing that matters- business know-how also plays a role.  They must, on their own, devise a business plan and adhere to a budget with their prototypes, while still being able to undergo an acceleration test and autocross driving with maximum energy efficiency. In total, 39 teams will compete in Formula Student Electric category, and 72 teams the Formula Student Combustion (engine) class.

The Formula Student Germany at the Hockenheimring will be held until August 2, 2015 with more than 3500 students from 15 nations taking part in the competition. The event is organized by Formula Student Germany eV with support from the Association of German Engineers.

Source: DPP-car Reporter / WPR

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