2024 - Hamburg

Competing Teams

From the VU, two teams competed:

• ASE/Alpha: consisting of Max Gallup and Elias Groot
• ASE/One: consisting of Hugo van Wezenbeek and Eduardo Lira

Qualification

The Dutch qualifications were held at the NXP headquarters in Eindhoven where the VU teams competed against 9 other teams from Nijmegen and Düsseldorf. The two fastest teams qualified for a spot in the finals in Bucharest.

Results

Finish	Team	Qualified
1st	ASE/Alpha	✅
3rd	ASE/One	❌

Finals

The global finals were held at the German NXP headquarters in Hamburg, where the VU ASE/Alpha team competed against 18 other teams from Europe, the Middle-East and Africa.

Results

Finish	Time	Team	University	Country	Lap of Honor	Final Points
1st	13.24	ASE/Alpha	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	❌	650
2nd	15.79	FiCar	Masaryk University	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	✅	600
3rd	15.51	B020	Politehnica University of Timisoara	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	550
4th	16.13	Team A314	Politehnica University of Timisoara	🇷🇴 Romania	✅	550
5th	16.46	AT Control	Politehnica University of Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	350
6th	16.52	The duck from the trucks	Politehnica University of Iasi	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	300
7th	16.85	TFT	Hochschule Düsseldorf	🇩🇪 Germany	❌	250
8th	17.38	RAScar	University of Lübeck	🇩🇪 Germany	✅	250
9th	17.13	EmCar	Masaryk University	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	❌	200
10th	17.26	MEA	Polytech Montpellier	🇫🇷 France	❌	150
11th	21.93	Motorskaya	Politehnica University of Iasi	🇷🇴 Romania	✅	150
12th	23.36	Motoriasi	Politehnica University of Iasi	🇷🇴 Romania	✅	150
13th	17.94	TA Spacer	Politehnica University of Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	0
14th	18.48	Turbo	Politehnica University of Iasi	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	0
15th	20.80	Torque Titans	American University of Beirut	🇱🇧 Lebanon	❌	0
16th	29.67	IronWheel	Politehnica University of Iasi	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	0
dnf	-	ASE/One	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	🇳🇱 The Netherlands	❌	0
dnf	-	Fumul Magic 2	Politehnica University of Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	❌	0

Media

The VU ASE/Alpha team (Max Gallup and Elias Groot) receiving tickets for the finals in Hamburg, after qualifying first place in Eindhoven.

The timed run of the VU ASE/Alpha team in Hamburg, as part of the complete competition livestream.

A glimpse of the developed debugging and tuning solution, showcasing the ASE way of keeping the track clean.

The ASE/Alpha team tuning and optimizing their Rover prior to the finals in Hamburg.

The VU ASE/Alpha team assembling one of the first ASE Rovers.

The timed qualification run of the ASE/One team can be found here.

The timed qualification run of the ASE/Alpha team can be found here.

News

You can read more about the VU ASE/Alpha team winning the finals here. The official announcement by NXP is published here.

You can read an interview with some members of the VU ASE team here.