Albi Eco Race 2018

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The Albi Eco Race at Circuit d’Albi in France this weekend had five solar car teams in addition to their other race classes (see also the race start). The weather was fine. You can check out the copious FB photographs from Eco Solar Breizh or the official social media (  and  ). Final results are shown below.

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  Eco Solar Breizh 

This team came 14^th at Abu Dhabi 2015. It is a French (or rather, Breton) team, started in 2008. They also raced at ESC in 2014, and came third in the 2017 Albi Eco Race. Their car is called Heol, and is a symmetric design. They recently got new solar panels. Final result: 5^th.

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  Bélénos 

This team is from Polytech Clermont-Ferrand. They raced at WSC 2009. Final result: 3^rd.

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  Lycée Jehan de Beauce (Project 28)

This team, from Lycée Jehan de Beauce in Chartres, fielded two cars: SolCar28 (illustrated) and WattSun28. Final result: 4^th (WattSun28) and 6^th (SolCar28).

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  Bochum University of Applied Sciences 

This team came 2^nd in the WSC 2013 Cruiser class. They came 3^rd in the WSC 2015 Cruiser class. They came 2^nd in the WSC 2017 Cruiser class. They came second in the 2017 Albi Eco Race. They drove to Circuit d’Albi with their 2011 car, SolarWorld GT. They also took their incredibly beautiful 2015 car, the ThyssenKrupp SunRiser. Both are 2-seat Cruisers. Final result: 1^st (SolarWorld GT, 103 laps or 367 km) and 7^th (SunRiser, 100 laps but late-race battery problems).

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  Dokuz Eylül University / Solaris 

This team came 25^th at WSC 2015. They came 9^th at ESC 2016. Their car is called Destech Solaris, and is a symmetric design. They arrived at Albi very early Friday morning, after a long trip. Final result: 2^nd.

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This page last updated 15:52 on 27 May 2018 AEST

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