Event Report

Formula Bharat 2017

Synopsis

The first Formula Bharat 2017 competition took place at Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore between January 26 to 29, 2017 and it had an attendance of 46 engineering student teams and 133 volunteers from all over India. Formula Bharat is a motorsports-driven engineering design competition in which students are required to build a Formula-style vehicle and compete in areas of design, marketing, overall cost and dynamic performance on track.

The successes of this event was marked by the following:

• Significant social media outreach and active follower base
• Well-organized event that received praise from sponsors and industry judges alike
• Globally recognized as an Indian Formula Student event
• Increased pre-registration numbers for Formula Bharat 2018

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The following report is a culmination of the above to provide potential sponsors with the return of investment and future sponsorship opportunities that this nation-wide competition has to offer.

Competition Results

PRAVEGA RACING

VIT University Vellore

RAFTAR FORMULA RACING

IIT Madras

CAMBER RACING

SRM University

1

2

3

Total Pts: 747.96

Cost & Business Winner

Acceleration & Autocross Winner

Skidpad & Endurance 2nd Place

Design ‘0’ Pts - late submission (45pts before penalty)

Total Pts: 738.49

Skidpad, Efficiency, Endurance Winner

Design 4th place

Business 2nd place

Total Pts: 684.26

Design & Cost 2nd place

Business & Endurance 3rd place

Acceleration & Skidpad DNF

Competition Results (Cont)

TOP DESIGN TEAMS:

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150 D.J.S RACING D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering

140 CAMBER RACING SRM University

136 FORMULA MANIPAL Manipal University

125 RAFTAR FORMULA RACING IIT Madras

120 PEGASUS RACING PSG College of Technology

DYNAMIC SUMMARY:

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EVENT PARTICIPATION FINISH BEST

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• Skidpad 6 - 11.44 s
• Acceleration 7 - 4.483 s
• Autocross 8 - 101.024 s
• Endurance 11 6 1512.3 s
• Efficiency 7 - 1.6 L (14 Laps)

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Registration Statistics

TEAM REGISTRATION

PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION

• 58 teams registered for Formula Bharat 2017
• Registered teams statewide representation: Download
• 46 teams participated at the competition
• 113 teams pre-registered for FB2018 with only 60 slots available!

• 1741 participants registered for the competition - 1696 students + 44 faculty
• 35% in 3rd year of engineering, 27% in 2nd year
• 97% between 18-24 years
• Detailed participant registration statistics: Download
• 1464 participants attended the competition

Registration Statistics (cont.)

JUDGE AND VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION

• 133 staff, volunteers and judges to support the four-day competition

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• 30 engineering design judges, 8 cost reviewers, 4 business presentation judges

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• Companies represented:

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International Officials

Claude Rouelle

• Founder and President of OptimumG.
• Design Judge at all FS events worldwide
• 40 years experience in International Racing
• Was a race engineer in F1, F3, F3000, LeMans, Formula Ford, Indycar

Pat Clarke

• Content writer at Australian Motorsport Magazine.
• Chief Design Judge at Formula Student Germany , Russia and Australia
• Senior Design Judge across all FS Events
• 40+ years of International Racing experience

Peter Jones

• Professor at Auburn University, USA
• Advisor to Formula SAE and Baja SAE competitions at Auburn University
• Chief Design Judge at Baja Student India in 2015 and 2016

Trevor Vaughan

• Mechanical Engineer at Morgan Solar Company
• Design Lead and Judge at Formula North from 2013 to 2017
• FS Alumnus of U Toronto Racing, Canada

Nicholas Burgwin

• Co-Founder of FIBOS
• Director at Formula North Inc.
• Timing Lead and Cost Judge at Formula North from 2012 to 2017
• FS Alumnus of U Toronto Racing, Canada

Michael Bakaic

• Co-Founder of FIBOS
• Director at Formula North Inc.
• Document Reviewer lead and Technical Scrutineer at Formula North from 2014 to 2017
• FS Alumnus of U Toronto Racing, Canada

Mark Prelich

• Mechanical Engineer at GM Chrysler
• Track Marshall lead at Formula North from 2013 to 2017
• FS Alumnus of U Toronto Racing, Canada

Sponsors

SILVER LEVEL

BRONZE LEVEL

Reports and Feedback

SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT

REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS’ REPORT

FEEDBACK

Specialized reports have been created for those interested in understanding other facets of the competition, such as Social Media.

• “Thank You for getting us onboard and I look forward to participate and contribute to more of these events. I must say it was a very well managed event…” - Mehul Chappia, Mercedes-Benz

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• “Thank you for organizing the event, I had an amazing time there, hope to see everybody soon.” - Kushal Lokesh, Schneider Electric

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• “It was a great event and I must thank you again for inviting me.” - Dhinesh Kanagaraj, Fabheads Automation

For more information, contact us at

sponsorship@mobilityeng.in

Formula Bharat is organized by

Mobility Engineering Consortium Private Limited, based in Mumbai, India