| Class | Class 1 | Class 1 |
| University | University of Aberdeen | University of IMechE |
| Team Name | TAU Racing | IMechE Racing |
| Country | UK | UK |
| Car Number | 38 | 55 |
| Team Website | www.tauracing.com | www.formulastudent.com |
| Facebook Account | www.facebook.com/TauRacingFormulaStudent | www.facebook.com/formulastudent |
| Twitter Account | www.twitter.com/tau_racing | www.twitter.com/formulastudent |
| Length, width, height, wheelbase | 2713mm/1009mm/1494mm/1610 | 2677mm/1422mm/1016mm/1600mm |
| Track (front/rear) | 1276mm/1252mm | 1200mm/1150mm |
| Weight of car (no driver) | 200kg | 205kg |
| Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) | 125.96kg/142.0kg | 127kg/170kg |
| Suspension (front/rear) (Max 95 characters) |
Double unequal length A-Arm. Pull rod (front) / push rod (rear) actuated springs and dampers, with adjustable anti-roll bars | Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod / Pull rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper |
| Tyres (front/rear) | Front: 6.2 x 20.0-13” Rear: 7.2 x 20.0-13” A45 Avon | 508 x 182-330 A45 Avon |
| Wheels (front/rear) | 6 x 13” / 7 x 13” Keizer three piece. Aluminium rims with magnesium centres | 202 mm wide, 3 pc Al Rim |
| Brakes (front/rear) (Max 70 characters) |
Floating, hub mounted drilled rotors. 220mm front with 4 pot aluminium ISR calipers, 200mm rear with 2 pot aluminium ISR calipers | Cast Iron, hub mounted, 220 mm dia. Drilled |
| Chassis construction | One piece tubular steel spaceframe | One piece tubular spaceframe, |
| Engine (Electric motor for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | Honda CBR600 F4i with custom Life Racing ECU | 2004 / Yamaha YZF-R6 four stroke in line four |
| Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc (Electric motor spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 67mm/ 42.5mm/ 4cylinder/ 600 cc | 65.5mm bore / 44.5mm stroke / 4 cylinder / 599 cc |
| Fuel type (Type of Energy Storage for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 99 RON Unleaded | 99 RON unleaded |
| Fuel system (Accumulator Spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) (Max 65 characters) |
Standard Honda Injectors | Yamaha multi point fuel injection |
| Max power/max torque | 59kW @ 11,800rpm / 55 Nm @ 8,100rpm | X kW @ X,000rpm/X Nm @ X,000rpm |
| Transmission | 6 speed sequential gearbox, 520 chain | Single 520 chain |
| Differential (Max 50 characters) |
Drexler limited slip differential | Quaife automatic torque biasing differential |
| Final drive | 3.27:1 | 4:1 |
Team Profile
Team Aberdeen University (TAU) Racing are a team formed of approximately 40 University of Aberdeen students from a variety of academic disciplines. TAU-15 is TAU Racing’s seventh Class 1 entry to the competition.
For our latest car we have focused on improving and developing our CBR 600 engine through simulation in Lotus Engine Simulation and running on our in-house engine dyno. With an emphasis on ease of assembly and manufacture of the vehicle the team have strategized to maximise on track testing prior to the event.
TAU Racing would like to express our thanks to all of our sponsors, as well as the University of Aberdeen for their continued support.
| Team Members | CALUM MUIR |
| WILL BAXTER | |
| HEATHER WATSON | |
| JOHN VEVERS | |
| JOSH MARSH | |
| WILL BAXTER | |
| TOM MORRICE | |
| WILL ALLEN | |
| NATHANIEL CARR | |
| NATHANIEL CARR | |
| GEORGE WILLMOT | |
| GEIR ISTAD | |
| MAX HEWITT | |
| OMEED SADEGHI | |
| OSCAR TURNER |
