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Sunday Greetings from Austria! At around 4:30 in the afternoon we found ourselves marveling at the mountainous panorama of the Austrian region of Styria. Following a long drive from Friedrichshafen we reached our goal, the Red Bull Ring. About 40 members made the trip, making GFR one of the[…]

From dedication by our team management the event was planned weeks in advance. From invites with location, the program, and the party organization- nothing was omitted. Even the technical part of the team was required – there were many stressful moments ensuring the car was ready on the 9th.[…]

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Ryan and I’ve been on GFR since the fall of 2011. I showed up to a welcome evening as a sophomore and introduced myself to some of the team. From there on I started showing up to[…]

Over the course of three days total, June 15th through the 17th, we had the pleasure of attending the ZF Racecamp at the exhibition centre in Friedrichshafen.With a total of 21 international teams, this was highly anticipated as the eCar’s first event and the first opportunity for us to[…]

The cCar team set out on the road for Michigan International Speedway, 39 hours and roughly 2,400 miles from Corvallis, Oregon to Brooklyn, Michigan. We were one of 120 teams here to compete for the overall prize, all of these schools aiming to score 1,000 points throughout the week.[…]

From the 11th to the 17th of April we will represent GFR at the BAUMA exhibition in Munich alongside the DHBW Ravensburg and DHBW Mannheim in hall B0, stand number 230. We gladly welcome you to visit us and experience how Global Formula Racing incorporates into everyday life at[…]

We are proud to have established a meaningful new partnership with Adam Opel AG. As part of the cooperation GFR received a custom-manufactured team car with special coating, which perfectly suits the team both optically and technically. By the beginning of March we had received our new team car,[…]

Once again four international shipments are planned between Germany and the US for this year. The first of these shipments contains essential parts and components for our combustion car, which were manufactured by students at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Friedrichshafen as well as by our industry sponsors. Uprights,[…]

On the 28th to 29th of January, our team was invited to attend the Boxenstopp@Daimler event in Vaihingen, Stuttgart. Every year, Daimler hosts this event for their annual Daimler sponsorship winners in order to meet the other teams and provide interesting training lessons. The program gave us the chance[…]

As we reach the end of 2015 we find ourselves looking back at an exciting time; for all of GFR the 2015 season was a huge success. Both our combustion car and our electric car were able to achieve wonderful results at competitions in Michigan, Hockenheim and Spielberg. These[…]