The UPS Racing Team took part in the Formula Student UK 2016 .

Cuenca, viernes 22 julio 2016
The UPS Racing Team
The UPS Racing Team

 

From the 14th to the 17th of July, Ayrton Medina, Santiago Chuquimarca, Esteban Méndez and Dayana Arévalo, UPS students majoring in automotive engineering in the university's branch in Cuenca, participated in the Formula Student UK 2016 in Silverstone, England on behalf of the UPS Racing Team.

This event was organized by SAE International, whose aim is to encourage students to develop their skills in engineering by challenging them to design, built and compete in a racing car and pass a series of static and dynamic competitions.

UPS is the only Latin American university to compete in this event where teams from different countries present their project which includes: a business model, a costs report and design of the vehicle; once they pass those tests, they built the car according to SAE International specifications. 

The UPS Racing Team met all the tests and regulations required by the organization of this international event. The results obtained in the tests were very positive for the UPS racing team, they were fifth in the test design with 100 points, 22nd in the costs test with 51 points and 17th with its business model with 229 points. The members were happy for having competed with universities of academic excellence worldwide. They noted that after a period of 6 months of preparation, the effort was reflected in the results and in the enriching experience for the university, for the team and especially for the university's future engineers.