The Lausanne Racing Team is a rookie Formula student team in 2019. It gathered 50 people around this project. For its first season Orion went racing in Germany at Hockenheim and in Spain at Barcelona. The design focus was on reliability in order to build a solid basis for the years to come. It is also a more environmentaly friendly EV thanks to the use of flax fiber for most of the composites.

FRAME CONSTRUCTION Tubular space frame

MATERIAL E235 steel Tubing (round 25mm diameter and square 25x25mm)

OVERALL (L / W / H) 3002mm / 1432mm / 1200mm

WHEELBASE / TRACK (Front / Rear) 1570mm / 1250mm / 1250mm

WEIGHT WITH 68kg DRIVER (Front / Rear) 150kg / 196kg

SUSPENSION Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper

TYRES (Front / Rear) Avon 7.2/20.0-13 / Avon 7.2/20.0-13

WHEELS (Front / Rear) 7×13, 22mm offset, Al Rim, 4 stud bolt / 7×13, 22mm offset, Al Rim, 4 stud bolt

NUMBER OF MOTORS / LOCATION / MAX POWER   1 / Rear / 100KW

MOTOR TYPE Emrax 228

MAX MOTOR RPM 6000

MOTOR CONTROLLER Unitek Bamocar D3 700

MAX SYSTEM VOLTAGE 600V

ELECTRODE MATERIALS LiPo

COMBINED ACCUMULATOR CAPACITY 8.65 kWh

TRANSMISSION RATIO (PRIMARY / SECONDARY) 1 / 4,03

DRIVE TYPE 520 & 530 X-ring chain

DIFFERENTIAL Ajustable clutch pack limited slip diffe- rential

COOLING Single radiator, with fan on main-hoop bracing

BRAKE SYSTEM 4-Disk system, self made 220mm rotors,adjustable brake balance, AP racing calipers

ELECTRONICS Traction control, launch control, self developed BMS

Work in Progress

After the 2020 season interrupted due to Covid. A new team was recruited to work on the 2021 prototype. As of today, it cannot be revealed yet. Follow the progress on the social medias to be aware of the official presentation date of this second car build at EPFL.