Formula Student Learn to Win 2027

Friday 16 October 2026

Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry

The new Formula Student season starts here

Learn to Win is your chance to get ahead before your 2027 project gets fully underway. Get up to speed on the latest competition rules, hear directly from senior judges, learn from successful teams and industry experts, and get practical advice to help your team build a stronger project from day one.

Bring your questions. Test your thinking. Get the advice you need to hit the ground running.

Booking deadline: 2 October 2026

Get your 2027 campaign off to a flying start

Formula Student is a huge project. The earlier you get the right things right, the better your chances of success at Silverstone.

Learn to Win brings the Formula Student community together before the competition season gets underway, giving teams the knowledge, advice and connections they need to make their 2027 campaign their best yet.

Whether you are a brand-new team or an experienced Formula Student competitor, you will leave with a clearer understanding of what lies ahead and what you should be doing next.


What can you get from Learn to Win?

Get ahead of the rules and understand what is changing for 2027

Speak directly to judges and get guidance on the areas that matter most to your team

Improve your presentations for Engineering Design, Cost & Manufacturing and Business Plan events

Get your project management on track with practical advice on planning, milestones and risk

Understand Technical and EV Scrutineering before you get too far into your design

Find out how to compete in FS-AI and develop your autonomous vehicle project

Learn from successful Formula Student teams and hear what they would do differently

Get hands-on advice through specialist workshops

Discover software, simulation and engineering tools from Formula Student partners and sponsors


Get advice directly from the judges

Your project. Your questions. Their expertise.

One of the biggest benefits of Learn to Win is the opportunity to have focused, one-to-one conversations with Formula Student judges and specialists.

These are development sessions, not formal judging.

Bring along the questions you are wrestling with, early ideas you want to test, or areas where you are not sure what good looks like. Judges can help you understand the requirements, identify potential issues and point you towards areas to investigate before they become bigger problems.

Choose the areas that matter most to your team

When you register, you will be able to indicate which judging or specialist areas you would most like to discuss. These preferences will be used to build your team's timetable, subject to availability.

Sessions will include:

Engineering Design | Cost & Manufacturing | Business Presentation | Project Management | Technical Scrutineering | EV Scrutineering | FS-AI | Dynamic Events | Specialist technical areas

Don't wait until Silverstone to find out what the judges are looking for.


Learn from the people who have done it

Hear directly from Formula Student judges, organisers, successful teams, industry experts and partners covering:


  • 2027 rules and key changes
  • Project management for the year
  • Successful strategies
  • FS-AI
  • Engineering Design, Cost & Manufacturing, and Business Plan presentations
  • Technical and EV Scrutineering
  • Dynamic events considerations and setup
  • Simulation, software and engineering tools
  • Financial awards and funding

And much more: speakers, session details and timings will be added as they are confirmed.

New to Formula Student? You belong here

Learn to Win is for every Formula Student team, whatever your experience, vehicle type or competition class. It's particularly useful for:

New team members getting to grips with Formula Student

Returning teams looking to improve their performance

Vehicle design and scrutineering

Team leaders and project managers

Students working on Design, Cost, Business or Project Management

Technical and Electrical systems

Teams competing in FS-AI

Faculty Advisors supporting Formula Student projects

You don't need to have everything figured out; that's what Learn to Win is for.


Join us in Coventry

We look forward to seeing you in Coventry and getting your 2027 Formula Student season off to a flying start.

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