 For the tenth year in succession, Corus, the international steel company, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams - the University of Warwick in the UK, and the University of Delft in the Netherlands - as they compete in the annual International Formula Student competition, the largest and most successful design race series in the world.
The 2008 contest, to be held for the second time at the Silverstone race circuit in the UK between 10th - 13th July, provides the next generation of automotive engineers, from 400 leading universities across the world, with a valuable insight into the engineering and project management process of taking a racecar concept from design through manufacture and ultimately, to competition.
Corus Research Development and Technology (RD&T) in IJmuiden, Netherlands, will be sponsoring Delft University’s race team providing steel and aluminium for the roll hoops, an integral safety component of the DUT08 racecar, as well as offering their knowledge and expertise in metals technologies.
Corus Automotive, which specialises in developing innovative vehicle engineering solutions using the latest thinking in materials and manufacturing technologies, is sponsoring Warwick University’s Formula Student campaign.
Commenting on the valuable support provided by companies like Corus, Henk Wapstra, Team Manager, Delft University of Technology Racing Team, explains: “Our 2008 racecar features innovative weight saving measures coupled with high performance acceleration, impressive handling characteristics and all-round reliability. The specification and supply of the right kind of high quality steel has played a critical part in its development and we are grateful to the support from Corus."
Commenting on the importance placed by Corus on supporting a number of Universities in this important competition, Nico Langerak, Department Manager Automotive Applications, Corus RD&T said: “We are giving students access to the latest material, technology and industry techniques to help them in the development stages of their entry into the Formula Student competition. As a major supplier to the European automotive industry, we feel it important to support these vehicle engineers of the future. We wish all the teams competing in the 2008 contest all the very best of luck.
For more information on Formula Student 2008, visit www.formulastudent.com
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Corus is Europe's second largest steel producer with annual revenues of over £11 billion and a crude steel production of about 20 million tonnes. With main steelmaking operations primarily in the UK and the Netherlands, Corus provides innovative solutions to the construction, automotive, packaging, mechanical engineering and other markets worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, the world's sixth largest steel producer. With the recent acquisition of Corus, the combined enterprise has an aggregate crude steel production capacity of around 28.1 million tonnes with approximately 82,700 employees across the four continents.
Images
All images of the Delft University DUT08 Formula Student car to be credited to photographer Jorrit Lousberg, www.lightatwork.nl.
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