Formula Bharat Rulebook Summary

Competition Objective
The competition challenges teams of university students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and
compete with small, formula style, race cars.

Competition Procedure
1. Categories: a. Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (CV) b. Electric Vehicle (EV)
2. The competition starts with a series of technical inspections to check the vehicle for safety and
compliance with the rules.
3. The competition is divided into a series of static and dynamic events.
4. The official language of the competition is English.
5. Maximum points are awarded as described in the table below.

DOCUMENTATION & DEADLINES

Required Documents and Forms
1. Impact Attenuator Data (IAD) : All teams must submit an IA data report using the Impact
Attenuator Data (IAD) template provided at the competition website( available only after
registration)
2. SES Structural Equivalency Spreadsheet
3. BPPV Business Plan Pitch Video (More under BPP event)
4. CGMR Concept-Goals-Management Report(more under engineering design event)
5. EDP Engineering Design Presentation(more under engineering design event)
6. DSS Design Spec Sheet(only available after registration)
7. CRD Cost Report Documents(more under cost and manufacturing event)
8. PS Photographic Submissions:

All teams must submit images showing the various views of the vehicle driving prior to the
competition. The checklist of views required, including the method of submission shall be specified
on the competition website.

9. TMI Team Member Information

 All team members who plan on attending the competition on-site or who would like to receive
participation certificates, must provide details towards the Team Member Information (TMI)
submission available on the competition website by the specified deadline.
 This information includes but is not limited to Full Name, Contact Email, Phone
  Number, Age, Year of Study, Medical Emergency contact information (which must be next of kin)
etc.
 The TMI submission criteria will be made available on the competition website approximately
two months prior to the event.
 No new team member entries shall be allowed past the deadline or on-site.
 The team captain is responsible for confirming participation of team members, [ON-SITE

ONLY] for providing their insurance information and uploading insurance scans, under 18
liability waivers’ scans (if any) and for providing driver license information.

 Confirmed participants with incorrect or incomplete insurance information (including scanned

copies) shall have their participation status revoked on-site at the competition.
 A confirmed registration of 15 team members may not incur any additional registration fees. Late
submission fees and extra member fees shall be on the competition website.
 A maximum of 45 team members may participate on a team.
 Participants with complete information and documents in the TMI will get a participation
certificate within four weeks of completion of the competition.

BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTATION

EVENT (BPP)
Business Plan Presentation Objective
The BPP (Business Plan Presentation) is an evaluation process that assesses a team's capability to create
and present a thorough business model. The focus of the business model should be on the team's
prototype race car or a specific component of it. The objective is to develop a business plan that either
offers the car or component as a product, or provides a service related to it, with the intention of
generating a profitable business opportunity.

The judges should be treated as if they were potential investors or partners for the presented business
model.

It is important to note that the quality of the actual prototype race car itself will not be taken into
consideration during the judging of the BPP. This means that the judges will not evaluate the physical
attributes or performance of the race car when assessing the business plan. The focus of the evaluation
will solely be on the team's ability to develop a comprehensive and viable business model. The reason
behind this distinction is to separate the evaluation of the business aspect from the technical aspects of
the competition.

Business Plan Procedure

Prior to the competition, the team must submit a pitch video and participate in an online web presentation
delivery at the Business Plan Presentation Prelims.

The top teams are then judged by all business judges in the BPP finals at the competition.
Business Plan Pitch Video (BPPV)
1. It is the initial impression of a business plan that determines its worthiness of the judges' time and
attention.
2. The BPPV must be submitted within the deadline from the competition website.
3. The BPPV should be uploaded to YouTube, Venmo etc. (not on drive) and the privacy settings
should be ‘unlisted’ so that it doesn’t display publicly. The link should be provided in an A4 paper
without additional links or other information.
4. Max time is 60 seconds.
5. A missing pitch video submission will forfeit the team’s participation in the prelims. Additionally, if
the judges find the pitch video to be of ‘poor form’, the judges may choose to cancel the team’s
presentation preliminaries time slot.

Deep Dive Topic

Prior to the competition a specific deep dive topic, which must be part of the ten-minute presentation, will
be published on the competition website.

