BGRacing, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's student race car team, came in 8 out of 48 at the Formula SAE competition in Italy this week. It is the first time an Israeli team has broken into the top ten in that competition.
BGRacing has been building Formula race cars as final projects for a group of engineering students since 2011. This year, the team built two – one internal combustion and one electric. The internal combustion race car sped into 8th place.
There was a moment of tension during the last laps when the driver reported that the engine was heating up and the gears were not working properly, according to a post on BGRacing’s Facebook page. However, the team decided to tell him to push through to the end of the race – a decision which paid off when the car came in seventh in the race passing several very strong European teams.
"We are stunned and haven't yet assimilated the achievement!" the team members wrote.
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