University of Auckland Formula SAE Team

Metal 3D printing made easy! ⚙️🧰🛠️

Our suspension system stays intact and working perfectly thanks to E-Metal3D's 3D printed nodes. Their help with manufacturing these crucial elements keeps our car performing at its best!

E-Metal3D’s combined engineering designs and metal adaptive manufacturing, as well as their 20+ years in industry, help them provide world class 3D printing systems and advanced engineering services. Their innovative Power Bed Fusion technology enables the production of high-power components for aerospace, mining, and many other fields.

Thank you E-Metal3D!🏎️✨

A new year means new learnings gained from Productivity People! 🧠

In a high-pressure environment like Formula Student, a healthy and productive team environment is vital. Last week, we had the privilege of having Grant from Productivity People come to our workshop and share his knowledge with our 2026 leadership team!

Since 2019, Productivity People has been transforming how organisations across New Zealand operate through customised consultations and resources. Their tailored services create systems thatf help teams work smarter and turn productivity into a measurable competitive advantage 🤝

Special thank you to Grant and the team at Productivity People Ltd – your guidance equips us with the skills we need to reach our goals! 💪📈

https://productivitypeople.co.nz/

Important Info on FSAE47 Recruitment 2026🧡‼️

Our team is currently in preparation for European Formula Student competitions, so we have altered our timeline to match our recruitment capacity at this time.

This year, we’ll be recruiting in the timeline below with interviews proceeding after each subgroup’s application period closes:

Business Subgroup applications:
• Open from 2nd - 14th March

Composites, Mechanical, Electrical, and Autonomous applications:
• Open from 2nd March - 18th April

Thank you for understanding, and we look forward to welcoming our 2026 Newbies!⚡️

The source of our electrical success? Win Source!⚡️

Win Source supplies our team with access to cutting edge components like Integrated Circuits and Microcontrollers that help our car’s electrical systems stay competitive year after year.

For almost three decades, Win Source has been a committed partner to businesses worldwide, providing customised solutions that streamline the electrical component supply chain and drive success for their customers.

A huge thank you to Win Source for their continued support of our team! 🧡

https://www.win-source.net/

RESULT TIME IS HERE!

After an intense few weeks in Australia, we’re incredibly proud of what the team achieved on and off track.

This years car was our most technical yet; from brand new HV battery and chassis designs to carbon wheels and topology-optimised titanium steering supports! But more importantly, it represented a huge year of learning that can be taken into future campaigns.

Despite facing unexpected electrical issues during the competition, the team showed resilience, adaptability and determination right through to the end. That effort paid off with some massive results:

🥇 1st - Engineering Design
🥇 1st - Acceleration
🥈 2nd - Skidpad
🥈 2nd - Endurance

Winning the Design Event was a huge highlight and a real testament to the team’s engineering knowledge and commitment to strong fundamentals.

A massive congratulations to UCM - University of Canterbury Motorsport on taking the overall EV class win! Awesome to see 1st place come back to Aotearoa, and well done to all the other teams who competed.

Once more, thank you to our sponsors and alumni, without which none of this campaign would be possible.

Excited for whats to come... watch this space... 🧡

Acceleration done and dusted 🏆

Super proud of our drivers for pushing it to the absolute limit and coming away with 1st overall in the event!

Spirits are high, and our mascot even made an appearance!

Bring on Design Finals!

Skidpad is done!!!

Super stoked to finish 2nd overall behind our fellow kiwis from ! So proud of you guys for getting your first dynamic win since 2017!

Stay tuned as we head onto acceleration!

Did someone say new race suits?!

We are incredibly proud to reveal our new team kit, repping the iconic McLaren Papaya.

A huge thank you to the team at The Bruce McLaren Trust for your incredible support and for kindly gifting us these suits. We are honoured to wear these colours and are ready to take on FSAE Australasia! 🏁