Formula SAE is one of the most advanced engineering competitions in the world, bringing together over 600 university teams to design, build, and race their own cars. Joining Western Formula Racing gives you unparalleled hands-on experience and the opportunity to be part of a team that consistently performs at a global level.
Recruitment is open
Join Us
You do not need to be an engineer or know anything about racing. Bring your curiosity and we will teach you the rest, working alongside the people who build the car.
How To Get Involved?
The team gives students the chance to put what they've learned in the classroom into practice in a real engineering setting. This hands-on experience helps them stand out to future employers, who value practical skills alongside academic knowledge.
Many fourth-year students even base their thesis research on different parts of the car, like the suspension, chassis, and manufacturing. In addition to learning technical skills, students also improve their leadership, teamwork, and communication abilities.
Why Join Western Formula Racing?
Accelerate your career while pushing the boundaries of innovation.
Hands-On Learning
Gain experience in design, simulation, and manufacturing that you can't get in a classroom.
Global Competitions
Test your skills against top teams worldwide at events in Michigan, Pittsburgh, and beyond.
Career Growth
Work with industry leaders and secure top-tier internships or jobs. Alumni network strength is unmatched.
Weekly meetings
When do we meet?
- Monday
- 6:30PM
- Wednesday
- 6:30PM
Twice a week, the entire team comes together to discuss the latest developments and next steps for each subsystem. These meetings are crucial for coordinating timelines, fostering collaboration, and ensuring all aspects of the build progress smoothly.
Open to everyone, these meetings provide valuable insights into each subsystem's work and helps to keep the team moving forward as one.
What is in it for me?
From advanced composites, vehicle dynamics, and mechanical theory, to battery design, simulation, board design, and programming, the learning opportunities in the Formula SAE environment are limitless. Couple this with the thrill of taking your racecar to tracks across the globe to try and put down the fastest laps against the worlds best; there is no better experience.
Joining WFR was the best decision of my university career. I learned skills that opened doors to my dream job.
Straight answers
No. Most people arrive knowing nothing about race cars. The team teaches from scratch. That is most of what the team is for.
No. The roster includes business, law and science students. A car needs a budget, a sponsorship deck and a media plan as much as it needs a wire harness.
It varies by system and by point in the season: heaviest through manufacturing and the run-up to competition, lighter during exams. Ask a lead for the honest number for their system before you commit.
Recruitment runs in September. Design happens through the autumn, manufacturing over the winter, and competition in the spring.
Contact us
- Address
- 55 Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, Western University, Engineering, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B9
- fsae.uwo@gmail.com
