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A team of students from the University of Stuttgart in Germany has won this year’s Formula Student contest.
The event, which involved 156 teams and more than 2,000 students from 34 countries, is the world’s largest student motorsport competition, and challenges student engineers to design, build and race a single-seat racing car.
Rennteam Stuttgart’s combustion engine-powered car performed impressively in the endurance challenge and the overall dynamic event.
Second place went to Germany’s Karlsruhe University, and Austria’s TU Graz came third. The University of Bath were the top UK team in fourth place.
Andrew Deakin, chairman of Formula Student, said: “It’s been great to see an internal combustion car win again. It brings to a close what has been an excellent event with the highest number of cars completing scrutineering and getting through all the dynamic events.
“The competition continues to improve every year and I look forward to welcoming all the teams back in 2017.”
Joscha Haupt, team leader of the University of Stuttgart, said: “It feels amazing to have won Formula Student. It’s been very tough to compete against the strong electric teams but we enjoy the challenge of competing with a combustion engine.”
The competition, now in its 19th year, judges cars on their speed, acceleration, handling and endurance in a series of time-trial races, while the students are tested on their design, costing and business presentation skills.