A huge applause to the HKU Racing Team for achieving a Second Place in the Class 2 Design Competition and an overall Third Place at their maiden Formula Student Competition!
HKU Racing Team was led by Luv Khanna (BEng(ME)) and joined by Ho Ho-man (BEng(ME)) , Kurukulasuriya Vishmika Sachintha Fernando (BEng(ElecE), Kenneth Hui Ka-chun (BEng(EE)), Ho Shui-ho (BEng(ME)), Mok Ka-chun (BEng(ME)), Jasper Yeung Chun-hong (BEng(ME)) and Yau Lai-ho (BEng(ME)). They competed with other 36 universities from UK, USA, France, India, Turkey and Egypt in the Class 2 Category in the Formula Student 2019 Competition which was taken place at the Silverstone Racing Circuit from July 17 to 21, 2019.
Formula Student is the most established educational engineering competition in Europe. Organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the competition was sponsored by prestigious automobile companies such as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrain, BOSCH and MAHLE Powertrain. There are two entry classes in the competition where teams compete with the cars they design and build in Class 1 category. HKU Racing Team participated in Class 2, which was a static events included engineering design, cost & manufacturing and business presentation. Teams were required to have rigorous discussions with the judges on the vehicle design, project cost, manufacturing methods and the proposed business models. HKU Racing Team achieved a Second Place in design and seized an overall Third Place in the competition.
Team leader Luv Khanna remarked, “Formula Student provided us a valuable opportunity to get involved in motorsport-related project. It was a wonderful platform to be connected with professionals from the motorsports industry. We would like to thank the faculty advisors and the University in their continuing support in this project. We expect to build the entire vehicle and compete in the Class 1 category for 2020.”
HKU Racing Team is the University of Hong Kong’s first ever racing team. Founded in September 2018, the team initially started off with 30 members and the numbers have been gradually increasing. Currently, we have about 40 members from the engineering discipline. They are supervised by Dr C.K. Lee, Dr C.K. Chan, Dr Match Ko and Dr Chui Chun-Kit of the Faculty of Engineering.
The Team presented their proposal to the judges.
Although a fully built vehicle was not required in Class 2 Category, the team manufactured some component parts and displayed during the competition.