Presentation Prelims
1. The presentation prelims shall take place virtually.
2. Presentations are limited to a maximum of ten minutes. The judges will stop any
presentation exceeding ten minutes.
3. The presentation will not be interrupted by questions. Immediately following the
presentation there will be a question-and-answer session.
4. One or more team members may present the business plan.
5. All members involved in BPP must be visible on screen and must be introduced.
6. The questions may be answered by any introduced members even if they were not
presenting.
7. Teams that fail to make their presentation within their assigned time period will receive
zero points for the BPP.

Business Plan Presentation Finals

1. The finalist will be chosen by the judges for separate judging, and it will be a public
competition onsite.
2. Data projectors or screens with VGA or HDMI (type A) input connectors and audio jacks
will be provided for video and audio signal transmission. Teams planning to use other
presentation equipment are responsible for bringing it themselves. The competition
organizers shall not be liable for mishaps that may occur while connecting personal devices
to data projectors or other equipment.

Business Plan Presentation Scoring

The BPP will be evaluated on the categories specified in the following table:
25 penalty points will be reduced if the presentation doesn’t relate to the things mentioned in the BPP
objectives.

The scoring of the BPP is based on the average of the scores given by each of the judges.

The scoring for the non-finalist is calculated as followed:

𝐵𝑃𝑃 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 70× 𝑃 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑚/𝑃 𝑀𝑎𝑥

PTeam is the score awarded to the team.

Pmax is the highest score awarded to any team not participating in the finals.

The scoring of the BPP finalists will vary from 71 to 75 points and is scored immediately after the BPP finals
by all judges.

S3. ENGINEERING DESIGN EVENT

Round Reports Platform
Round 1: Concept-Goals-Management CGMR Virtual
Round 2: Vehicle Engineering Design EDP, DSS Virtual
Round 3: Engineering Design Finals - On-site
Important points
 Proprietary components and systems that are incorporated into the
vehicle design as finished items are not evaluated as a student designed
unit but are only assessed on the team’s selection and application of that
unit.

3.2. CGMR (Concept, goals and management report)

Report involving details on the design development phase of the

conceptual prototype which focuses on key highlights of the vehicle
concept and the processes involved in the same.

This includes but is not limited to goals (overall team goals, overall
design goals, section-based goals etc.), key strategies employed
(procurement, manufacturing, recruitment, budgeting, finance etc.) and
management processes (team, timeline, constraints etc.)

Should not exceed 10 A4-sized pages. Including cover page.

3.3. Design spec sheet

Online submission.
 3.4. Engineering Design Presentation

 Acts as a formal introduction of the final prototype’s design to the design

judges. Submitted prior to the Vehicle Engineering Design judging event.
 Extension to the CGMR, with a primary focus on the engineering design of
the prototype and the reasoning behind the design.

What to do:
A maximum 20 minutes recorded video presentation which should contain a
brief description of the overall vehicle’s engineering design with a review and
derivation of the team’s design objectives. Must be uploaded on a video sharing
platform of your choice (YouTube, Vimeo etc.)
The video link must be publicly accessible.

The link to the EDP should be submitted within a document consisting of 1 (one)
A4 cover page. The page may include additional external links to references;
however, it is to be assumed that the judging panel may not refer to these links.

3.5 Procedure of how the rounds will proceed:

Starts with submission of CGMR, DSS and EDP and their review.

 Round 1 which is the CGM judging event will take place virtually. A physical
prototype is not required to be showcased in this event . The CGM judging
event shall be a precursor to the VED judging event. Poor performance
leads to disqualification.
 Round 2 which is the VED judging event will take place virtually. Teams
will have to showcase a live view of their physical prototype. This judging
round shall determine which teams will move to the finals.
  Round 3 which is the Engineering Design Finals will be held at the
competition on-site.

3.8.1
The overall engineering design event maximum scoring is 150 points for CV/EV.
● Round 1 (CGM) shall constitute a total of 35 points.
● Round 2 (VED) shall constitute a total of 65 points.
● Round 3 (Finals) shall constitute a total of 50 points.

