Welcome to Queen's Formula Racing 2008
Welcome to the Queen's Formula Racing 2008 Website. Here you will find all the latest news and information relating to the team.
Queen's Formula Racing is a strong and vibrant group of 3rd and 4th year students operating within the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast.
Their aim is to design, manufacture and build a single seater formula style racing car within the academic year. With this car they then will compete in the Annual Formula Student competition which will be held at Silverstone in July 2008
The team has a strong reputation for producing top quality racing cars, with past successes ranging from 'Rookie Design Award' to 2nd overall European team and Top UK team.
The ambition for the new 2008 team is to build upon past successes and ultimately regain a top position at the Formula Student Competition in Silverstone.
Latest News
New Sponsorship deal with FG Wilson
QFR are pleased to announce a new sponsorship deal with FG Wilson. FG Wilson is a pioneer in the design and manufacture of diesel and gas generator sets. For over 40 years, FG Wilson has been a major global player and world leader in the provision of power generation solutions ensuring power is provided whenever and wherever it is needed. We look forward to working with them. Check them out on our sponsors' page.
Uprights Arrive
Queen’s Formula Racing were very pleased to accept delivery of the new uprights for QFR08 today. The uprights were expertly machined by Doran Precision Engineering. With an eye-catching black anodised surface, these components will certainly add to the high build quality of the new car. Pictured below, Declan Nolan of QFR accepted the uprights from Kieran Poland of Doran. We would like to thank the company and all our sponsors for their continued support.
Easter Break
As the easter break commences, the QFR08 build will intensify. The team will be working hard to get the chassis rolling in the next few weeks, in anticipation of the earliest ever shake down. Manufactured parts have been arriving on plan, thanks to the great efforts of both the QUB workshop and our sponsors.
Engine development continues, with some major gains made already and more predicted. Pictures will be added to the gallery over the following weeks.
QFR08 manufacture continues on plan!
The manufacture of the 2008 Queen’s challenger is now strongly underway. With the initial chassis build complete, the team are increasingly confident that the car will be ready for a long testing phase in advance of the competition. The QUB workshop staff have been extremely helpful, both in the precision manufacture of parts and in the advice given to the manufacturing team. We are also benefiting this year from outside manufacturing assistance from the companies listed on the partners page. To get involved as a partner just email Ian, who will be pleased to provide further information.
The determination of this year’s team remains strong, and we will be working hard to meet all targets which have been set-out.
Photo Gallery
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Queen's Formula Racing photo gallery featuring photos from current and previous QFR campaigns. (Requires Flash.)
Movies
We'll be uploading new movies to this folder, so keep an eye out for new stuff. Some of these movies can be quite large so it's best to 'right click' the movie and select 'save as' to save it to your hard drive before viewing.
Contact Us
Queen's University of Belfast
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ashby Building
Stranmillis Road
BELFAST
BT9 5AH
Map link to Ashby Building location
Telephone: (028) 9097 5589
Fax: (028) 9066 1729
Email: info@queens-racing.com
