We are delighted to announce that, for the third year running, Perkins Engines will be sponsoring UBRacing. In the light of the current economic situation, this sponsorship is more valuable than ever - we'd like to thank Perkins for their continued, invaluable support.

In addition to financial sponsorship, we look forward to working on long-term planning with Perkins engineers, setting up a management structure to enable effective knowledge transfer into future years, a priority given the large number of senior team members graduating after this season.

Last week two crash structure samples were tested. Both samples were made from Aluminium Honeycomb and were tested by dropping a 300Kg block onto them from 2.5m above. Below is a picture of the two samples before the test.

The deceleration was measured by 2 accelerometers mounted on the block as shown below.

Below are the samples after the test. Sample A crushed uniformly (below left), Sample B did not crush uniformly and a side wall of one layer was broken from the sample as shown in the picture (below right).

The results of the test's are currently being analysed. Video's of the tests will be uploaded soon.

UBRacing are proud to announce two new software sponsors for this years team:

• The MathWorks inc have kindly offered 10 licenses of Matlab and Simulink for the next 12 months, which the team will be using to design control software for the cars ECU and active differential.

• Intec Dynamics ltd have supplied the team with one free license of their Multi-Body Simulation software - SIMPACK. This software will be used to create simulation models of past and future Formula Student cars for analysis that will assist the team in Vehicle Dynamics development.

As always the team are thankful for the continued support from our sponsors and partners. If you or your company would like to help UBRacing please don't hesitate to contact us.

Thanks to all who came to our Design Review on Friday, it was both an enjoyable and very productive evening. For those who either couldn't make it on the night or who would like a copy of the slides, they are available here in .pdf format.

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