Offical Site of China FSAE

[Scania]

http://www.chinafsae.org/
They will race in Oct 2010

[Scania]

http://www.chinafsae.org/
They will race in Oct 2010

[Bemo]

Would be cool if there would be an English section (my Chinese isn't that good) or did I just not find it?

[Zac]

it looks like there is a big red button in the corner that says English, but only refreshes the page.

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hope this kinda helps...we all know we just want the pictures right http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[nai_ohmi]

you can use google translate(http://translate.google.com)

It can help you more a little bit

[jerry_tung]

teams from outside of china won't be allowed to take part in the 2010 competition. dunno if the rules may change in 2011 so more teams can go there and have fun.

[Bemo]

Ok now I found the non-working English button, too ;-)

I think that is the first FSAE event where foreign teams aren't allowed to attend. What's the reason for such a rule?

[Boxster]

because all the teams of China are not good enough to compete with the advanced FSAE team from Europe and USA.
The China-SAE wants to protect the first year teams ,hehe

[Macros]

because foreigners cannot drive in china http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Vicjoy]

Internationalization cannot be stopped.
Racing in Shanghai , that's cool.

[HoggyN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bemo:
Ok now I found the non-working English button, too ;-)

I think that is the first FSAE event where foreign teams aren't allowed to attend. What's the reason for such a rule? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

From the website, it looks like all the teams have to use the same type of engine...

http://www.picturebay.net/img/guests/13720517859/FSAE_C.jpg

[AwesomeAlvin]

Believe it or not, I think I may know the reason for not allowing International teams. If you have ever noticed, the Chinese ONLY use domestic engines. (99% of all other team use foreign engines).

And the most powerful Chinese bike engine (conveniently 600cc) is a single cylinder 4 spd dirtbike style engine that produces 30kW unrestricted. (I may be wrong on this). The reason the Chinese teams never moved to the high reeving 4 cylinder is because its illegal in China. Illegal to import, illegal to buy, thus illegal to ride. The reason behind this is because those pocket rockets are too cheap to buy and would outrun the Chinese highway patrol's 1.6L Jettas.

So I guess if you want to compete in FSAE China, ditch your Honda/Yamaha/Kawi/Aprillia and buy a Chinese engine. And of course you need the Chinese government to let you in.

I think this FSAE China would be one of the most interesting FSAE comps in the pass 30 years of formula history. If I remember correctly, there has only been 3 Chinese teams. Hunan (07 fsae west, and 08 fsae west), Shanghai JT Uni (08 fsae west), and Xiamen (09 fsae west). And since all teams are probably going to resort to that 30kW engine, the playing field would be so so so flat. And I think it would be quite interesting to see 80% (purely guessing) of the teams being first year teams.

AA

[Thrainer]

Is that an official FSAE event? First formula student event in China? There are some cars on the website that don't look like 1st year cars.

[Boxster]

some teams of China have joined the FSAE of west or JAPAN

[Fred G]

I would love to see teams from China join the Australian competition.

Fred

[fobacademy]

as someone mentioned above, it is illegal to buy, sell, ride anything over 125s.

some places in china have banned motorised 2-wheeled vehicles completely, such as the place im originally from

i think this will be an interesting event to watch since alot of the chinese students probably wont have a preconception of what a 'race car' is meant to be unlike alot of us, which means they COULD come up with something revolutionary, same goes for indian teams too

or i could be completely wrong and freaking myself out http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[sbrenaman]

Why do I get the feeling this isn't an officially sanctioned by SAE International?

[chinavictor]

it is the first FSAE competetion in China,so we need a trial first.Maybe this is what the Committees pay attention to.
So we Chinese students need your help,and i hope we will have the opportunity to compete with teams all over the world.
thank you for discussing.my english is not good?please forgive me.

Peiyang power team in Tianjin Uni.China

[PatClarke]

Quote sbrenaman
"Why do I get the feeling this isn't an officially sanctioned by SAE International"?

Isn't this Steve Daum in the picture?

http://photo.bitauto.com/fsae/...e-25212-1007195.html (http://photo.bitauto.com/fsae/image-25212-1007195.html)

Pat

[Luniz]

And in this picture, somebody looking like Mr. Rouelle can be seen.
http://img3.bitautoimg.com/aut...167118_1007183_3.JPG (http://img3.bitautoimg.com/autoalbum/files/20091109/200911091619167118_1007183_3.JPG)

Those pics are from FSAE Japan though... ;-)

[sbrenaman]

Pat - That picture is at Auto Club Speedway in 2009.

[PatClarke]

No! no! It can't be! Plagiarised pictures on a Chinese website?? Never! http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Pat

[sbrenaman]

Sarcasm is so tough to tell on the interwebs.

[Macros]

Its actually pretty easy when you add three winks at the end.

[Zac]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PatClarke:
No! no! It can't be! Plagiarised pictures on a Chinese website?? Never! http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Pat </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

it is still not as bad as some of the sponsorship proposals I've gotten from schools from a certain subcontinent. The one had a photoshopped picture of TU Graz's car represented as their design.

[exFSAE]

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[sdreamer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by exFSAE:
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[fobacademy]

i think out of respect for the other members...let's type in english for now http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

and i'm not making fun of your chinese but it looks like exFSAE you've google translated that bit there http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Boxster]

google translate is not good enough haha

[little bob]

hi i am chinese student and i participated in china-fsae (sorry my english is poor) because it is our first year , everybody lack experience to run this race . maybe next year there will be an international race in china .we are glad to do some contacts with foreign racing teams .

[Francis Gagné]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by exFSAE:
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I guess they'll have to make their own V8 to come play with us!