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Una stagione di successi in
ambito automotive per Unimore

A successful automotive season for Unimore

Successful results have been achieved by the three MMR teams - More Modena Racing of Unimore: Com-
bustion, Hybrid, and Driverless. The combustion car team achieved excellent results in the Formula Student
Austria, a second overall place in the circuit of Catalonia, the “Best innovation and technology” award for
the architecture of the powertrain of the car and, in Varano de’ Melegari, fought until the end and obtained
the final victory against the Austrian team of the Joanneum Graz University, one of the most structured and
competitive teams in the world.
On the Varano de’ Melegari circuit, the hybrid car of the MMR Hybrid team managed to beat many teams of
Italian and foreign universities, with both combustion and electric cars, obtaining times at mid-rankings.
During the past season, also the Driverless team, with its prototype self-driving car, after three years of de-
velopment finally made its debut in the Formula Student competition at Silverstone winning the Autonomous
Design test and the second overall place in the ADS category.
In addition, Unimore has recently distinguished itself in the final of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a self-
driving racing car competition held in the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) circuit, where the Eu-
roracing team, led by Prof. Marko Bertogna of Unimore, raced against teams of 21 international universities
and obtained the second place, with a prize of 100 thousand euros, behind only the TUM, the Polytechnic of
Munich.

i chiude un’altra stagione ed è gevo del reparto corse, guidato da Mattia Priori,
tempo di bilanci per gli studenti ha avuto una crescita costante durante tutta la
e le studentesse dei tre team stagione.
MMR - More Modena Rac- Già in occasione della Formula Student Aus-

Sing di Unimore: Combus- tria, prima partecipazione assoluta di MMR nella
tion, Hybrid e Driverless. più prestigiosa gara europea sul circuito RedBull

La valutazione certamente è positiva per l’anno Ring, il team Unimore è riuscito a conquistare
della ripresa, dopo la stagione di stop forzato una prima vittoria ‘parziale’ nella gara di ac-
dovuto alla pandemia. celerazione, con il tempo di 3.8s nei 75m, che

Il team della vettura a combustione, il più lon- non ha portato, tuttavia, al podio nella classifica
generale.

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