The Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) is an annual solar-car race that takes place on closed-loop race tracks. In the race, teams from colleges and universities throughout North America design, build, test, and race solar-powered vehicles.

Every two years the race serves as a qualifier for the American Solar Challenge road race.

Format and organization Rules The race consists of three days of freely driving laps around the race track. The team with the most total laps driven wins. The total area of all solar cells and related reflectors, etc., must not exceed . The solar array may be reoriented toward the sun for charging batteries for specified time periods before and after race hours. Strict specifications and engineering scrutiny process is provided for vehicle configuration, safety requirements, and other standards. Previous races have divided teams into "open" and "stock" classes based on levels of solar cell and battery technologies.

History Formula Sun Grand Prix is governed by the Innovators Educational Foundation, and was started in summer 2000 at Heartland Park race track in Topeka, Kansas, in conjunction with a solar-bike race.

It has served as a qualifying race for the biennial American Solar Challenge road race.

The race was held there every year through 2005 until the 2007 American Solar Challenge was canceled due to funding issues. It resumed in 2009 and has been held every year since then at a few different venues.

2000 The inaugural race was held at Heartland Park Topeka race track in Topeka, Kansas. It was won by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Solar Phantom V. The stock class was won by the University of Missouri-Rolla's Solar Miner II.

Results Rank Team Laps 1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 396 2 University of Missouri-Rolla 382 3 University of Minnesota 362 4 Kansas State University 345 5 University of Missouri #4 326 6 Iowa State University 293 7 University of North Dakota 276 8 Lincoln Land Community College 201 9 Purdue University 196 10 Minnesota State / Winona State 166 11 Michigan Tech University 157 12 University of Missouri #43 133 13 South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 124 14 Florida A&M University / Florida State University 122

2001 FSGP 2001 served as a qualifier for the 2001 American Solar Challenge and was the only year when multiple events were held.

The first event was again held at Heartland Park Topeka and the Rose-Hulman again took first place overall with Solar Phantom VI, while the stock class was won by the co-op team from Minnesota State University, Mankato and Winona State University.

Results Rank Team Laps 1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 353 2 Minnesota State University, Mankato / Winona State 208 3 North Dakota State University 122 4 University of Missouri-Rolla 102 5 Iowa State University 92 6 University of Michigan 92 7 University of Missouri 85 8 Messiah College 80 9 Texas A&M 77 10 University of North Dakota 72 11 University of Waterloo 66 12 University of Minnesota 63 13 Principia College 35

The second event was held at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, Michigan, and was won by Principia College's RA IV, while the stock class was won by Stanford University.

Results Rank Team 1 Principia College 2 École de technologie supérieure 3 University of Toronto

2002 FSGP 2002 was held at Heartland Park Topeka and was won by the University of Missouri-Rolla's Solar Miner III, while the stock class was won by Kansas State University.

Results Rank Team 1 Missouri S&T 2 University of Minnesota 3 Kansas State University 4 Principia College

2003 FSGP 2003 was held at Heartland Park Topeka and served as a qualifier for the 2003 American Solar Challenge. It was won by the University of Minnesota's Borealis II, while Kansas State finished just one lap behind in second place. The stock class was won by North Dakota State University.

Results Rank Team 1 University of Minnesota 2 Kansas State University 3 4 UC Berkeley 5 Auburn University

2004 FSGP 2004 was held at Heartland Park Topeka and the University of Missouri-Rolla's Solar Miner IV took first place overall.

Results Rank Team 1 Missouri S&T 2 University of Minnesota 3 Kansas State University 4 University of Missouri

2005 FSGP 2005 was held at Heartland Park Topeka and served as a qualifier for the 2005 North American Solar Challenge. It was won by Minnesota's Borealis III.

Results Rank Team 1 University of Minnesota 2 Iowa State University 3 Auburn University 4 UC Berkeley 5 Northwestern University

2009 After a three-year hiatus due to a lack of funding, FSGP 2009 was held at MotorSport Ranch in Cresson, Texas. The University of Minnesota's Centaurus took first place overall.

Results Rank Team Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Total Laps Fast Laps 1 University of Minnesota 169 152 166 487 0:02:20 2 University of Kentucky 109 138 146 393 0:02:33 3 Northwestern University 124 102 145 371 0:02:58 4 University of Waterloo 135 104 127 366 0:02:53 5 Illinois State University 77 125 108 310 0:03:20 6 SUNY - New Paltz 63 99 126 288 0:02:53 7 Iowa State University 0 47 157 204 0:02:54 8 University of Texas 34 88 77 199 0:02:31 9 UC Berkeley 0 23 44 67 0:03:00

2010 FSGP 2010 was again held at the MotorSport Ranch Cresson and served as a qualifier for the 2010 American Solar Challenge. It was won by the University of Michigan.

Results Rank Team Day 1 Miles Day 2 Miles Day 3 Miles Total Miles 1 University of Michigan246.5251.6222.7720.8 2 Bochum239.7226.1214.2680 3 University of Minnesota178.5239.7198.9617.1 4 Northwestern University107.1175.1188.7470.9 5 Kaohsiung76.5224.4210.8435.2 6 University of Calgary226.1163.228.9418.2 7 SUNY - New Paltz96.9159.8159.8416.5 8 Missouri S&T147.9134.332.3314.5 9 Illinois State University*149.6112.2261.8 10 University of Texas79.9134.3124.1258.4 11 Iowa State University127.5129.20256.7 12 Stanford University79.9180.228.9209.1 13 University of Kentucky23.81190142.8 14 Western Michigan University**88.488.4

2011 FSGP 2011 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, as part of the Indianapolis 500's 100th-anniversary celebrations. Minnesota's Centaurus II took first place overall.

