Here's what you had to say about past FS events at Silverstone...
Bob Bell, Team Managing Director, Renault F1
"I feel very priviledged to become an ambassador for Formula Student, given its outstanding success in promoting competitive engineering at an international level. Few other forms of professional engineering offer such an opportunity to young engineers, and its educational benefits are of significance over a very wide engineering domain."
Ross Brawn OBE, MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team and IMechE Fellow
"There were some exceptionally good teams and entrants this year. The variety and breadth of talent out there was what was so exciting about the event. If the FS cars were all pristine, perfect examples it would be a boring competition, which makes Formula 1 a little bit sterile. Seeing these sorts of things at FS is quite exciting.’’
John Wood, IMechE Vice President
"We were becoming aware in industry that while universities were turning out young graduates with excellent academic qualifications, they were lacking the sort of essential practical skills that were really needed in industry to be successful engineers - and this is what Formula Student aims to do - deliver young engineers who have got those essential practical experiences and expertise.’’
Richard Burden MP
"Formula Student is one of the most exciting, innovational and educational projects around. Anything that encourages this project to grow should be welcomed. It is hands-on and academic all at the same time."
Jon Hilton, FS Chairman and Flybrid Systems Managing Partner
"Everyone has been blown away by the standard of competition at FS and we have all been left massively impressed and in awe of the students’ commitment.’’
Gary Savage MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team
"As a team and a company we love to race and we love to compete, and that is why we we’re at Formula Student. For Honda, there is also an ulterior motive. We are always looking for the next generation of young engineers and young designers and in fact, 20 of our best young engineers have all been involved in FS.”
William Kimberley, Race Tech Magazine Editor
“The Formula Student/SAE events are truly wonderful. They give the graduates real hands-on experience where project managing, working with others and thinking on your feet are all essential ingredients. You might be the best designer in the world, but if you do not know how to turn a spanner or are liable to freeze in an emergency, then you are probably not cut out to be in motorsport – and these events will highlight that.”
Andrew Newton, Previous Team Member, Loughborough University
"Being in FS really focuses you. It really is an education in everything you could need for a successful engineering career."
Craig Dawson, Previous Faculty Advisor, Oxford Brookes
"This is the only event where students experience what it is like to design, build and compete with their own racing car. This is something that the industry is really recognising the importance of as these students are the F1 designers of tomorrow.’’
Oliver Taylor, BP
"FS is the only competition of its kind in the world where you can design and build a racing car from the drawing board. The whole experience of FS teaches you how to develop your academic and practical skills together to make you a better engineer and our team is already looking forward to returning next year.”
John Calderbank, Faculty Advisor, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
"We value FS so highly that it's structured into the course."
Simon Watkins, Faculty Advisor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
"I would certainly recommend FS as an event to enter. It teaches students the non-reversible nature of time and money plus they get valuable feedback from experienced international judges. Our students who entered have since been headhunted by the world’s top race car companies, including F1."
