Held annually at Germany's legendary Hockenheimring circuit, the FSG is considered the pinnacle event in student engineering and race car design. The competition attracts the best university teams from around the world to compete in a wide range of disciplines, from structural design to dynamic formula car performance.
The eForce Prague Formula team faced many challenges during the competition, including two unplanned returns to the workshop in Prague. "However, team spirit, determination and excellent technical knowledge led to a total score of 771.29 points, which secured us third place among the top 80 teams in the world," said Kaplický.
"This success is a huge recognition and confirmation that our hard work during long nights on the workshop floor and responsible approach is producing results. It was extremely challenging, but the team showed incredible resilience and adaptability," said Jan Cába, captain of the eForce Prague Formula team.
During the week-long competition, the team successfully completed both static and dynamic disciplines. In the Engineering Design Event (EDE) category, the team made it to the finals where they competed against six other universities from around the world. In this discipline, the team placed 3rd among more than 80 teams from all over the world. This success confirms the exceptional design and innovation that went into the car's design this year, even in the face of such strong competition as the finalists from Zurich, Aachen, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Trondheim and Montreal.
In addition to the static disciplines, the team recorded excellent results in the dynamic tests. Key moments included the autonomous skidpad, where the team set the fourth fastest time, and the challenging Endurance race, where the team demonstrated its ability to handle extreme conditions by having to react to a sudden change in weather just before the start.
"Success in the Engineering Design Event (EDE) is particularly valuable for us as it shows that our approach to the technical concept of the car is world class. We appreciate this success all the more because we have built this year's car from scratch," said the team's technical manager, Filip Klier.
Every year, the Formula Student Germany competition is the ultimate event where the best engineering students from all over the world come together to compete with their designed cars in static and dynamic disciplines. The success of the eForce Prague Formula team at this competition is not only a great personal achievement for all involved, but also a confirmation of the quality of engineering education at CTU.
