Students from coast-to-coast have proven they got creativity, imagination, and speed after competing in Red Bull Racing Can qualifiers. In Formula One, high-tech makes the race, but in Red Bull Racing Can, it’s the Red Bull can. Students from eight different Canadian universities showcased their engineering, technical, and driving skills, as they built their own racer and competed against their peers in regional qualifiers. Teams of two – a driver and a technical head – did not only race against the clock but were also judged on the look, style, and technical performance of their self-made racing cars, which were exclusively made of Red Bull cans. On November 8th, our Canadian finalists will compete against each other at salon l’Oréal at HEC Montréal on a course with little racers. The right wheels, sophisticated design, and engineering skills will be the key to success.
Best to Come First
Three judges – including professional snowboarder and Winter X Games 15 gold medallist in men’s snowboard slopestyle Sébastien Toutant - will give extra points for design, creativity, and technical realization of the racing cans. A can that spends most time off the track will clearly score fewer points than a racer that smoothly finds its way around the bends and turns of the race track. The national champ will compete against competitors from 25 nations in the Red Bull Racing Can World Final, which will be held on the premises of the Red Bull Racing Headquarters in Milton Keynes, England on November 22, 2011.
A total of 100 points can be scored. The first across the finish line will get 60 points. The team to finish second will score 55 points; the team on third place will score 52. Fourth place wins you 49 points, etc. Still, 30 points can be won for construction achievement. The jury will give points for creativity, design, and technical realization of the racers. In each of the categories, a maximum of 10 points can
The Canadian Finalists:
Université de Moncton: Team Hardwear (Shawn Leblanc & Patrick Lanteigne)
Lethbridge University: Team Awesome (Christopher Durand & John Peter Deys)
Université de Montréal: O&C The Dream Racing Team (Christophe Matton & Olivier Dupras)
HEC Montréal: Tag Team (Jean-Sébastien Blais-Riendeau & Maxime Proulx)
McGill University: Team Smoke (Hin Nang Chio & Fan Yin Cheuk)
University of Toronto: Team Proton (Sharazul & Salleh & Mohd Fathuddin Romeli)
McMaster University: Licor Fueled Racing Team (Yohann Printer & Jack Murphy)
Queens University: Team Better Than Everyone Else (Mark O’Donoghue & Chris Barnes)
About Red Bull Racing Can
The Red Bull Racing Can is a university racing series. Up to 24 participants compete per race on a set course with custom cars. To ensure fair play, the chassis of all cars are the same. It’s the body of the racers, its aerodynamics, and particularly its design that make the difference. And that’s where tin metal joins the race! The body, aerodynamic features, and design are exclusively made of Red Bull cans, because when it comes to the scores in this race, a can can make a difference!
The fastest and best design will win... and catapult the winners of the local qualifying races into the national finals. But that’s definitely not the end of the race! The national champion and his technical expert get to fly straight to the Red Bull Formula One Racing Headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK, where they will compete with the national champs from 25 nations in the Red Bull Racing Can World Finals.
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