Formula Manipal

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Formula Manipal

Full name	Formula Manipal
Base	Manipal, India 13°21′.95″N 74°47′35.9″E / 13.3502639°N 74.793306°E / 13.3502639; 74.793306Coordinates: 13°21′.95″N 74°47′35.9″E / 13.3502639°N 74.793306°E / 13.3502639; 74.793306
Faculty Advisor	Dr. Dayananda K. Pai
Team Manager	Sameer Hate
Team Leader(Combustion) Team Leader(Electric)	Shubham Nainesh Jayeshbhai Patel
Website	www.formulamanipal.in
Formula Student World Championship
Debut	2008 FSAE Italy
Latest race	Formula Bharat 2020
Competitions	2x FSAE Italy 1x FS UK 2x FS Austria 3x FS Germany 3x FS Czech Republic 1x Formula Design Challenge 3x Formula Bharat

Formula Manipal is a Manipal Academy of Higher Education-based student project which aims to design, build and test a Formula-style race car. It started as an abstract idea in 2007, and today has become the largest and most successful student initiative of Manipal University. The team consists of over sixty inter-disciplinary undergraduates who aim to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with other Formula style vehicles at International Formula Student events.

Formula Manipal has been competing in the International Formula Student competitions for the past ten years and made its debut in 2008 at FSAE Italy with the FM08. In the following year, 2009, the team participated in the Formula Student event in UK with the FM09. The team then had a successful participation in FS Austria with the FM-X, the season 2010 car. The year 2011 saw the development of the fourth prototype, the FMXI, which competed in FSAE Italy.

Season 2013 turned out to be the most amazing year for Formula Manipal in its history. For the first time, the team successfully participated in two FSAE events in the same calendar year with the FMX3. First, the team went to FS Germany and later to the FS Czech Republic.

FMX4, the season 2014 car scaled new heights at the Formula Design Challenge 2015 winning seven trophies in all after commendable performances in the Formula Student Germany and Formula Student Czech Republic 2014.

FMX6, the season 2016 car participated in 3 events which consisted of 2 international, FS Germany 2016 and FS Czech Republic 2016 and the first national Formula Student event, Formula Bharat in the year 2017.

FMX8, the season 2018 car competed in 1 International Formula Student Competition-Formula Student at Austria where the team stood 26th internationally and 1 National Competition in Coimbatore where the team stood 3rd overall making Formula Manipal one of the best nationally. This season also marked the first ever Formula Manipal Electric Vehicle, the FMX8e.

FM20 and FM20e is the newest addition to the fleet of Formula Manipal Racecars which participated in Formula Bharat 2020 and secured a position of 8th out of 51 participating team.

References[]

• https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/lsquoFormula-Manipalrsquo-makes-it-to-FSAE-Italy-2008/article15296941.ece
• https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Formula-Manipal-Car-unveiled/article15685059.ece

See also[]

• University of Patras Formula Student Team - UoP Racing Team
• Formula Manipal's Official Website