COST AND MANUFACTURING

EVENT
The objective of the cost and manufacturing event is to evaluate the team’s
understanding of the manufacturing processes and costs associated with the
construction of a prototype race car. This includes trade off decisions between
content and cost, make or buy decisions and understanding the differences
between prototype and mass production.
Prior to the competition, three Cost Report Documents (CRD) must be submitted
to the competition website by the deadline specified by the competition.
The CRD consists of the following documents:
● The BOM including DBOM and CBOM created online on the website.
● The supporting material file uploaded as a pdf file to the competition website
● The cost explanation file uploaded as a pdf file to the competition website

During the competition, a discussion with the judges will take place, next to the
team’s vehicle. The discussion is split into three parts:
Part1 “Bill of Material (BOM) Discussion”:
A discussion to evaluate the team’s ability to prepare an accurate engineering
and manufacturing BOM for the complete vehicle. The team must prove the
following:
● The specification of the vehicle in the CRD accurately reflects the vehicle
brought to the competition.
● The costs within the Costed Bill of Material (CBOM) part of the BOM are
correct and realistic.
● The manufacturing feasibility of the vehicle.
Part 2 “Cost Understanding”:
A discussion to evaluate the general cost and manufacturing knowledge of the
team.
Part 3 “Real Case”:
A specific task to evaluate the cost and manufacturing knowledge in a certain
field. The real case task will be published on the competition website prior to the
competition.

DYNAMIC EVENTS
1. Acceleration Event
The objective of the acceleration event is to evaluate the car’s acceleration in a
straight line on flat pavement. The cars will be staged 0.3m behind the starting
line and when the cars cross the starting line the time will start. The goal is located
75m ahead of the starting line. Each team will have two drivers, who can do two
runs each, a total of four runs. This is the event were the suspension design is of
least importance among the dynamic events, but not negligible.

2. Skid-Pad Event
The objective of the skid-pad event is to measure the cornering ability of the car
on a flat surface while making a constant-radius turn. The skid-pad layout will
consist of two circles with a diameter of 15.25m separated by 18.25m. The driving
path will be 3m wide. The procedure of the event is as follows: the cars will start
by entering the right circle completing one lap. Next lap will be timed and
immediately after the left circle is entered for the third lap. The fourth lap will be
timed. Then the driver has the option to make a second run immediately after the
first. Each team will have two drivers who can do two runs each. The design of the
suspension and steering geometry will influence the performance much.

3. Autocross Event
The objective of the autocross event is to evaluate the car’s maneuverability and
handling qualities on a tight course. The autocross course will combine the
performance features of acceleration, braking and cornering. The layout of the
autocross track is made to keep the speeds from being dangerously high, average
speeds should be between 40km/h and 48km/h. The layout is specified as follows:
• Straights – No longer than 80m with hairpins at both ends or no longer than
45m with wide turns on the ends.
• Constant Turns – upto 50m in diameter.
• Hairpin Turns – Minimum of 9m outside diameter.
• Slaloms – Cones in a straight line with 7.5m to 12m spacing.
• Miscellaneous – Chicanes, multiple turns, decreasing radius turns, etc. The
minimum track width will be 3.5m
• Length – less than 1.5 km
Each team will have two drivers entering the event. Each driver will drive two
timed laps and the best time for each driver will stand as the time for that heat.

Endurance and Fuel Economy Event

To evaluate the overall performance and to test the car’s reliability an endurance
event is performed. This event is combined with a fuel economy event implying
that the fuel economy will be measured during the endurance event. A single
22km heat is made during which the teams will not be allowed to work on their
cars. A driver change must be made during a three-minute period at the mid point
of the event. The layout of the endurance track is similar to the layout of the
autocross track:
• Straights – No longer than 80m.
• Constant Turns – upto 50m in diameter.
• Hairpin Turns – Minimum of 9m outside diameter.
• Slaloms – Cones in a straight line with 9m to 15m spacing.
• Miscellaneous – Chicanes, multiple turns, decreasing radius turns etc. The
minimum track width will be 3m.
The length of one lap of the endurance track is approximately 1 km. The length of
the complete endurance is approximately 22 km.