Team Bath Racing Electric, the University of Bath’s student racing team, recently met with sponsors in their first dedicated sponsorship event ahead of 2024.

The recent sponsorship event | Photo © University of Bath
Team members held the networking event in the University’s School of Management, where they met with several different companies, including AB Dynamics, Babcock, Cadence, Lineat, Mewburn Ellis, Rotork, Vector and Zuken.
This allowed them to talk with their existing sponsors and discuss potential partnerships with other companies.
The 2023 car was on display at the event, where company representatives enjoyed a drinks reception and a presentation by core members Alexandra Sharankova, Alexandre About and James Wainwright.
This included details on previous successes, current designs and future plans to give sponsors an insight into the inner workings of the team.
The Mayor of Bath, Dine Romero, also attended the event and spoke to the team afterwards, sharing her ideas on how the team could fundraise and get involved in the local community.
Sponsorship is integral to the team’s performance as it provides funding for them to buy and manufacture components for the car, as well as arrange travel to competitions in both the UK and throughout Europe.
This year money is also being raised through a crowdfunding campaign. You can find out more here.
In 2024, the team will compete at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, as well as in international Formula Student events across Europe.
Team Bath Racing Electric (TBRe) is based out of the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design and has grown considerably since it started in 2015, from fewer than 10 members to almost 100.
The team is made up of around 50 core members, with a further 50 involved in other aspects of the operation.
Participants are typically Mechanical and Electrical Engineering students, assisted by a variety of students from other degree programmes.
Formula Student is Europe’s most established international engineering competition, in which students design, build and race their own Formula-style car.
Many of the students who take part go on to careers in the automotive and motorsport industries, including at Formula 1 teams and top-tier car manufacturers.
University of Bath Formula Student teams have been among the UK’s top performers over several years, with TBRe finishing third in the ‘Electric Vehicle’ category in Portugal last year.