Year: 97/98
Car Number: 707
Result: 13th
Our first car (aka '707') was a combustion car with a steel space-frame chassis and competed in Michigan, USA, as Formula Student UK did not yet exist. After this competition, UBRacing successfully pitched FSUK, and at the first UK competition we finished as the best UK team. Before 707 was built, the team built a first iteration chassis to start looking for sponsors which was never turned into a full car. Once the team had the necessary funding, they started again to produce 707.
Year: 98/99
Car Number: 79
Result:
UBR02 aldo competed in both the US and UK competitions. This car was also combustion and used a Honda CBR 600 engine. During practice at the Formula Student UK competition, the car lost a wheel, but was back up and running within an hour ready to compete.
Year: 99/00
Car Number: 219
Result: 9th
UBR03 included the teams first attempts at an aerodynamics package. This included wings made from steel and plywood, which is a long way from the carbon fibre we use today. The design was analysed using the wind tunnel at Mira, one of the early FSUK venues. This car also competed in both the US and the UK.
Year: 00/01
Car Number: 8
Result: 13th
UBR04 is one of the team's most travelled cars, competing at 3 different competitions (and bearing 3 different numbers: 8, 137 and 201). This was the first UBR car to finish the endurance event.
Year: 01/02
Car Number: 12
Result: 17th
UBR05 managed to secure UBRacing's best acceleration result, winning the event at the 2002 FSUK competition.
Year: 02/03
Car Number: 119
Result: 8th
UBR06 paved the way for teams to develop their own impact structure, with a nosecone that also functioned as an impact attenuator. This was also the last UBR car to compete in Michigan.
Year: 03/04
Car Number: 8
Result: 13th
UBR07 was the first UBR car to compete in Australia. The car was finished only 24 hours before its first competition, as the team ran out of time and money making a carbon fibre monocoque. The chassis was built in 2 weeks, with the team working both day and night. This car was the first to use the Yamaha R6 engine, which was converted by Chris Johnson.
Year: 04/05
Car Number: 13
Result: 22nd
Year: 05/06
Car Number: 22
Result: 40th
Year: 06/07
Car Number: 59
Result: 30th
UBR10, referred to at the time as UBRX, competed in both the UK and Germany, where it had an engine failure during endurance.
Year: 07/08
Car Number: 11
Result:
Year: 08/09
Car Number: 14
Result:
Year: 09/10
Car Number: 61
Result: 37th
Year: 10/11
Car Number: 25
Result: 45th
UBR14 carries one of UBR&D's many successful projects, using a custom designed differential, only leaking a small bit of oil. UBRacing's former senior technician, Carl Hingley BEM, said "I feel this was one of the best looking cars we ever built, even though the body work was held on with cable ties in places!".
Year: 11/12
Car Number: 72
Result: 43rd
Year: 12/13
Car Number: 91
Result: 33rd
UBR16 marks the beginning of the carbon fibre era for UBR, with the majority of the body panels being comprised of carbon fibre. The nose of UBR16 and its Aston Martin paint job still sits in our lab today.
Year: 13/14
Car Number: 123
Result: 19th
UBR17 ended the 5 year streak of not finishing endurance, leading to a top 20 overall result. The paint job was done by Aston Martin, and even the engine had a custom craquele paint job.
Year: 14/15
Car Number: 149
Result: 7th
Year: 15/16
Car Number: 007
Result: 46th
UBR19 was nicknamed 007 due to its race number and the teams links with Aston Martin. This was one of UBR's most ambitious car, due to having a carbon fibre monocoque and aerodynamics package as well as reintroducing the structural impact attenuator nose cone. UBR19 also saw the return of UBRacing competing in European competitions after a 4 year hiatus, competing in FS Czech.
Year: 16/17
Car Number: 20
Result: 2nd
Year: 17/18
Car Number: 212
Result: 6th
Year: 18/19
Car Number: 6
Result: 35th
