Formula Student 2018 - 1 week to go

Time is running out: here's your guide to all the action on track next week at Formula Student 2018 - a perfect marriage of motorsports and mechanical engineering!

Will Cardiff Racing successfully defend their FS UK title?

How good are Australian Monash Motorsports' two cars this year?

Is 2018 the year Team Bath Racing bring home the win?

Who will win the coveted "most cones collected" award?

Find out at Silverstone this year: don't miss your chance to join the 20th anniversary competition of Formula Student and enjoy a fantastic day out at the home of British Motorsport on 13-15 July 2018!

Get up close and personal with some phenomenal combustion engines and electric single-seater racing cars, designed and built by the next generation of engineering talent. Watch more than 100 teams from over 30 countries race to win the competition over multiple events:

• Acceleration: feel the need for speed as teams battle to post the fastest time from a standing start over 75m of track
• Skidpad: A balance of speed, handling and control around a tight figure of eight loop.
• Sprint: A 1km autocross style course, which sees cars navigate the twists and turns to post the fastest lap
• Endurance: the real test of a Formula Student car as teams seek to finish the grueling endurance course and in the fastest time

Tickets start from just £10 and include:

• Free roving grandstand seating
• Access to the Formula Student paddock
• Historic FS car display
• Free parking
• Live commentary
• Under 16s can attend for FREE

Book your tickets via the Silverstone website.
Tickets will be available to buy online until Monday 9 July 2018, after which they can be purchased from the site entrance at Silverstone.

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE

We are delighted to confirm that Formula Onetm world champion Jenson Button and the Santander Universities team will be joining the competition on Saturday 14 July 2018.

Don't miss this chance to see Jenson around the paddock and hear his thoughts on the cars during his guest appearance as a commentator.