DISCIPLINES

During the Formula Student Spain Event, all teams must successfully pass different Static and Dynamic disciplines.

STATIC DISCIPLINES

Engineering Design Event: In the Design Report the students set their constructive solutions and their advantages out in writing. At the competition the judges examine the constructions and discuss them with the students.

Cost and Manufacturing Event: The discipline consists of a written report and a discussion with the judges around the manufactured prototype.

Business Presentation Event: The teams present their business plan for the built prototype to an assumed manufacturer – represented by the judges. With this, teams want to convince them that their car meets the demands of the target group, and that it can be produced and marketed profitably. 

DYNAMIC DISCIPLINES

Acceleration: In the shortest possible time, the vehicle must follow a line of 75 meters. The fastest vehicle needs less than 4 seconds.

Skid-Pad: The vehicle drive on a parcours in shape of an 8. The vehicle demonstrates with a fast lap time how much lateral acceleration can generate.

Autocross: The test consists in a course of around one kilometre through straights and curves. The lap time serves as indicator for driving dynamics and handling qualities. The results determine the starting order of the Endurance.  

Endurance: The main discipline. Over a distance of 22 kilometres the vehicles have to prove their durability under long-term conditions. Acceleration, speed, handling, dynamics, fuel economy, reliability – the vehicles have to prove it all.