News

  • Technical Directors Note

    Coming off of a year of strong results in competition, our team is working harder than ever to design, manufacture, and deliver Berkeley Formula Racing’s (BFR) newest challenger: B23. I’m Joseph Macy, and I am Technical Director of BFR. I’m excited to be on this team through the process of building our first new car

    Read More

  • Berkeley Formula Racing Claims Gold Again!

    ,

    November 10th Welcome back, friends and family! Berkeley Formula Racing is kicking off the year with an incredible start. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ After a promising session of testing at Crows Landing, the team set its sights on gold at the SoCal Shootout at Willow Springs International Raceway. This year, we took GOLD at SoCal Shootout once again,

    Read More

  • 3rd Overall in FSAE Competition!

    Greetings, Berkeley Formula Racing partners, sponsors, family, and friends! We are proud to share this year’s post-Competition newsletter, a walkthrough of our incredible week in Michigan. Our performance this year was highlighted by 2nd in Autocross, 2nd in Efficiency, 2nd in Endurance, and our third consecutive year as Design Finalists. These strong scores vaulted us to 3rd Overall out of

    Read More

  • Success for Berkeley Formula Racing!

    ,

    Oct 30, 2023 Hello once again Berkeley Formula Racing partners, alumni, members, family, and friends. We have some exciting updates for you! We WON the SoCal Shootout! Contesting against California-based Formula SAE teams, we set the fastest lap times throughout the afternoon time attack rounds to earn 1st place. Our members gained invaluable experience in

    Read More

  • Just 10 Days Left of Crowdfunding + The SoCal Shootout THIS Weekend

    October 21, 2023 Hello Berkeley Formula Racing partners, alumni, members, family, and friends! We hope this message finds you well. We only have 10 days left to reach our crowdfunding goal of $10,000! We are more than halfway there but won’t reach our goal without your help. This link will take you directly to our

    Read More

  • Summer 2023 Newsletter

    _________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to our Summer 2023 Newsletter. We are excited to share with our audience of family, friends, and partners how this year’s Competition went. __________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, May 16 On our first day in Michigan, we took advantage of the empty lot next to our hotel to practice launching the car, passing Brakes, Sound, and various other

    Read More

  • Shootout Newsletter

    ,

    We are thrilled to share our 2nd place result at the SoCal Shootout! On October 15th, 2022, we participated in the SoCal Shootout against several other Formula SAE teams from southern California at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside. After three rounds of three time attack laps, our score totaled .4 seconds off of CalPoly Pomona’s Bronco Motorsports,

    Read More

  • March 2023 Newsletter

    Welcome to our March 2023 Newsletter. This is a progress update from a few of our subsystems and overall team progress. Our car is on the ground and we are eager to begin testing! Keep an eye out for our public car reveal with announcements coming shortly on social media. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Car is on the ground! This past Saturday

    Read More

  • Summer 2022 Newsletter

    Welcome to our Summer 2022 Newsletter. This will be a relatively brief message from us, reflecting on how Competition went for us this June at Michigan International Speedway Tuesday, June 14On Tuesday, the day before competition, those who traveled by land recovered from their 2400 mile drive, and those who flew in each made their way to Dundee,

    Read More

  • Spring 2022 Newsletter

    Welcome to our Spring 2022 Newsletter. We are pleased to share that we have been making a ton of progress in testing our car for this summer! In this newsletter we will highlight updates from Aero, Brakes + Driver Interface, Chassis, Drivetrain, and Suspension. Aero Aero has been focused on designing rear wing biplane elements, sidewing, and side diffuser elements

    Read More

  • February 2022 Newsletter

    Welcome to Our February 2022 Newsletter! Important Announcements Our crowdfunding page has been making progress since the beginning of February! We need your support in order to get to our goal of $10000 by the end of this month! Any donation would be greatly appreciated!  Crowdfunder Link: http://tinyurl.com/calfsae2022 Business The business team has been working on

    Read More

  • July 2021 Newsletter

    Welcome to our Summer 2021 Newsletter. This is our third in a series of newsletters that focuses on a small group of subsystems. This month we focus on the Engine, Suspension, and Vehicle Dynamics. Engine Engine has been focused on making our pneumatic shifting system more reliable. Previously, the system was not as dependent as

    Read More

  • April 2021 Newsletter

    Thank you all SO much for supporting us through our crowdfunding efforts. We raised $13,574 of our $10,000 goal in the end, our most successful crowdfunding campaign to date. Welcome to our Spring 2021 Newsletter. This is our second in a series of newsletters that focus on a small group of subsystems. This month we

    Read More

  • February 2021 Newsletter

    Welcome to our February 2021 Newsletter. This is the first in a series of monthly newsletters we will send out, each one focusing on a different group of subsystems. This month we focus on Aerodynamics, Business, and Chassis subsystems. Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, we are unfortunately stuck working purely online as a team.

    Read More

  • December 2020 Newsletter

    Welcome to our December 2020 Newsletter. Thank you for tuning in. In this edition, we cover the team’s focuses from the Fall 2020 semester on a subsystem-by-subsystem basis. All team operations for the Fall semester have been at home due to the ongoing pandemic. Our team has used this time to research and develop current

    Read More

  • Team Principal’s Note

    All team operations for the fall semester have been at home due to the ongoing pandemic. Our team has used this time to focus on research and development of our current and future designs. We have been experimenting with turbocharger development, a hybrid monocoque chassis, active brake bias, electronic shifting, and many more projects we

    Read More

  • Autumn 2020 Newsletter

    Welcome to Berkeley Formula Racing’s Autumn 2020 newsletter. We are honored that you are a part of our community, and we are thankful for your continued support. The topics covered in this newsletter are an overview of our Virtual Competition and our success at the end of last season. Also included are an overview of upcoming and ongoing

    Read More

  • Spring 2020 Newsletter

    As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, SAE has made the decision to switch our physical dynamic competition scheduled for this summer to a virtual one. We are still committed to the development and completion of B20, as we always look to learn from our design and manufacturing experiences. We have delayed the release of

    Read More