Five wins for Bath racing teams at Formula Student UK

Team Bath Racing Electric won several classes at Formula Student 2021 - Student teams' electric, petrol and autonomous racing cars put in impressive performance at Silverstone - Last updated on Friday 30 July 2021 - Bath's student racing teams scored a series of wins at the 2021 edition of Formula Student. Held at Silverstone last weekend, the event saw 42 teams of student engineers from UK Universities compete in a range of events that put their design, engineering and racing skills to the test. Bath enters three cars into Formula Student each year: a petrol-engined car made by Team Bath Racing (TBR), an electric car from Team Bath Racing Electric (TBRe), and TBRe's driverless car team. The teams are made up of students on courses including Mechanical Engineering , Electrical & Electronic Engineering , Mechanical & Automotive Engineering , Integrated Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Bath's new cars take on rivals' 2020 models. Team Bath Racing Electric (TBRe) scored an impressive five class wins, including awards for the most efficient car and best cost and manufacturing, as well as a hat-trick of awards for their autonomous car, which was named the best in its category Despite building an impressive car, Team Bath Racing (TBR) could not follow up its overall win in last year's event. Formula Student 2020 was held purely online due to Covid-19, so this year's event marked a return to in-person and on-track competition.