The competition is designed to encourage innovation and the students’ ability to apply theoretical knowledge learned at university. The evaluation is divided into a static and a dynamic part. The static events consist of Engineering Design, Cost & Manufacturing, and Business Plan Presentation. The dynamic events include Skidpad, Autocross, Acceleration, and Endurance and Efficiency events. The cars need to pass technical inspection to ensure safety during dynamic events. These technical inspections are carried out by people with lots of motorsport experience in open-wheel, rally, or touring car championships. The main focus of the competition isn’t racing and lap times, but rather innovation and application of theoretical knowledge in a practical environment.

One of the key parts of the competition is financing, since the entire project is financed by sponsors and donors. This is where the team members show their marketing and management skills. The first competition was held in the 1980s in the USA, and competitions have been held across the world ever since. Today, over 20 countries host competitions. The largest ones are in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Spain. They are organized by societies such as IMechE (United Kingdom), SAE International (USA), VDI (Germany), etc. They include engineers from different industries and motorsports (F1, WTCC, DTM...). The competitions are international, therefore there can be over 100 teams from the entire world competing.

The association operates in Croatia and has the primary purpose of bringing together students with common interests. Other goals of the association are forming a strong collaboration between the University and the industry, better information sharing, connecting students with each other and with administrative bodies of the university along with the organization of various sporting events, traveling, and other activities. When it was established in 1995, the association had four branches – the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb, the Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from Split, and the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering from Rijeka and Slavonski Brod. Because of various circumstances, HSA-SF was inactive from 2000 until 2003.

HSA-SF is a non-profit, independent, and non-government association that counts about 100 members from various faculties who are interested in motorsport, the result of which is: the first Croatian Formula Student team – FSB Racing Team. HSA-SF was responsible for many projects accomplished either on its own or in collaboration with other associations. HSA-SF also closely cooperates with other FAMENA associations such as HUSZ-Euroavia Zagreb, Croatian Association of Naval Architecture Students, the Student’s Council, and some associations from other faculties from Zagreb. HSA-SF has had a diverse, hard-working, and accomplished history, and we hope to improve it with our hard work and knowledge.

PROJECTS

● First Croatian Congress of Engineering Students – November 1996.

● Second Croatian Congress of Engineering Students – November 1997.

● European Congress of Technical Faculty Students – 1998.

● Sailing and diving on the Adriatic – 2000.

● Various professional and tourist excursions and visits (Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Graz, Rome, Frankfurt, Vienna)

● FSB Racing team – 2003. – present

● Career Day (FSB) – 2003. – 2008.

● University review in Zagreb – 2005. – 2008.

● FSB Karting kup – 2005. – 2016.