23.01.2015 change 23.01.2015

Wrocław University of Technology students will race in the US with their race car

Photo: PAP/EPA 2015 / UWE ANSPACH Photo: PAP/EPA 2015 / UWE ANSPACH

In May this year, Wrocław University of Technology students will be the first Polish team to start in the prestigious Formula Student racing event in the United States. PWR Racing Team will go there with theirs latest, recently built car RT-6.

PWR Racing Team supervisor Dr. Marcin Tkaczyk told PAP that the team’s participation in the competition in Michigan is a "change of proportions in the competition".

"We are the best team in Poland, and so far we have competed only on European tracks, with about 80 teams. Meanwhile, more than 160 teams from all over the world announced their participation in the race in the U.S." - added Tkaczyk.

Last season was very successful for PWR Racing Team: they finished 11th overall in the Formula Student racing. A major achievement was winning second place in the Acceleration competition, the goal of which is to achieve the maximum acceleration on a distance of 75 meters.

Wrocław team competed in last year\'s event with the car RT-5. It is a lightweight, 207 kg car with a Honda CBR motorcycle engine with a capacity of 600 cubic inches. For this season, the constructors have built a new model of the car, RT-6.

Tkaczyk stressed that the design tasks and objectives are as important in the team\'s work as success in sport. "Winning on the track is not the only thing that matters. Equally important is the team\'s work in the garage: preparation of the project, costing, making parts. Most of these tasks are performed by the team and also evaluated" - said the team supervisor.

He added that the PWR Racing Team currently has approx. 30 members, and a few of them have participated in the project for six years. "The team has the experience and it brings results. Budgets of some of the other Polish university teams are even ten times higher than ours, but we are the number one team in Poland" - noted Tkaczyk.

The team won a grant in the "Generation of the Future" programme, granting them funding for the trip from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

PWR Racing Team debuted in Formula Student in 2009. Formula Student is an international competition for student teams who design and build racing cars. The competition is organized by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to select the best engineers and managers.

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