While weather is bad and Switzerland suffers from record high rain water levels, the Formula Student “julier” team was testing their race car this week-end after the rollout. This time to test the 4WD with more torque. Plus water-resistance ;-). So here are impressions, pictures and a video from this week-end:

Summer should have started, but instead it is raining, cold and snowing in the upper areas:

The runway of the Alpnach airfield: wet, wet and wet. Overnight it had even more rain with parts of the area under water :-(.

What I mean with ‘under water’ is this:

Luckily, the water was not as high on Saturday in Alpnach, so it was possible to race under wet conditions.

Safety first: Fire extinguisher for the test drive:

Checking the system and going through the check lists:

Right back wheel motor with white cooling fluid tubes:

Left Back Wheel Motor and suspension system:

Cockpit with LCD Display. On the left status LED’s and on the right push buttons to enable/disable functions like Traction Control or Recuperation:

HV (High Voltage) and LV (Low Voltage) switches with Ground Fault Detection (GF):

For safety reasons, special isolation gloves are used to turn on the system, and the wheels are off the ground for a first system test:

Check list check and going through the test plan with the pilot:

Video of one of the test runs:

Happy Racing 🙂