Queen's Formula Racing News

New engine is go!

Today the new Yamaha R6 engine was running on the dynamometer at the QUB engine test facility. Initial maps have proven promising and better is yet to come. This early start represents a huge leap forward for Queen's Formula Racing and will enable much time to be spent optimising power output over the next couple of months.

January 2008 Archive

QFR announce new technical partner!

Queen's Formula Racing is pleased to announce a new technical partnership with Doran Precision Engineering. Based …

New engine is go!

Today the new Yamaha R6 engine was running on the dynamometer at the QUB engine test …

QFR08 manufacture is underway

After a lot of hard work and perseverance, the QFR08 design team successfully passed the 90% …

New Sponsorship Deal Announced

QFR are pleased to announce a new sponsorship deal with Perkins Diesel Engines. Perkins Engines Co. …

QFR 08 is go!

QFR 08 is go! Work has commenced on the 2008 car. The aim for the new …

Endurance Event Critical to Success

The endurance event was once again critical to success in Formula Student. With a high attrition …

The Calm After the Storm

After some food, relaxation and packing the team settled down to watch the top seeded teams …

Queen's Exit in a Cloud of Smoke

A difficult end to a difficult competition, when the QFR engine expired in a cloud of …

Static Results Posted

Mixed feelings about the static events after the results were posted. The design event was headed …

Steady Progress on Day 2

Results have now been posted for the skid pad and acceleration run. Queen's finished 33rd in …

Busy Start to Day 2

Time caught up with the team on Friday and the car finished the day still needing …

Ready to Fire-Up the Engine

The move to Silverstone seems to have coincided with a increase in the severity of scrutineering. …

QFR Arrives at Silverstone

After many late nights and last minute modifications to the car, Queen's Formula Racing has arrived …

SJ McAuley Continue Sponsorship!

QFR's Commercial Team visited SJ McAuley Engineering today along with the successful 2006 car. This was …

QFR Attracts Major New Sponsor!

QFR are pleased to announce a new partnership for 2007 with The Friends of The Queen's …

Onboard Footage

Click here to view onboard footage of a lap of Kirkistown. …

Rear Subframe Machining Complete

The 2007 QFR rear subframe machining has just been completed in the QFR workshop. This is …

SIS Device

QFR successfully test top secret SIS Device - significant power gains achieved. The rest is classified …

Phase 1 Dyno Testing Complete!

QFR have successfully completed an intensive 10 week engine testing programme which finished at easter this …

QFR Visit Wrightbus

QFR team members recently visited Wrightbus in Ballymena. The successful 2006 car was brought along to …

QFR at Shorts

QFR recently paid a visit to Bombardier Shorts, one of their main sponsors. They brought the …

Success for QFR!

The QFR Management team, with the help from Dave, were on top form last night at …

QFR Visit Montupet

This week QFR visited the Montupet site in Dunmurry. This was a great opportunity for employees …

GT4 Fundraiser Winner

Congratulations to Matt Campbell, winner of QFR's GT4 Fundraiser Competition. Matt completed the Laguna Secca in …

F1 in Shools

Queen's Formula Racing once again had an active presence at this year's Regional F1 in Schools …

Bob Bell talk

The 2007 QFR car was on display in the foyer of the Wellie Park yesterday evening …

QFR at Bob Bell Talk

Bob Bell, Chassis Technical Director of Renault F1, is giving a talk at the Wellie Park, …

QFR at International Supercross

QFR recently had their successful 2006 car on display at the International Supercross, which took place …

First Track Day for New Team

Tuesday 21st November saw a successful first track day at Kirkistown for the new QFR management …

New Website Launched

Queen's Formula Racing 2007 has launched a new site with all sorts of good stuff. We'll …

Formula Student 2006

The final scores saw QFR placed 8th overall of the 70 that competed and were the …

Saturday morning

Provisional results so far put us in fourth place overall. We attained excellent results by placing …

Arrived Safely

The team arrived in Bruntingthorpe last night without too much trouble. We got the car setup …

Upcoming Events for QFR

During February 2006 the QFR team will be showing the 2005 car at two events being …

QFR at F1 in Schools

On the 6th and 7th December QFR attended the F1 in Schools Competition at the Ulster …

QFR Visit Renault F1

On 10th Nov a small group of representatives from QFR were lucky enough to get the …