Welcome to the official UH Racing website Home to one of the top Formula Student teams in the world. 2009 has been a fantastic season for the team: 2nd Overall: Formula Student Germany 2009! Champions: UK Class 1A (Electric and alt fuels)! Join us for the ride of your life at the University of Hertfordshire!

LAUNCH OF 2010 UH FORMULA STUDENT RACING CARS | 9th June 10

Jem Stansfield, presenter of the BBC's Bang Goes the Theory unveiled UH Racings latest Class 1 and Class 1A Formula Student Racing Cars. The cars will both be competing at this years Formula Student UK and Formula Student Germany competitions.

Jem commented: “I thoroughly enjoyed my time visiting the University of Hertfordshire and embracing the students’ achievements within Formula Student.

“Their work has shown real promise to change the future of day-to-day road cars for the better and I wish them every success in July’s Formula Student championships.”

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LAUNCH OF 2010 UH FORMULA STUDENT RACING CARS | May 10

Jem Stansfield, Presenter of BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory, will be attending a celebration of student project achievement and the unveiling of two new Formula Student cars.

The event will feature a lecture ‘Exploiting the Knack’ Design – from individual instinct to organisational discipline to be delivered by Professor Stuart Arnold, Royal Academy of Engineering and Visiting Professor in Integrated System Design. This lecture will discuss the skills involved in designing products suitable for present day society and its consumers.

Wednesday 9 June 18:00 for 18:45 Lindop Building, College Lane Campus

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UH Racing on Youtube | 21st Mar 10

Following UH Racing's recent venture into Facebook and Twitter, UH Racing now has a channel on Youtube.

Updated regularly with all the latest video action from UH Racings design, testing and competition entries along with historic video from the past 13 years of Formula Student participation.

Watch the racing and see the fun that is UH Racing and Formula Student.

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UH Racing Karting Event | 21st Mar 10

The much anticipated UH Racing karting event was held last week. The annual social event once again was a resounding success, with an extremely high turnout, helped by the invitation of the British University Karting Championship team.

The racing was close and extremely exciting, even without the wet weather of the previous year! The lap times were very competitive, and the quality of driving high all round.

The event also proved a good chance for the perspective drivers to stake their claim to a drive this summer.  Special mention must go to Matt Samson, with a storming qualifying lap landing him on pole, and 2nd place overall in the race.

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Samco Support UH Racing | 21st Mar 10

SamcoSport UK has agreed partnership with UH Racing and is supporting us with product donations for our 2010 challengers UH13 and UH13A.

SamcoSport has been the world leader in Performance Silicone hose for over 10 years, supplying Formula One, World Rally Championship and World Super Bike teams and its range of replacement hose kits, race parts and accessories is second to none.

It is great for UH Racing to be able to put quality products on our cars and we would like to thank SamcoSport UK for their kind donations.

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UH Racing's New 2010 Differentials | 21st Mar 10

As of just before Christmas ’09 and after discussion at the Autosport show with John McMahnon of Gripper Differentials, UH Racing will be receiving 2 brand new bespoke limited slip differentials for both Class 1 and 1A.

After 5 months of design and Finite element analysis in ANSYS and CATIA, the designs went into production at the start of March this year. These differentials represent another leap forward for UH Racing as mass analysis suggests another significant weight saving when compared to UH12, furthering the weight saving that the team made that year.

After reviewing the differential carriers of last year, it was decided that these could be improved upon. After a number of designs, one design yielded a 21% reduction in weight over the existing design and a 62% increase in stiffness to weight, using both ANSYS and CATA finite element analysis to confirm the predicted stress levels within the part, to which the designs are now being produced.

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UH Racing @ DC Electronics | 4th Feb 10

On 4th February two of UH Racing's team members attended a Formula Student workshop hosted by DC Electronics, leading specialists in high quality, reliable and innovative electrical systems for the motorsport industry.

Matt Peacey and Chris Priestman from our Class 1 and Class 1A teams were given expert guidance on wiring loom design and construction. The team gratefully acknowledge the kind support given by DC Electronics.

David Cunliffe, Director and Co-founder of DC Electronics, comments: " This is a fantastic initiative and we feel it is really important to be a part of it. This competition is often the highlight of the year for young engineers and we are excited to have the opportunity to help educate the next generation of professionals. I look forward to seeing the teams battle it out at Silversone in the summer."