After participating in class 1, the rules state that a new car has to be created. So after the event, a team of 25 students consisting of 10 different nationalities and different lines of study, began working on the Viking II.
The Viking II, did – like the Viking I, run on petrol. Most of the wood however was replaced with carbon fiber – and around 40kg was optimized away. Furthermore an additional 20 hp was gained on the Viking II It competed at FSUK – Silverstone 2009.
At Silverstone the team won the “Most innovative use of an embedded system in the car” award. Because of the advanced electronics network.
85 hp
306 kg
