Our Racing Legacy
Explore our evolution through the years, from our first prototype to our latest championship-winning machines.
Racing Evolution
Each year, our team designs and builds new vehicles that push the boundaries of what's possible in student motorsport. Explore our journey through time below to see how we've evolved.
Dog
A brand new purpose-built autonomous platform.
Frog
A refinement of EV23's concept with an increase in battery capacity, improved aerodynamics, and plenty of testing time for both the car and drivers!
Duck
Adapting UQR's first hub motor concept to a new 20" Goodyear tyre with custom centrelock hubs, and many changes to simplify and improve reliability.
Peacock
Further development of the 2019 EV as an AV platform.
Capybara
UQ Racing's first ever car with hub motors, based on an all-new cylindrical cell accumulator architecture and full-length composite floor.
Cockatoo
2019 EV turned Autonomous
Mussel
All of the effectiveness of EV20 with an extra year of testing and fine tuning.
Rooster
2019 EV 'Chicken' turned autonomous. Development car with no competitions open at the time.
Barnacle
The final evolution of UQR's inboard motor concept; a refinement of simple, light and effective.
Bobkat
The final form of the 2018 IC concept.
Chicken
A brand new car - designed to dominate.
Meerkat
Simple systems, simple to drive, simply effective.
Super Bee
The final Bee-volution of the 2017 EV concept.
Bee
First car of the staggered development cycle.
Pelican
Mechanically mode separated, twin beam with a structural undertray. Carbon Skin Spaceframe with Yamaha R6 engine.
Rat
Electric drag car.
Pegasus
Half Aluminium Monocoque with Yamaha R6 engine.
Unicorn
Horse reborn as UQR's first ever electric vehicle.
Toad
In 2014, UQR developed its first glued monocoque with a Carbon skin spaceframe and Yamaha R6 engine.
Horse
Bringing showjumping to FSAE with a Spaceframe chassis and Yamaha R6 engine.
Habib
Honda CBR600 F4i powered racing car.
Harry II
Honda CBR600 F4i powered racing car, second iteration of the Harry concept.
Harry
Our first year back since 2007 with a Honda CBR600 F4i powered car.
UQR07
Turbocharged CBR600 F4i powered racing car.
UQR06
Turbocharged CBR600 F4i powered racing car.
Black Betty
Dynamics event winner at Formula Student Germany! Non-injected CBR600 F4 converted to fuel injection.
UQR04
UQR's first international car. Non-injected CBR600 F4 converted to fuel injection.
UQR03
Non-injected CBR600 F3 converted to fuel injection.
UQR02
Non-injected CBR600 F3 converted to fuel injection.
UQR01
Non-injected CBR600 F3 converted to fuel injection. The first UQ Racing car.