Sydney Motorsport

Last week we held our first ever Industry Night! It was a fantastic evening that allowed members of our team to thank and network with our sponsors as well as faculty, alumni and the wider School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (AMME) community. We were also joined by our fellow student teams at USYD Rocketry Team and Sydney UAV Engineering 🧡 Thank you to everybody who attended and a special thank you to our sponsors for their continued support!

Happy International Women in Engineering Day! ✨ Today, we celebrate the women who have reshaped the world of engineering with their perseverance and ingenuity. Shining a light on the incredible women on Sydney Motorsport, whose contributions not only inspire but pave the way for future generations to pursue their passions fearlessly. Here’s to the past, present and future of women in engineering and motorsports 🏎️🧡 #InternationalWomenInEngineeringDay #INWED2024

After our most competitive recruitment round to date, Sydney Motorsport was proud to welcome 31 new recruits into our ranks this semester! 👏   Over two weeks, a record number of applicants participated in either engineering induction tasks or business interviews. The team hosted information evenings and drop-in help sessions at our workshop to assist with this induction process.   We’re super keen to welcome our new batch of recruits and excited to watch them begin their journey with us 🤩🏎️

Happy International Women’s Day from Sydney Motorsport to you! 🧡   We want to take this time to celebrate all the incredible women on our team whose continuous hard work and contributions to the team allow for its continued development and success! 💐   Sydney Motorsport pledges to continue encouraging and embracing diversity and inclusion this year and in future. We look forward to welcoming more women on the team this year as recruitment starts coming to a close, and we are very excited to watch them grow with us and start to carve their path within motorsports. #IWD2024

Earlier this month at Welcome Week, our team had the pleasure of meeting a range of students who share our passions in motorsport. Students expressed keen interests in both fields of engineering and business, in hopes to apply for a role in our 2024 team. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to have a chat, we hope to see you in our 2024 team!

After 22 years, Sydney Motorsport’s IC journey came to a close at the 2023 FSAE-A Competition.   Our 2023 challenger, SM22, was a testament of not only this year’s hard work and efforts but the passion, dedication and drive all previous generations of Sydney Motorsport has poured into this project.   Our achievements at Calder Park, notably having our car cross the line for Endurance, was a reflection of the incredible 22 year journey that brought us here.   It was a week of immense learning and we are pleased to announce our preliminary results: 2nd Overall (IC Class) 🥇1st in Business Presentation 🥇1st in Cost 🥈2nd in Design 🥈2nd in Acceleration 🥈2nd in Autocross 🥈2nd in Endurance   Our deepest thank you to all of our sponsors, without whom this project wouldn't be possible especially our diamond sponsors at Vinta, CH Warman Foundation, The Chancellor’s Committee, School of AMME, AMKmotion and the James N. Kirby Foundation. We'd also like to extend our thanks to all of our friends and family for your unwavering support! And thank you to our gracious competitors Edith Cowan University Racing, WESMO, TDU Racing and Western Sydney Formula SAE, it was a pleasure competing alongside you in our final IC entry. As well as UOW Motorsport for being our wonderful pit neighbours!   As we close this chapter, we cannot wait to open the next. Come the new year, we’ll officially step into our EV journey and there’s no better group of people to take this challenge on than this team 🧡

Last Wednesday, we were extremely excited to officially unveil our 2023 FSAE-A challenger, SM22 at our annual Launch Night ⭐️ We had the privilege to showcase this year’s journey with friends, family, alumni, sponsors and the wider university community. It was truly a celebration of the team’s hard work and dedication over the past year. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us, our success wouldn’t be possible without you! 🧡 A special thanks to USYD Student Life for supporting us in hosting this event. We’re less than one week away until competition and we’re raring to go 🏎️💨

Sydney Motorsport presents: SM22 The culmination of 22 years, SM22 will mark the final chapter of the team’s internal combustion car journey beginning in 2001. We can’t wait to see this car out in competition at Calder Park in two weeks and hopefully end our IC journey on a high before transitioning into an electric future next year. A big thank you to all of our sponsors, particularly at Vinta, CH Warman Group, The Chancellor’s Committee, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, AMK Motors and Kirby Foundation for their ongoing support this past year, allowing this project to be possible.

A huge thanks to our sponsors SKF Group who have very kindly provided us with a range of bearings which will be vital for us in the making of our vehicles. These bearings are incredibly important to our wheel assemblies as we continue on our journey towards our first EV. We are incredibly grateful for their generous support with their exceptional products. SKF’s unwavering commitment to innovation and quality has transformed our motor car into a masterpiece of modern engineering. https://skf.li/k2u7ig #SKF #ReliableRotation #Innovation #SustainableSolutions #grateful #InnovationForGood

Recently at the University of Sydney’s Open Day, our team had the wonderful opportunity to showcase our car and share our passion with aspiring engineers and motorsport enthusiasts alike. We want to extend our heartfelt thank you to the School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Mechatronic Engineering (AMME) and the University of Sydney for their generous support.    One of the core aspects of Sydney Motorsport is to supplement the learnings from the classroom and gain practical experience through hands-on projects.    The amount of interest in engineering was truly inspiring to see. We are extremely grateful to everyone who stopped by, and we hope to see some familiar faces again next year! 🏎️    #recruitment #team #engineering #usyd #fsaea