UoP1 was way ahead of its time, featuring an in-house built hybrid composite monocoque chassis with a removable subframe, 10-inch wheels to minimise unsprung mass and inertia, and a four-cylinder Yamaha engine. The team won the IMechE Design Award and took first place overall in Class 2 at Formula Student UK in 2003 (the only European competition back then, held at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground), and was the first ever Greek entry in Class 1 in 2004. Reliability issues stopped the team scoring high, but the experience was crucial for everything that followed. Since 2014 UoP1 has a new home in the Hellenic Motor Museum, as part of the permanent exhibition “Made by Hellas”.
Yamaha YZF600R, 4 cyl.
Monocoque + rear subframe
With 68 kg driver
Wheelbase
2537 / 1431 / 1146 / 1650 mm
1240 / 1220 mm
280 kg
Double unequal length A-arms, push-rod actuated, horizontally oriented spring and damper (front and rear)
6 in wide, 2-piece aluminium rim, 2 in negative offset
Cast iron, hub mounted, 160 mm dia., 5 mm thick, vented, Nissin 2-piston caliper
Cast iron, differential mounted, 215 mm dia., 5 mm thick, vented, Nissin 2-piston caliper
Carbon fibre monocoque 2-piece front section / hybrid rear subframe (aluminium sheet and steel tubes)
Woven CC201 carbon fibre, 4130 laser-cut sheet steel, 4130 25 mm OD tubing
1996 Yamaha YZF600R, 4 cylinder
62 mm / 49.6 mm / 4 / 599 cc
Student designed and built, sequential fuel injection
8500 rpm / 6500 rpm
520 chain, O-ring
Limited slip, Torsen T-1 (University Special)
