A Formula 1 car designed by students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi will zip zap zoom on the famous Silverstone circuit - which hosts the British Grand Prix - in July.
IIT Delhi’s next generation F1 car will race in the Formula Student category at the circuit. The event will take place between July 10 and 13. It will be among 103 institutes from all over the world that will take part.
The car with a 600 cc sports bike engine has multipoint fuel injection facility to help save time during the race. The car also has an electronic control unit with an aerodynamically designed body.
With an investment of over Rs. 3 million, the metal body car weighs around 400 kg and can reach a peak speed of 90 km in nearly 10 seconds from ignition.
Formula Student aims at building future engineering talent by designing and producing a single-seater racing car, not just in design and manufacture but also in management, marketing and people skills.
According to the Formula Student official website, 103 universities and institutes like University of Birmingham, University of Liverpool (both in Britain), Universitat Stuttgart (Germany) and Karlstad University (Sweden) are participating in the event. IIT Delhi is ranked at 11 and its car number is tagged as 73.
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