page_title: Formula Manipal
section_title: Season 2010-11
hierarchical_section_title: Formula Manipal / Racing Seasons / Season 2010-11
caption_attribution_description: English: FM-XI
context_page_description: Formula Manipal is a Manipal Academy of Higher Education-based student project which aims to design, build and test a Formula-style race car. It started as an abstract idea in 2007, and today has become the biggest and most successful student initiative of Manipal University. The team consists of over fifty inter-disciplinary undergraduates who aim to conceive, design, fabricate, develop, and compete with other Formula style vehicles at International Formula Student events.
  Formula Manipal has been competing in the international Formula Student competitions for the past ten years and made its debut in 2008 at FSAE Italy with the FM08. In the following year, 2009, the team participated in the Formula Student event in UK with the FM09. The team then had a successful participation in FS Austria with the FM-X, the season 2010 car. The year 2011 saw the development of the fourth prototype, the FMXI, which competed in FSAE Italy.
  Season 2013 turned out to be the most amazing year for Formula Manipal in its history. For the first time, the team successfully participated in two FSAE events in the same calendar year with the FMX3.
context_section_description: The team participated at FSAE Italy 2011 held at Riccardo Paletti Circuit, Italy in 2011 with the FMXI. After receiving the award for the ‘Most Motivated Team’ at FS Austria in 2010, the teamed returned to India and began work on the car for season 2011. The design focus was on weight reduction, improving handling and enhancing the overall performance of the car. The team did a lot of tuning and testing on the car and even held several track days. As an outcome of the installation of a new braking system, a reliable DAQ system, improved aerodynamics and testing, the team performed well at the event and stood 16th in the cost event.
caption: The FMXI on the Riccardo Paletti Circuit at FSAE Italy
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