Resources and Requirements in Formula Student, Owen Carless ( FS Autumn School 2021)

Owen Carless, head of mechanical simulation in RedBull Racing F1 powertrain group, working there since 2008 till now, becomes a design event judge since 2007 and chief design event judge in Formula Student Germany since 2013. His first lecture at FS Autumn school was about resourses and requirements in FS very important topic, especially because of all time and budget limitations in student s teams. Overall planning and resources management is crucial 00:00 Intro and content 02:34 FS background 05:43 The importance of target setting 13:58 Functional requirements 25:52 Allocation of resources 49:46 Validation and reliability 59:20 Question 1. How much time for ontrack testing 1:00:40 Q1. 2 Parts and systems wear and spare parts 1:02:32 Q1. 3 Reliability: top 5 issues 1:05:40 Q2 Race engineer and driver communication on endurance 1:10:00 Q3 FS: race team or design engineering team 1:13:30 Q4 Student s motivation 1:16:00 Q4. 2 Motivation in small team