The 2013 Formula Student competition in the UK saw an electric car win the event overall for the first time.

We debate the rise of electric cars, investigate hybrid chassis, and explain how Mercedes HPP uses the competition to recruit into its Formula 1 engine development programme.

We have also included the first (of four) of our popular Aerobytes column, having tested the University of Hertfordshire’s winged Formula Student car in the wind tunnel.

Subscribe to the magazine to read the next three instalments, a must read for any team competing this year!