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Formula Student Racing Team

What is Formula Student?

Formula Student (FS) is Europe's most established

educational motorsport competition, run by the Institution

of Mechanical Engineers.

FS is an international competition whereby teams of

university students have the opportunity to design, build

and market a small single-seat racing car. They are then

charged with competing against other universities in a

series of events designed to test the performance of the

car and the team.

Formula Student not only gives students experience in

design and manufacturing but also a chance to gain

experience in the business elements of engineering. There

are a number of competitions around the world where

Formula Student takes place including the UK, Italy, USA,

Australia, and Germany.

Our team, Team SURTES (Surrey University Racing

Technology and Engineering Solutions), has in the past

focused its efforts on the UK event however the team is

looking to compete in other international events such as

Germany in the future.

For more information on the competition, please visit:

http://www.formulastudent.com/

Speaking about Formula Student, Ross Brawn, Team

Principal of the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS Formula One Team, said:

“I never fail to be impressed each year by the amount of talent shown by the Formula Student competitors. When it comes to

giving the younger generation of engineers a chance to demonstrate their skills, there really is no substitute for Formula

Student.”

Chris Kirby, Head of Education at the Institution of

Mechanical Engineers, said:

“Formula Student is one of the best recruiting grounds for world

-class engineers in Europe, testing the students’ skills, passion and drive to their limits.

“Engineers will be essential to solving many of the global issues we are likely to face over the coming decades, using many of

the skills that Formula Student develops. So to see British

engineering students show such commitment and enthusiasm for Formula Student is very encouraging.”

James Allison, Technical Director at Lotus Renault GP, said:

“We are fortunate at Lotus Renault GP to have many talented graduate applicants for vacancies in our team.

“We have found from repeated positive experience that young engineers blooded in the engineering and competitive ethic of

Formula Student stand out from the crowd.

Industry Opinions

About the Team

Team SURTES is the University of Surrey’s in-house racing team; run by mostly engineering and business students, academic and technical staff provide guidance when required. Every year Team SURTES seeks out to design and manufacture ever lighter, more powerful racing cars to compete in the Formula Student Competition.

The Formula Student program at the University of Surrey is an ideal platform for students interested in cutting edge technology as it encourages them to design, manufacture and test a single-seat racing car.

The student team is not only responsible for producing

a brand new car every year, but also the management of all the finance, marketing and HR operations of the Formula Student team. Hence, FS gives the students the ideal opportunity to learn new skills and showcase their talent.

To produce the car, the team has access to a number of facilities provided by the university including its own dedicated design lab, machine workshop and assembly area.

The overall aim is to ensure we have a race car ready for the UK event held at Silverstone in July of each year.

A message from the Team Leader

The first thing that attracted me to study engineering was finding out about Formula Student when I came to an open

day at the University of Surrey. After hearing about it from

students who had actually taken part in designing, building

and racing a car as part of their degree, I knew I had to

get involved. I was hooked and immediately got involved

when I started my fresher’s year and 5 years on I’m still

involved.

Although I merely started off as a volunteer learning the

basics and getting to know how things worked on the car, I have steadily ramped up my involvement within Team

SURTES over the last few years. After I finished my

placement year at Airbus UK in Bristol, I was itching to get back to university so that I could get cracking with helping

out on the design of our 2011 challenger.

This year marks a crucial year for our team as we aim to make a big push towards the front of the field. As Team

Leader it is my duty to oversee the day to day running of

the team and making sure that deadlines are met and all

the departments continue to function together.

This year we are striving to show that despite our young

heritage, we continue to extend upon our previous experiences and are not afraid to be ambitious in our

efforts to innovate. We are therefore confident that 2012

will be a year of great success. I can only hope that my

efforts as Team Leader help push us in the right direction.

Anthony Hinkley, Team SURTES Team Leader

MEng Aerospace Engineering

Team Ideology

We, Team SURTES consists of passionate and

enthusiastic students who aim to use all of their

accumulated knowledge and experience to produce a

competitive race car for the Formula Student event

each year.

Full commitment and unwavering dedication are

prerequisites to joining our team and as such, blood,

sweat, and tears are poured into the development of

each and every one of our cars from Day 1. We work

day and night in our pursuit of producing a car capable

of competing at the top end of the competition.

Formula Student is the perfect opportunity for talented

students to compete at an international level and

showcase to the world the quality of our graduates.

Our aim at Team SURTES is to form partnerships with

various companies to gain support, whether it is

financial or technical, and together we hope to thrive

and produce a race car capable of meeting the

challenges of Formula Student.

Promotional Opportunities

Team SURTES welcomes all types of sponsorship including direct financial support, technical assistance, and products.

Benefits of a team sponsor include the placement of logos

on the SURTES 2012 car as well as on team race gear and promotional material. Additionally, we can also provide you a direct link to our young, talented and multi-disciplinary students for potential recruitment. We would welcome any potential sponsor to visit the team and

speak with potential recruits first hand.

Team SURTES are involved with many promotions, previous examples include:

The University’s ‘Freshers Fair’

Prescott Hillclimb Articles in the Surrey Times and the university

newspaper, The Stag University Open Days

This year, upcoming promotions include:

Autosport International Show Goodwood Festival of Speed Greenpower Sponsor tours and open days

Local TV, radio, and newspapers

The Formula Student event itself provides an excellent opportunity to promote companies to a wide, international audience and the next generation of engineers.

Sponsorship Packages

Team SURTES is able to offer the following packages in

return for sponsorship:

PARTNER — up to £1000 or equivalent products/services:

Small sized company logo on car

Logo on SURTES publications

Framed photograph of the car and team

Invitation to Sponsor Open Day at the university

SPONSOR —up to £2500 or equivalent products/services. PARTNER package plus:

Medium sized company logo on car

Company logo in Formula Student workshop

Small logo on team kit

A visit from the team on our sponsor tour*

TITLE SPONSOR —£5000 or equivalent products/

services. SPONSOR package plus:

Large sized company logo on the car

Large logo on team kit

Prominent company logo on publications as title sponsor

(*Time and availability permitting)

Customisation is possible on direct contact with the team

Will you join us in 2012?

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Team SURTES

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

University of Surrey

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XH

Email: teamSURTES@surrey.ac.uk

Twitter: @TeamSURTES

Facebook: University of Surrey—Team SURTES