Interactive NUST Formula Student Team gears up for world’s largest student motorsport competition

Student-built car to race against135 teams from 28 different countries at Formula Student 2015

Karachi,11 June 2015:
Engineering students from NUST-PNECareon track for the world’s biggest student motorsport competition at Silverstonefrom 8-12 July.

The competition – run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - is the world’s largest student motorsport event and challenges student engineers to design, build and race a single seat racing car in one year.

Formula Student alumni have progressed to Formula 1, and hundreds more are now working at the world’s largest automotive firms helping to design and engineer the cars of tomorrow.

Applications were received from teams around the world, and 135 – including Interactive NUST Formula Student Team - have successfully claimed a place for the competition at the home of British motorsport.

Ross Brawn, former Team Principal of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team, returns as competition patron and will meet students at the opening ceremony. Ambassadors this year include Paddy Lowe, Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, Willem Toet, Head of Aerodynamics at Sauber F1, former Formula 1 driver David Brabham and BBC science presenter Dallas Campbell.

Lining up at Silverstone will be 49 teams from UK universitie, and the main Class 1 competition will see 30 electric vehicles and 80 cars with combustion engines.



These teams will be from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK and Ukraine.

Formula Student 2014 winners Delft University of Technology, from The Netherlands, will return to compete in July alongside the top UK car from Oxford Brookes University.
Jon Hilton, Chairman of Formula Student said:

“Formula Student is the world’s most respected student motorsport event and the sheer number of applications we have received for this year’s event prove it’s going from strength to strength.

“It’s not an exaggeration to say that those students taking part are among the best young engineers in the world, and Formula Student provides them with a vital stepping stone in their careers. Whether they go on to work in Formula 1, or help design the aeroplanes of the future, these students will go on to make a very real impact on our society.

”I’m delightedto see teams like InteractiveNUST Formula Student Team competing in Formula Student 2015 – it shows that the competition remains one of the most important learning experiences for those aiming to combine their studies with exposure to a real world engineering project.”

Engine: CBR600RR

Body: Carbon fibre body

Weight: 235kg

Power: 75hp

Suspension: Double wishbone

Overall Dimensions: 2.74m length, 1.39m width, 1.175m height

Frame: Steel Space Frame Structure

Interactive NUST Formula Student Team comprises of 25 members who are all undergraduate engineering students working day and night for the success of the Project.

The Team has come this far owing to the continued support from long standing partner Interactive Group. This year, corporate names like DHL, Gul Ahmed etcare also on board with the Team.The media and PR for the unveiling ceremony was handled by Takell pr.