Results Rank Team Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Total Laps 1 University of Minnesota206192171569 2 Illinois State University175191164530 3 Northwestern University174194146514 4 Iowa State University83164156403 5 University of Kentucky12567125317 6 Western Michigan University1011591207 6 Michigan State University012483207 8 Missouri S&T049094 9 University of Michigan90704843 10 University of New Mexico0202

2012 FSGP 2012 was held at the Monticello Motor Club in Monticello, New York, and served as a qualifier for the 2012 American Solar Challenge. It was won by Michigan.

Results Rank Team Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Penalty Laps Total Laps 1 University of Michigan145158146449 2 Iowa State University125146155426 3 Western Michigan University120119127366 4 Illinois State University88131131350 5 Oregon State University8480192181 6 University of Minnesota109071180 7 Principia College10358010151 8 Polytechnique Montreal7628109137 9 UC Berkeley01100110 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology055107107 11 SUNY - New Paltz06694292 12 Michigan State University005050 13 University of New Mexico220022 14 University of Kentucky0066

2013 FSGP 2013 was held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Oregon State University's Phoenix took first place overall, while Illinois State University's Mercury IV finished one lap behind in second place, and Iowa State University's Hyperion finished one lap behind them in third place.

ResultsRankTeam Total LapsDay 1 LapsDay 2 LapsDay 3 LapsPenalty LapsFast Lap 1 Oregon State University19365666315:26.565 2 Illinois State University19264656414:59.886 3 Iowa State University1916152784:42.289 4 Principia College1845654744:46.005 5 Western Michigan University1836664535:36.894 6 University of Texas121344260155:02.661 7 University of Waterloo2000206:33.359 8 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville107127:25.008 9 Georgia Tech10032N/A

2014 FSGP 2014 was again held at Circuit of the Americas and served as a qualifier for the 2014 American Solar Challenge. It was won by Michigan. The race was marred by an electrical fire in a garage causing many team's cars and equipment to be damaged by water from the complex's sprinkler system.

Results Rank Team Total Laps Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Penalty Laps Fast Lap 1 University of Michigan1746951545:05.490 2 Oregon State University1244626524:56.344 3 University of Minnesota 11034532415:17.913 3 Western Michigan University 1105114456:09.962 5 Iowa State University 9246464:35.285 6 Polytechnique Montreal913217426:07.705 7 Missouri S&T8840485:13.075 8 Qazvin Islamic Azad University83425132424:52.169 9 École de technologie supérieure 7725243357:07.314 10 Principia College 66541314:36.109 11 University of Texas 3932 540386:43.137 12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology13135:17.693 12 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville13113114:55.801 14 University of Kentucky5615:44.238 14 UC Berkeley557:07.323 16 Illinois State University01314275:31.655 16 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez00

2015 FSGP 2015 was held again at Circuit of the Americas on July 29–31, 2015. It was won by Iowa State University with 223 total laps and a fast lap of 4:30.444, both track records for solar cars. Hot weather forced most of the teams to have to pull into the pits at times to cool their batteries. The University of Calgary became the first Cruiser team to compete in FSGP.

Results Rank Team Total Laps Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Penalty Laps Fast Lap 1 Iowa State University2237670774:30.444 2 Polytechnique Montreal1926163684:53.313 3 Illinois State University1856956605:05.834 4 Missouri S&T18161666394:49.051 5 Principia College1365040465:24.838 6 University of Texas13347405156:27.730 7 UC Berkeley11030424025:08.716 8 McMaster University9338213846:37.638 9 University of Kentucky8233292224:44.735 9* University of Calgary (Cruiser)*842021435:33.886 11 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville662816225:40.215 12 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez57173421155:25.893 13 Georgia Tech271051317:19.903 14 University of Western Ontario00101 * Teams with a Cruiser Class vehicle tied below the next conventional team.

2016 FSGP 2016 took place at Pitt Race in Wampum, Pennsylvania on July 26–28, 2016. It served as a qualifier for the 2016 American Solar Challenge. It was won by Michigan.

Results Rank Team Total Laps Day 1 Laps Day 2 Laps Day 3 Laps Penalty Laps Fast Lap1University of Michigan51820119412631:412Principia College4541701721122:043Appalachian State University4141531301312:194University of Minnesota (Cruiser)3861401549422:035Illinois State University327120117901:546Polytechnique Montreal321107118961:597École de technologie supérieure3081416510422:048University of Toronto304831656152:079Iowa State University241351377232:0110UC Berkeley20301178821:5711Missouri S&T195091114102:1112McMaster University17769724262:2913Dunwoody College of Technology108063109642:1614University of Kentucky4053044572:4615Zurich University of Applied Sciences2203324352:1416Northwestern University21062492:33

2017

FSGP 2017 was held again at Circuit of the Americas on July 6–8, 2017. It was won by the CalSol team of UC Berkeley with 228 total laps.