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‘This is what you don’t see in F1’: the university where future race engineers are made
With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the country
TL;DR
- Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) is the UK's most prestigious Formula Student team, with alumni in every F1 team.
- The team consists of over 100 students building complex race cars for the Formula Student competition.
- OBR has won more design awards than any other UK university and frequently ranks highly internationally.
- The student-run nature of the team provides hands-on experience and industry exposure, acting as a recruitment tool for Formula 1.
- OBR cars are complex and can incorporate features like torque vectoring, which F1 cars are not allowed.
- The team boasts a better gender balance among its engineering students than the broader motorsport industry.
- The university's location in 'motorsports valley' provides proximity to F1 team headquarters and parts suppliers.