Israeli universities revving up for student race car competition

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 05 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The inaugural Israeli Formula SAE Race, slated for October 20-21, will feature The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. This year's Technion team is its largest ever, made up of more than 60 students from various faculties, according to the university.

Muans Omari, a master's student in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technion, will head his team. This is his third year participating in the project; he started out as a volunteer and driver, subsequently progressed to head of the engine crew, and since 2021, has served as the Technion's project lead. As a driver, he won first place driving on the figure-8 Skidpad circuit in the Czech Republic in the summer of 2019, just before the global COVID-19

outbreak. During that race, the Technion unveiled the lightest car in the history of the competition, which weighed in at just 132 kg of advanced technology, after "Technion Formula" shed 120 kg in just three years.

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