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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,[…]

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[…]