TheFormula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) is an annualsolar-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 racesolar-powered vehicles.

Every two years the race serves as a qualifier for theAmerican Solar Challenge road race.^[1]

• 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 4 square meters (43 sq ft).^[2]
• 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.

Formula Sun Grand Prix is governed by theInnovators Educational Foundation,^[3] and was started in summer 2000 atHeartland Park race track inTopeka, Kansas, in conjunction with asolar-bike race.

It has served as a qualifying race for the biennialAmerican 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.

The inaugural race was held atHeartland Park Topeka race track inTopeka,Kansas. It was won byRose-Hulman Institute of Technology'sSolar Phantom V.^[4] The stock class was won by theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla'sSolar Miner II.

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

• The first event was again held atHeartland Park Topeka and theRose-Hulman again took first place overall^[5] withSolar Phantom VI, while the stock class was won by the co-op team fromMinnesota State University, Mankato andWinona State University.

• The second event was held atGingerman Raceway^[6] inSouth Haven, Michigan, and was won byPrincipia College'sRA IV, while the stock class was won byStanford University.

FSGP 2002 was held atHeartland Park Topeka and was won by theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla'sSolar Miner III,^[7] while the stock class was won byKansas State University.

FSGP 2003 was held atHeartland Park Topeka and served as a qualifier for the 2003American Solar Challenge. It was won by theUniversity of Minnesota'sBorealis II,^[8] whileKansas State finished just one lap behind in second place. The stock class was won byNorth Dakota State University.

FSGP 2004 was held atHeartland Park Topeka and theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla'sSolar Miner IV^[7] took first place overall.

FSGP 2005 was held atHeartland Park Topeka and served as a qualifier for the 2005North American Solar Challenge. It was won byMinnesota'sBorealis III.^[9]

After a three-year hiatus due to a lack of funding,FSGP 2009 was held atMotorSport Ranch inCresson, Texas. TheUniversity of Minnesota'sCentaurus took first place overall.^[10]

FSGP 2010 was again held at theMotorSport Ranch Cresson and served as a qualifier for the 2010American Solar Challenge. It was won by theUniversity of Michigan.^[11]

FSGP 2011 was held at theIndianapolis Motor Speedway inIndianapolis,Indiana, as part of theIndianapolis 500's 100th-anniversary celebrations.Minnesota'sCentaurus II took first place overall.^[12]

FSGP 2012 was held at theMonticello Motor Club inMonticello,New York, and served as a qualifier for the 2012American Solar Challenge. It was won byMichigan.^[13]

FSGP 2013 was held atCircuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas.Oregon State University'sPhoenix took first place overall, whileIllinois State University'sMercury IV finished one lap behind in second place, andIowa State University'sHyperion finished one lap behind them in third place.^[14]

FSGP 2014 was again held atCircuit of the Americas and served as a qualifier for the 2014American Solar Challenge. It was won byMichigan. 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.^[15]

FSGP 2015 was held again atCircuit of the Americas on July 29–31, 2015. It was won byIowa State University with 223 total laps and a fast lap of 4:30.444, both track records for solar cars.^[16] Hot weather forced most of the teams to have to pull into the pits at times to cool their batteries. TheUniversity of Calgary became the first Cruiser team to compete in FSGP.

* Teams with a Cruiser Class vehicle tied below the next conventional team.

FSGP 2016 took place at Pitt Race inWampum, Pennsylvania on July 26–28, 2016. It served as a qualifier for the 2016American Solar Challenge.^[17] It was won byMichigan.

FSGP 2017 was held again atCircuit of the Americas on July 6–8, 2017. It was won by the CalSol team ofUC Berkeley with 228 total laps.^[18]

FSGP 2018 was held at Motorsports Park Hastings inHastings, Nebraska on July 10–12, 2018. This year featured the first ever Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) class at FSGP, which was won byUniversity of Minnesota with triple the score of the runner-up, setting a record as the first team to win FSGP 5 times. The Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) class was won byPolytechnique Montreal with 403 laps.^[19]

FSGP 2019 was held atCircuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas on July 4–6, 2019. The Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) class was won byUniversity of Calgary with a Score of 24.188. The Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) class was won byPolytechnique Montreal with 230 laps.^[20]

FSGP 2020 was planned to return toHeartland Park Topeka on July 10-16, 2020,^[21] but was postponed to September^[22] and ultimately cancelled^[23] due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

FSGP 2021 was held atHeartland Park Topeka on July 30-August 1, 2021. The Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) class was won byUniversity of Minnesota with a Score of 26.873. The Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) class was won by theUniversity of Kentucky with 250 laps.^[24]

FSGP 2022 was held atHeartland Park Topeka on July 5-7, 2022.^[25] The Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) class was won byPolytechnique Montréal with a Score of 135.4. The Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) class was won byPrincipia College with 299 laps.^[26]

Electrek FSGP 2023 was held at Heartland Motorsports Park. Topeka, KS June 27 - July 2. The Single-Occupant Vehicle (SOV) class was won by the University of Florida - 707.5 miles (283 laps). The Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) class was won byPolytechnique Montréal with a 137.3 points / 1,315 person miles (263 laps).

Electrek FSGP 2024 was held at theNational Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, KY from July 16-18th. The 2024 event served as the qualifier for the ElectrekAmerican Solar Challenge 2024 which immediately followed FSGP. Difficult weather resulted in many teams not meeting the qualification requirements for ASC with some being granted provisional qualification. The Single Occupant Class was won by team Éclipse fromÉcole de technologie supérieure with 215 lap completed for a total of 677.25 miles. The Multi-Occupant Class was also won by a team fromMontreal with Project Esteban fromPolytechnique Montréal earning the top score of 88.57.^[27]

For the second year in a row, Electrek FSGP 2025 was held at theNational Corvette Museum Motorsports Park inBowling Green, KY. It took place between July 3rd-6th, with 33 teams competing in this year's event.^[28] The Single Occupant Class was won by team Illini Solar Car from theUniversity of Illinois, with their car Calypso completing 223 laps for a total of 702.5 miles. For the fourth consecutive year, the Multi-Occupant Class was won by a team Esteban fromPolytechnique Montréal, with a score of 148.4.^[29]

• List of solar car teams
• List of prototype solar-powered cars

• American Solar Challenge
• The Solar Car Challenge, an annual event for high school students from the U.S. and (to a lesser extent) other parts of the world; first held in 1995
• South African Solar Challenge, aSouth African biennial event; first held in 2008
• World Solar Challenge, anAustralian biennial world championship solar car race

• americansolarchallenge.org/about/formula-sun-grand-prix, the official website of the Formula Sun Grand Prix

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• Auto races in the United States
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• Solar energy in the United States

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