In hot pursuit of Schumacher; In the Formula Student Germany series, 41 university teams from 11 countries compete with racecars they designed themselves.(Supplement)

Byline: Alexandra Haack

At this school, the classroom is a pitstop.

In Formula Student Germany, university students compete to see who can design, build and ultimately drive the highest-performance formula racecars.

This year, teams from 41 colleges in 11 countries participated. Most were like the German team from the University of Applied Sciences of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.

The Lower Saxony students and their Wob (for Wolfsburg) Racing Team found sponsors at last year's International Supplier Fair. They will be back at the event this year (hall 6, stand 6/324), along wth their new WR02 racecar.

"We virtually paid for our car with …