UoP Racing Newsletters 1st Issue (March 2014) | Page 10

UoP Racing Team will continue in the field of electric motorsport ,the future of
motorsport, and will focus on designing and building reliable and efficient electric
racecars with high performance .
For the new racing season of 2013-2014 , UoP Racing Team is focused on adjusting
UoP4e for the competitions Formula Student in United Kingdom and Formula
Student Czech Republic in summer 2014 as well as the guidance of the new team
members in designing team’s second electric racecar, UoP5e, in order to present it
in Class 2 of the Formula Student competition in UK, this summer also.

Dawn of 2014 was really great for UoP
Racing Team as we had a lot of fun
during the teambuilding event of
cutting the “Vasilopita” , a Greek
version of New Year’s Pie!

News per subteam
Chassis

Adhesives Technology

At this time, the team is on the design
process for the new pedal box,
attempting to make it more adjustable for
the great variety of our drivers. Also, for
the UoP5e car, the material investigation,
the market search and the search for
sponsorship are an ongoing task for the
team. Experimental characterization of
composites has also been scheduled and
will be completed soon.

This season’s main targets are the
manufacture of the 2nd generation of
CFRP wishbones and the attempt
for more extensive adhesive
applications due to the lightweight
benefits . At this stage
the
wishbones manufacturing is still in
process and it is to be completed
soon .

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