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    Class of the field

    Sep 06, 2019 6 minutes
    By JAHEE CAMPBELL-BRENNAN

    The 2019 FSUK winner, MoRe Modena Racing (MMR), took the competition by storm, with a 119-point advantage over its closest rival, Oxford Brookes.

    MMR is based at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and its Formula Student journey began back in 2003, when it was run out of a small workshop at a car showroom. Today, the team fields three cars out of a dedicated university workshop and comprises approximately 80 mechanical, mechatronics, electrical and management students.

    The 2019 FSUK winning car, the M-19L featured a carbon fibre monocoque for the fifth year running, a longitudinally mounted gearbox and a full aero package. ‘The main focus for 2019 was to optimise concepts and solutions from the 2018 car,’ says Gianmarco Carbonieri, team leader at MMR. ‘There were some components that had reliability issues, for example the DRS system in 2018 did not work correctly, so we made sure that was fixed this year.’

    That’s a MoRe

    Weight was also a strong focus and by optimising component

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