Author: Martijn Haring, DUT Racing

The last few months intensive negotiations took place between the Formula Student teams of the TU Delft and Uni Stuttgart. After finalizing the arrangement this weekend, we are very proud to present to you a joint venture between the two teams.

As pilot project for this new cooperation the construction of a single electric race car has been selected.

“The idea for cooperation was born, because both DUT-E Racing Delft as well as GreenTeam Uni Stuttgart lacked the man power to tackle the large challenges they found themselves confronted with,” Simon Teufel of GreenTeam Uni Stuttgart explains. It was not long before both teams found each other. Teufel: “Combining the know-how and experience of the Delft and Stuttgart teams is guaranteed to improve this situation.”

Last weekend the final negotiations took place in Delft, where both teams met in person. A joint testing day was organized as cover-up for the meeting. “The result for both parties is most pleasing,” says Remco Advocaat (DUT-E Racing Deflt), “the build quality impressive track-record of Rennteam Uni Stuttgart marry well with the light-weight expertise of Delft combined with knowledge of eletric drive trains available at the TU Delft.”

For now, both teams will continue to exist, because of legal implications. The only difference is that at the competition they are represented by one car, and one team name. This means all sponsoring contracts remain legally valid. The main difference is the increased chance of winning the first Formula Student Electric competition, since two of the world’s top Formula Student teams join forces to discover unknown territory: the purely electric Formula Student car. 

Good communication between Stuttgart and Delft has been established by means of online file sharing technology and regular teleconferences.

More information on the joint venture will follow shortly.