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H-BRS motorsport team looks back on an emotional racing season
In the university's largest lecture hall, the H-BRS student motorsport group looked back on the highs and lows of the past 2024 racing season with invited guests and celebrated the end of the season. Friends of the team, family members, sponsors and members of the university were in attendance. In short presentations, leading team members gave the audience a vivid picture of the races and the associated technical and organisational challenges.
Three international competitions in the Formula Student class were scheduled for the BRS Motorsport student team in July and August: Hungary, the Czech Republic and Croatia. In the Formula Student competitions, student teams compete against each other with formula racing cars that they have designed and built themselves. The aim is to collect points both on the race track and in the so-called static disciplines. For example, the car has to prove its performance when cornering and in terms of efficiency. The endurance of the electrically powered vehicles is rated very highly. In the static disciplines, the vehicle concept is assessed, among other things. The students also have to prepare a cost analysis.
The assessment of the racing season was mixed for the university team: Unlike in 2021, the students were unable to claim an overall victory. The team achieved its best place in the overall rankings in Croatia with 11th place, with the 2nd place in the prestigious cost discipline having a positive effect. On the other hand, the subsequent disqualification in the endurance discipline due to a minimal loss of oil after the successfully completed journey was a bitter blow.
Previously in the Czech Republic, the team had to settle for 17th place. The fact that the G24 racing car, equipped with four electric motors, was unable to complete the endurance race, cost valuable points. The students from Sankt Augustin were delighted with the sixth place they achieved for their business concept in a tight final.
‘This season, we have probably built the fastest racing car in the team's history. After all these great upgrades and high-performance test days, it hurts all the more not to have delivered our full potential at the events,' says Simon Hoos, team leader of BRS Motorsport. ‘But we have grown even closer together as a team, even at low points. I am proud of the strong team spirit.’
The very start of the 2024 season, the FS East at the Zalaegerszeg race track in Hungary from 28 July to 3 August, turned out to be completely different to what the young motorsport athletes had hoped for.
An unforeseeable electrical fault during the obligatory rain test put an end to the young team's high expectations on the fourth day of the competition. The repair on site was unsuccessful and participation in the dynamic disciplines was no longer possible. A return to Sankt Augustin was also not an otion, as the race in the Czech Republic was due to start on 5 August. The befriended racing team from the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau proved to be a a friend in need indeed, providing workshop space and sleeping accommodation and thus enabling the Sankt Augustin team to continue their journey to the traditional race track in Most in the Czech Republic.
‘Both of our teams follow the same philosophy: you build the best racing car with friends,’ says Silvio Marisa, Technical Director at BRS Motorsport. ‘When the team from Zwickau offered us the opportunity to repair the racing car in their workshop, it was truly a great moment for us this season.'
Awarding the Racing Engineer Certificate
University lecturer and team supervisor Professor Dirk Reith used the festive occasion to honour deserving motorsport athletes with the ‘Racing Engineer’ certificate. The certificate was awarded to Master's students Alexander Rundau, Bastian Wahlen, Fabian Trömel, Luca Hesemann, Niklas Schmitt and Vitus Redmann.
With the certificate, the department certifies the acquisition of important interdisciplinary skills in the fields of electromobility, lightweight construction, aerodynamics, chassis technology and the engineering design of vehicle components. And, of course, the certificate holders have been involved in the H-BRS Formula Student Team and taken part in competitions.
Motor sport at H-BRS
Press photos: The H-BRS 2024 motorsport team (Photos: BRS Motorsport)
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Dirk Reith
Computational Science and Engineering , Managing Director of the TREE Institute, Presidential commissioner for institutional research co-operations, Faculty Advisor BRS Motorsport
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Sankt Augustin
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B 223
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Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
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+49 2241 865 9678
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Sankt Augustin
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E 240
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Grantham-Allee 20
53757, Sankt Augustin
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+49 2241 865 9560