SKF sponsors winning Formula Student team

Sept. 8, 2008 - PRLog -- SKF, the knowledge engineering company, has sponsored one of the winning teams at this year’s Formula Student competition, which saw over 100 teams of undergraduate and graduate engineers from all over the world compete with a car they had designed and manufactured. With SKF support, the UH Racing team, based at the University of Hertfordshire, left Silverstone with class wins in both the Best Developed Class 1-200 and the new Class 1A alternative fuelled cars, with the Class 1 team coming in 19th in a field of 72.

For the past 10 years, Formula Student has proved itself as an ideal grounding for seeking out the top young engineers leaving university. The objective of the race is to design and build a 600cc bike engine powered racing car for £15,000, to be sold to hill climb enthusiasts. The cars need to be high performance, cost effective, and easy to construct and service. Additionally, the students must use reasonable judgement in all areas of production, since the cars are pitched to an imaginary company for development and manufacture as a product to be sold to the general public.

Ian Newnham, one of the team members from both this year’s and last year’s winning team, currently undertaking his placement year at SKF, commented, “My experience of Formula Student, combined with my previous work experience, has provided me with a good understanding of engineering theory and practice. By sponsoring the UH Racing team, SKF have provided us with vital technical support and guidance, helping us develop our knowledge and skills to win the competition and enter the industry considerably better prepared.”


For further information please contact:
Phil Burge, Marketing Manager, SKF (U.K.) Limited, Sundon Park Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3BL.  Tel: 01582 496433.  Fax: 01582 846812.  Email: phil.burge@skf.com.  Web: www.skf.co.uk.


This information was written by 4CM. Contact the account management team.
Tel: 01296 660080. Fax: 01296 662274. Email: info.skfbearings@4cm.co.uk

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