FSUK 2025 Results

ENDURANCE

1^ST

COST

1^ST

accel

6^TH

DESIGN

13^TH

BUSINESS

17^TH

overall

5^TH

UBRACING

Est. 1997

UBRacing is the University of Birmingham's Formula Student team. The team was established in 1997 and is one of the oldest Formula Student teams in the UK. Each year we design and manufacture a new car which we take to compete against other universities at Silverstone. Over the years we have competed in every FSUK competition since its inception, as well as many international competitions.
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Formula Student is the largest student engineering competition in the world and encourages students to get hands-on, practical experience as an engineer. Being a part of our Formula Student team will equip you with many key skills that will be important throughout your university life and beyond. It is a great opportunity to develop as an engineer and gain invaluable experience.
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Another key aspect of the competition is the Business Plan. Alongside the car, the team also creates a business plan presentation that complies with a business condition set out each year. This is a great opportunity for students from other disciplines, such as business students, to get practical experience pitching a business.

Our Heritage

UBRacing is one of the first Formula Student teams in the UK, pre-dating the UK competition. The team was founded in 1997 and started by University of Birmingham Mechanical Engineering undergraduate, Blake Siegler. With the help of Carl Hingley BEM, the team's now retired Senior Technician. Initially there was no competition in the UK, so we first competed in Michigan, USA in 1998. The Formula Student competition was brought to the UK thanks to a successful pitch by UBRacing, and the Universities of Leeds and Hertfordshire teams. Formula Student UK (FSUK) has been a popular international competition since.

OUR CARS

As of 2025, we have designed and manufactured 28 race cars. The designs have gone through many iterations since 1997. We started with a combustion car with a steel space-frame chassis, and UBR28, our most recent car, was an electric vehicle with a carbon monocoque. We transitioned to an electric powertrain in 2021, and although this was a difficult transition, we have been improving our EV design since.
You can learn more about our previous cars by visiting the Showroom page, linked below.

'The Showroom'

Our Alumni

As one of the oldest Formula Student teams in the UK, we have many alumni who have gone on to do great things. We have had alumni go to work at many Formula 1 teams including Redbull, Mercedes, Mclaren, Aston Martin and Williams. The team has good connections with our alumni and they visit the team often, for example by coming to our design review and car launch.