OUR STORY
HOW EVERYTHING STARTED
The team begins its journey with the first official recruitment. Organizes internally, acquires the basic knowledge it needs and is ready to start the first design steps.
2017
The team's first participation is a fact and it ends successfully by taking 2nd place in the Business Plan Presentation competition and 8th place in the overall classification of the category.
2017-July
The team returns to Xanthi and aims to build the first racecar, with now adapted designs, based on observations from feedback from the races.
2018
The team completes the construction of its first car. "Argo" participates in the Class 1 category of Formula Student competitions, and ranks 20th among international teams. In September he presents at the 84th D.E.Th. "Argo" as the central exhibit of the D.P.Th.
2019
After a year of inactivity due to Covid-19 in 2021 we came back strongly with our participation in the Formula Student Netherlands competition in which we won 6th place out of 27 teams from all over Europe.
2021
Following the developments and the new reality in the automotive industry, we decided to make the change to electromobility. After a year of planning, testing and manufacturing we managed to build our first electric car the E-XR1. In August 2022 we took part in the Formula Student Alpe Adria competition in Croatia.
2022
Democritus Racing Team was founded in 2017 in Xanthi. The team represents the Democritus University of Thrace in the Formula Student and FSAE (Formula Society of Automotive Engineers) engineering training events, facing students from all over the world.
The aim of the competitions is to design, compose and test a prototype single seater "style" Formula racing car, based on a set of regulations, the purpose of which is not only to ensure road-racing safety but at the same time to solve complex problems in the field of engineering.
Η ομάδα αυτή τη στιγμή αποτελείται από 35+ προπτυχιακούς φοιτητές, οι οποίοι σπουδάζουν σε διάφορα τμήματα του Δημοκριτείου όπως στο τμήμα μηχανικών παραγωγής και διοίκησης, στο τμήμα ηλεκτρολόγων μηχανικών και μηχανικών υπολογιστών, καθώς και στο τμήμα αρχιτεκτόνων μηχανικών.
COMPETITIONS
COMPETITION AIMS TO..
The main goal of the competition is the practical application of all the theoretical knowledge that each student receives. This is achieved through the design and construction of a racing single-seater Formula type, but also through the investigation of its perspective as a mass production model.
COMPETITION STRUCTURE
Το πρωτότυπο μονοθέσιο εξετάζεται και κρίνεται με βάση ορισμένα κριτήρια που έχουν τεθεί από την οργάνωση ως προς τον σχεδιασμό, το τελικό κόστος, την ανθεκτικότητα, την αντοχή και τη δυνατότητα μαζικής παραγωγής του μέσω στατικών και δυναμικών αγωνισμάτων. Τα στατικά αγωνίσματα αφορούν τον σχεδιασμό, την κοστολόγηση και την παρουσίαση του μονοθεσίου ως προϊόν μαζικής παραγωγής και λαμβάνουν χώρα εκτός πίστας. Στα δυναμικά αγωνίσματα από την άλλη, εξετάζονται οι δυνατότητες του ίδιου του μονοθεσίου ( επιτάχυνση ,αποδοτικότητα κ.α.) και γίνονται εντός της πίστας.
LABORATORIES
PROFESSOR IN CHARGE
Dr. Pantelis N. Botsaris (PROFESSOR IN CHARGE)
