Formula Student is Europe’s most established educational engineering competition and presents some unique technical challenges. Student teams worldwide design, build, test, and race small-scale formula-style racing cars and compete in static and dynamic events. The static events include engineering design, cost & manufacturing, business presentation and technical inspection. The deployment of the Formula Student car is in dynamic events, including figure 8 skidpad, 1 km autocross/sprint, 75 m acceleration and a 22 km endurance where judges also consider energy consumption. 
In the 2021 Formula Student event, the University of Glasgow Racing team, UGRacing, posted its best-ever result with an eighth-place overall finish while retook the Scottish Formula Student crown. It also won the Engineering Design event for 1st Year Vehicles and the Racecar Engineering Engagement, Outreach and Communications Award.  
Figure 1. UGR19 Power-Torque Curve
One of the most significant developments of the UGR20 was that to its Honda CBR600 inline four-cylinder engine. Neil Dawson, Powertrain Manager at UGRacing, explains how UGRacing improved the engine’s drivability, eliminating the severe torque dip between 4-6krpm seen in UGR19’s engine (see Figure 1), thus allowing the powertrain to produce a predictable torque curve for the amateur driver to utilise.
 
‘Analysis of data from the 2018 endurance run showed that we spend >80% of an endurance...