Competition history

The Firenze Race Team (FRT) is the official Formula SAE team of the University of Florence founded in 2000.

The Firenze Race Team was the first Italian team to participate in a Formula SAE event (the 2002 edition of Formula Student in Leicester, UK) and also the first to participate in an FSAE event on the American continent (Formula SAE West, Fontana, California Speedway in 2007). Apart from the American transfer, the team regularly participates in European FSAE events and has also participated in major exhibitions and events in the motorsport sector and beyond, such as the motorshow, the Motorsport Expotech, the Festival of Creativity and the Motor Valley Fest.

The FRT boasts the support of world-renowned sponsors, including stand-out Danisi Engineering, Bacci Trasmissioni Meccaniche, Meccanica42 and Beta Motor.

Do not forget the Mugello Circuit, an international track that the FRT uses for the development and testing of its cars and Sesto Pista.

From the first year of registration to the competition, the Firenze Race Team has participated in several events around the world winning several prestigious awards and carrying on a tradition now decades, obtaining the following results:

• 2002 – Formula Student, Leicester (UK) – Class 3
  • 2^nd place – Overall standings
  • 1^st place – Design event
  • 1^st place – Business presentation
  • First ever participation of an Italian team at an F-SAE Series event
• 2003 – Formula Student, Leicester (UK) – Class 1
  • 15^th place – Overall standings
  • “Best Rookie Team” Awards
• 2004 – Formula Student, Leicester, (UK) – Class 1/(200)
  • 4^th place – Overall standings Class 1 + Class 1/(200)
  • 2^nd place – Overall standings Class 1/(200)
  • 1^st place – Design event Class 1/(200)
  • 3^rd place – SolidWorks 3D Design & Analysis Awards
  • 2005 – Formula SAE Italy, Balocco, (IT) – Class 1
  • 2^nd place – Classifica generale
  • 1^st place – Autocross
  • 2^nd place – Skidpad
  • 2^nd place – Endurance
  • “MSC Software” – ‘Best virtual development team’ Awards
  • “Automobilismo” – ‘Al progetto più innovativo’ Awards
• 2006 – Formula SAE Italy, Balocco, (IT) – Class 3
  • 1^st place – Overall standings
• 2007 – Formula SAE Italy, Fiorano, (IT) – Class 1
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
  • “Most Friendly Team” Awards
• 2007 – Formula SAE West, Fontana, (USA) – Class 1
  • First Italian team to participate in a race in USA
• 2008 – Formula Student, Silverstone, (UK) – Class 1
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
• 2008 – Formula SAE Italy, Fiorano, (IT) – Class 1
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
  • “Schaffler Group” – ‘The best bearing and design selection’ Awards
• 2010 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 1
  • 2^nd place – Business presentation

• 2011 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 1
  • 1^st place – Business presentation
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
• 2013 – Formula Student, Silverstone, (UK) – Class 2
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
  • 2^nd place – Overall standings
• 2015 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 1
  • 7^th place – Overall standings
  • 5^th place – Design presentation
  • 5^th place – Cost Analysis
  • “Best Use of Active Chassis Systems“ Awards
• 2016 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 1
  • 3^rd place – Classifica Generale
  • 4^th place– Design Presentation
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
  • 3^rd place – Business Presentation
  • First italian team
  • “ZF TRW-Driving Safety to Safely Drive” Awards
• 2016 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 3
  • 2^nd place – Overall standings
  • 2^nd place – Design Presentation
  • 1^st place – Cost Analysis
• 2017 – Formula SAE Italy, Hockenheim, (D) – Class 1 Driverless
  • 12^th place – Overall standings
  • First team in the world to participate in a Formula SAE event with autonomous car moved by an internal combustion engine
• 2019 – Fomula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 1
  • 3^rd place – Cost Report
• 2021 – Fomula Student Czech Republic, Most, (CZ) – Class 1
  • 6^th place – Cost Report
  • 6^th place – Engineering Design
• 2022 – Formula SAE Italy, Varano de’ Melegari, (IT) – Class 3
  • 1^st place – Overall standings