The concept behind Formula SAE is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a student design team to develop a small Formula-style race car.

Formula SAE encompasses all aspects of a business including research, design, manufacturing, testing, developing, marketing, management, and fund raising.

Formula SAE takes students out of the class room and puts them in the real world.

Formula SAE has relatively few performance restrictions.

After the 1992 competition, the three formed a consortium to run Formula SAE.

The Formula SAE is an international race car design competition, which is attended by over 150 top universities from across the world.

Formula SAE takes students out of the classroom and allows them to apply textbook theories to real work experiences.

As with Formula SAE, the course is marked with orange traffic cones.

Università di Pisa competed for the first time in Formula SAE in 2008.

In the E-Team's vision the Formula SAE is a proof of concept and a bridge to the job market.