MotoStudent explained

MotoStudent
Category:	Motorcycle sport
Region:	International
Inaugural2:	2009
Tyres:	Bridgestone
Constructor:	2WheelsPoliTo (Petrol) UniBo Motorsport (Electric)

MotoStudent is a biennial competition between students from universities around the whole world that consist in that these students design, manufacture and develop a prototype of competition motorcycle over a year and a half.

Finally, these prototypes compete in an event at MotorLand Aragón, a circuit situated in Alcañiz, in Aragón, Spain.

Since the beginning of the competition, universities from 20 countries have participated in some edition.^[1]

History

This competition was born in Aragón, Spain, becoming an alternative to Formula SAE. On it, students must, on the one hand, present a viable project for the mass production of a motorcycle that they themselves design (calling this part of the competition as MS1), and on the other, manufacture the designed motorcycle, to later evaluate its performance in a final event alongside the rest of the participants (receiving the name of MS2).^[2]

Initially, the only existing category was for prototypes with petrol engine, being a 125 cc and 2-stroke engine from Gas Gas brand. This first edition, in which 23 teams participated, mostly Spanish and Italian, culminated in autumn 2010, with a final event on the MotorLand Aragón track, where the final event of the competition has been held each edition since.^[3]

The second edition took place between 2011 and 2012, with lower reception, as the number of registered teams was reduced to 18. In this new edition the regulations were adapted to become similar to the newly created moto3 category, replacing the engine used in the previous edition by a 4-stroke and 250 cc, this time, made by Yamaha.^[4]

In the third edition, held between 2013 and 2014, the number of participating teams increased to 33, consolidating this event at an international level. Sherco was the brand of the engines supplied to the participants on this occasion.^[5]

In the fourth edition, which took place between 2015 and 2016, a category for 100% electric prototypes was included for the first time. On this occasion, 35 teams are registered in the "petrol" category, powered by an Honda engine, while 17 new teams decide to venture into the newly created "electric" category.^[6]

The fifth edition, carried out between the years 2017 and 2018, represents the continuity of the competition in both categories, as it has a high acceptance by increasing to 47 teams registered in the petrol category, and to 27 in the electric. The brand that supplied the gasoline engines on this occasion was KTM.^[7]

The sixth edition should have been held between 2019 and 2020, but due to the exceptional situation derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, various postponements took place that lengthened the duration until 2021, with the competition taking place definitively in July of the year. 88 were the teams registered between the two categories, being the historical maximum of participation. To date, it has been the only edition in which an engine model has been repeated in the petrol category, being again supplied by KTM.^[8]

List of winners

The prizes that are distributed in the competition are for the best project (MS1), the best design, the best innovation, the best team adding the points from MS1 plus those from MS2 (global), the best rookie, as well as the three first classified in the MS2 phase, as this is the most relevant as it reflects the behavior of the prototypes in competition.

Edition	Years	Category	MS1 (Project)	Design	Innovation	Global	Rookie
			Team (University)	Team (University)	Team (University)	Team (University)	Team (University)
I	2009/2010	Petrol	ETSIIT-UPNa Racing Public University of Navarre	UMA Racing University of Málaga	Moto Maq-Lab-Uc3m University Carlos III of Madrid	–	–
II	2011/2012	Petrol	2WheelsPolito Polytechnic University of Turin	MS2 Uniovi University of Oviedo	UPM Motostudent Polytechnic University of Madrid	–	–
III	2013/2014	Petrol	2WheelsPolito Polytechnic University of Turin	ETSEIB Racing Polytechnic University of Catalonia	EUPT Bikes University of Zaragoza	–	–
IV	2015/2016	Petrol	ETSEIB Racing Polytechnic University of Catalonia	MOTO-MAQLAB-UC3M University Carlos III of Madrid	Proyecto Guepardo Miguel Hernández University of Elche	ETSEIB Racing Polytechnic University of Catalonia	–
IV	2015/2016	Electric	EPSUJA TEAM University of Jaén	EUPT BIKES University of Zaragoza	UNIRIOJA University of La Rioja	EUPT BIKES University of Zaragoza	–
V	2017/2018	Petrol	Quartodilitro Unipd University of Padua	Typhoon MotoRacing UOWM University of Western Macedonia	Typhoon MotoRacing UOWM University of Western Macedonia	Polimi Motorcycle Factory Polytechnic University of Milan	Sapienza Gladiators RT Sapienza University of Rome
V	2017/2018	Electric	e-Ride ETSEIB Polytechnic University of Catalonia	UPM MotoStudent Electric Polytechnic University of Madrid	eLaketric - UAS Constance University of Konstanz	UMA RACING TEAM University of Málaga	UniBo Motorsport University of Bologna
VI	2019/2021	Petrol	2WheelsPoliTO Polytechnic University of Turin	2WheelsPoliTO Polytechnic University of Turin	Panther Racing Auth Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	2WheelsPoliTO Polytechnic University of Turin	Stretto In Carena UNIME University of Messina
VI	2019/2021	Electric	Polimi Motorcycle Factory Polytechnic University of Milan	UniBo Motorsport University of Bologna	IMPULSE UNIMORE University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	UniBo Motorsport University of Bologna	LEM Wroclaw University of Wrocław

Podium in the "Petrol" MS2 category

Edition	Winner	University	Second	University	Third	University
I	Alcañiz-Unizar	University of Zaragoza	MotoUPCT	Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena	MotostudentZGZ-Unizar	University of Zaragoza
II	ETSEIB Racing	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	EPSUJA Team	University of Jaén	2WheelsPolito	Polytechnic University of Turin
III	UMH Moto-Experience	Miguel Hernández University of Elche	UCO Racing	University of Córdoba	Moto UBU	University of Burgos
IV	2WheelsPoliTO	Polytechnic University of Turin	ETSEIB Racing	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	QuartoDiLitro UniPd	University of Padua
V	Polimi Motorcycle Factory	Polytechnic University of Milan	FLORIDA MOTO TEAM	Florida Universitaria	Team Motoetsiuhu	University of Huelva
VI	2WheelsPoliTO	Polytechnic University of Turin	Motostudent Unizar	University of Zaragoza	QuartoDiLitro UniPd	University of Padua

Podium in the "Electric" MS2 category

Edition	Winner	University	Second	University	Third	University
IV	MotoSpirit	Polytechnic University of Catalonia	UPM Motostudent Electric	Polytechnic University of Madrid	UJI Electric Racing Team	Jaume I University
V	UMA RACING TEAM	University of Málaga	UPM MotoStudent Electric	Polytechnic University of Madrid	UniBo Motorsport	University of Bologna
VI	UMA RACING TEAM	University of Málaga	UniBo Motorsport	University of Bologna	UPM MotoStudent Electric	Polytechnic University of Madrid

Notes and References

1. Web site: La sexta edición de MotoStudent en Motorland confirma a 88 equipos. 12 June 2019.
2. Web site: Proyecto Motostudent: Diseña una moto de competición de 125 y participa en el CEV. 19 June 2009.
3. Web site: ETSIIT-UPNa Racing y Alcañiz-Unizar, primeros ganadores de Motostudent. 3 October 2010.
4. Web site: Turín y Barcelona triunfan en el II MotoStudent. 16 October 2012.
5. Web site: MotorLand escenario de la III Competición Internacional MotoStudent.
6. Web site: Éxito del Motostudent 2016. 10 October 2016.
7. Web site: Universidad de Málaga y Politécnico de Milán ganadores del Motostudent 2018. 10 October 2018.
8. Web site: MotoStudent 2021: Ganadores y premiados. 19 July 2021.