The 2024 Edition of the Formula Bharat student competition was held at the Kari Motor Speedway in Coimbatore from January 19-24. This was the eighth edition of the event and it featured teams from all over India and a few international entrants from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. The event was split into two main categories, Combustion Vehicles (CV) and Electric Vehicles (EV).

Formula Bharat Rounds 

While the event was held in the middle of January, work on the vehicles went on for almost a year. Judging is divided into two main parts, Static Events and Dynamic Events. Static Events consist of engineering design, cost and manufacturing and business plans, while Dynamic Events consist of on-track action like the skid pad, acceleration, autocross, endurance and efficiency events. 

Formula Bharat 2024 winners

The event featured a few international teams, however, Indian teams came out on top. In the CV category, Vishwaracers from Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (Pune) emerged as the champions, while second place was won by Team Maverick of the PVG’s College of Engineering and Technology & GK Pate (Wani) Institute of Management (Pune). Team Fateh from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Punjab) got the final prize in the CV category. 

IIT Bombay Racing from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai were declared as champions of the EV category. They were followed by Raftar Formula Racing Electric from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in second, Kratos Racing Electric from Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (Pune) in third and Octan Racing Electric from College of Engineering Pune in fourth. 

AutoX track days 

While the winners have been declared, the action hasn't come to an end. The teams now head over to Bengaluru on February 17 and 18 where they will take part in a track day organised just for them. The track day will take place at the Aruani Grid and is open to CVs and EVs and even Formula Bharat alumni. Organised by Curiosum Tech Private Limited, the vehicles will not be subjected to the usual tests, but will instead gain valuable on-track data of the vehicles.