Ryan Kraft, former member of the #1 world ranked University of Michigan FSAE team, discusses how to set priorities for how your team defines winning and ways to pursue them.

Simply finding the combination that gives the fastest laptime is missing the point. The point is to understand the size of each effect, and how to engineer each effect to achieve the fastest laptime.

As you move through the design process, you start with insight, then gradually trade insight for accuracy.

Defining requirements, validating models, on-car tuning, and understanding the root cause of problems. The process of developing and troubleshooting a steering system.

Chassis, mass, and aerodynamic interactions affecting steady-state balance, and the purpose of anti-roll bars.

Skidpad testing, understeer gradient, handling and driver feedback, simulation with tire force and moment data.