DIMO to support Engineering students
Diesel and Motor Engineering (DIMO) will support the engineering students from the Mechanical Engineering Department of University of Moratuwa to participate in the world’s biggest student motorsport competition, the Formula Student 2016 to be held at Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom later this year. A total of 156 teams from 34 countries will compete to build a racing car this year including new entrants from Sri Lanka.
The Unitversity of Moratuwa team that will take part at the forthcoming Formula Students with their product and DIMO officials
The team from the University of Moratuwa – Team Shark — will be the first-ever Sri Lankan team entering the Formula Student competition and will be fully sponsored by DIMO. The company will provide financial support to build the car and also send the team to the race to be held in July. Additionally, Team Shark will have complete access to the facilities at DIMO’s Siyambalape premises in order to build the car.
Formula Student 2015 winners Delft University of Technology of The Netherlands will return to compete in this year’s edition alongside the top UK car from the University of Bath. Oxford Brookes and the University of Birmingham, who also finished in the top 10 last year, will once again return this time round.
Organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Formula Student is Europe’s most established educational motorsport competition and is backed by the industry and high profile engineers. The competition challenges university student engineers from around the world to design, build and race a single-seat racing car in one year in order to compete in static and dynamic events, demonstrating their understanding and testing the performance of the race car. Dozens of Formula Student alumni have progressed to Formula 1, and hundreds more are now working at the world’s largest automotive firms helping to design and engineer the cars of tomorrow. Applications were received from teams around the world, and 156 teams have successfully claimed a place for the competition at the iconic Silverstone Circuit, known to be the home of British motorsport.
Ross Brawn, former Team Principal of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula I Team, returns as competition patron for Formula Student 2016 and will meet students at the opening ceremony. Ambassadors this year include Paddy Lowe, Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, Willem Toet, Former Head of Aerodynamics at Sauber F1, former Formula 1 driver David Brabham and BBC science presenter Dallas Campbell. - SP