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Ten years of ZF Race Camp – and we have been there since the beginning. The camp is traditionally our first event in the season and it’s also the first chance to compare our car with the strongest competitors in Formula Student. Over 30 teams from 5 different countries[…]

May 7th, 2017, the Global Formula Racing combustion car team heads off to Michigan International Speedway to compete in the first competition of the year for GFR17c. Arriving to Michigan on Tuesday the 9th the team started prepping the car for technical inspection and the static events on Thursday.[…]

GFR15e back to the testing track Racing is in my blood, I can’t quite get out of it yet. – Dick Trickle On Easter Monday, the team started the eCar testing season with a driving day in Leipheim near Ulm. For many team members, this was the first testing[…]

Team building event I’m never tired of winning, and I’m never tired of skiing. – Lindsey Vonn And we are definitely not tired of building a race car! On Saturday, 4th of March, the team went skiing in Warth, Voralberg. We started the day with a „Weißwurst“-breakfast at 6[…]

This month, we took five minutes to sit down and talk to Andre Koener, our shipment responsible. He’s in the team since 2015 and has been involved with the shipment ever since.   Hi Andre, thank you for your time today. Let’s jump straight into it: What is ‘the[…]

Fascination sports car In the beginning, I looked around and could not find the car I’d been dreaming of: a small, lightweight sports car that uses energy efficiently. So I decided to build it myself. – Ferry Porsche Just like Ferry Porsche, we decided to build our own race[…]

Picture: Sam (middle) was part of the cCar team at FSG 2016.     Inside GFR Every once in a while, we like to talk to our members in order to give you more insights into the GFRlife. This time, we talked to Samuel Phelps, OSU student and GFR[…]

    This November the EDAG group once again offered the opportunity for Formula Student teams to apply for the Integration Excellence Award. EDAG especially sets their focus on the best possible integration of new innovations and solutions into a Formula Student racecar. We applied this season with the[…]

New people, new impressions – the new season of the GFR-Teams starts for all our new and old team members with the annual Teambuilding-Hütte in Austria. With a presentation and a attaching film we utilized Friday evening to get in the right mood for the new season. With games[…]

Tuesday After a long journey at around 2pm, all cars made it safe to Hockenheim. With the help of our friends from Rennteam Stuttgart and a few early arrivers from our team, we were able to secure a good spot at the camp ground. Cheers Rennteam! Directly after arrival,[…]