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Teil 6

The last event of this year was FS Moscow. And I couldn’t expect that I will be there not as a participant but as an organizer.

I’ve took a post of Chief Event Manager and one of my tasks was a visa support of international guests – judges and teams as well - and it was the moooost interesting task :D

As I already told I was responsible for preparations for visas in my team but it was European visa, but in this autumn I worked on Russian visas for our guests.

When I’ve prepared badges for judges my colleague Anastasia told me that will be very nice if I will write the “International Expert” on judges’ badges... But she didn’t tell me why :D but then I understood that I should write “inDernational expert”

I started to work with guys in time but organizers on another side of this business weren’t very quickly. So, I had time to check all websites for getting the Russian visa in Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Estonia. Everything happened not in time and in unexpectable moments, and that’s why some guys from Brno and Tallinn couldn’t get invitation from organizers but with the help of our university I can make invitations for them from our university (thank you, Kate, alumni of our team are everywhere <3)

Despite the fact that invitations were “fast” guys couldn’t get the visa in time… but my negotiation skills have helped us.

I experienced phone conversations with representatives of Russian Consulates in Germany, Czech Republic, Estonia, Netherlands…. Actually with all countries from where we have waited for our guests. Finally, all guys have received their visas (honestly I was very nervous until the moment when they’ve received it)

Especially I was nervous about judges because of they all are from different cities and did everything independently. If teams were in consulates with the group in case with judges, I thought that I should support each of them and sometimes I thought that I was annoying. But these days for me were like a work at kindergarten :D

Ok, the moment of arrival in Russia has come. Russians are very hospitable people and if guys from Brno and Tallinn were with their teammates it wasn’t so difficult and fearfully to find the way from Airport to Hotel. But anyway I was ready to help guys in every moment))

In cases with judges, we decided to find a person who will meet them and accompany on the way to the hotel. BUUUUT… one of the judges didn’t want to accept the help of meeting person, I’ve thought that he is just this kind of people that don’t like a company with strangers and I even asked him if he likes adventures but he was sure that he doesn’t need help. OOOOKKK. But in the day when he came – he's got lost in the Belorusskaya station but the final destination was Gorky Park :D ahhh. ok, he’s passed the half of way and fortunately, guys found him and everything was good ;D (Moscow is the angry and dangerous city)

After this situation, he’s got the nickname Selbständig (independent) <3

One evening after event day we decided to go to Bar with our German guests and it was very interesting to see their reaction on Russian October Fest. I’m not beer expert but I guess Russian beer is not so good as german :D

Days of events didn’t have some super interesting situations. But I’ve experienced a cost report judge role and it was very hard for me because of we had 12 teams and only 10 minutes break between them. I hope that no one hates me after that :D

Ok, in last day we’ve found some free time and I offered to judges and TU Brno Racing guys to come and see our laboratory and university in general. I came back to kindergarten despite I was the youngest person there but I didn’t want to lose someone in Moscow metro :)

I showed to guys our laboratories, we discussed some things about our projects and then they’ve told me that they wanna eat and it would be good if it will be Russian food. And the first thing that has come to my mind is Teremok in Serebryaniy Dom MALL :D (guys from my university know this place) that’s not a bad place but definitely not for foreigners. We’ve come to Teremok and it was a work shift of one lady who is veeeeery annoying, I told her that these guys don’t speak Russian but she continued to offer them something else :D ok, we ordered 10 units of double portions of pelmeni! :D very Russian food but ladies that worked at this café wasn't so happy but they could make it for us :D when security workers drove us out of the fact that the mall was closing we started to search for another place where we continue our party. We’ve gone to arbat street and tried to find the right place but almost everywhere was face control and dress code and despite the fact we looked awesome we didn’t want to try to make party among luxury Moscow people :D

They don’t deserve our company :P

We finally found the bar at the beginning of New Arbat street and had a good time together.

That was the last night with judges but on the next day, we planned with Brno guys to go to Ostankino Tower…) We came to VDNH station and decided to go to Ostankino by walking. In Moscow all these days the weather was very good. So we enjoyed the weather, Moscow and guys were wondered that drivers can pass pedestrians on road :D

When we finally came up to Ostankino Tower and passed all security checks we came to the ticket office and they told us that all tickets are sold out !!! We continue our trip at VDNH area, and even sent letter from Russia by Russian Post - the fastest post in the world :DDD 

we’ve taken some pictures and It was a time to say goodbye :(

But anyway I was very happy to have a chance to meet my FS friends in Moscow and spend time with them <3

Formula Student Germany

TEIL 5

Actually, I should put this song in the beginning of FS East story too, but here is more suitable. :D

Formula Student Germany. I’ve never been there and I always heard that this is the greatest event in Europe.

So here we go. 

In Czech, I saw info that we will live not in campsite near the Hockenheimring and there will live ALL teams)) 

I couldn’t imagine where organizers can host about 100 teams) but ok)

Group of my teammates with me was the first who came to the campsite it was a bit difficult to find the right place but we’ve coped with it) 

When I’ve tried to talk with people that sat near the entrance they asked me if we are from England? :D but finally we could go through the entrance and there weren’t a lot of people. Only guys from DHBW Stuttgart already have started the party at their tents with different nice german songs.

We were alone.. and had only 2 tents and 1 big inflatable mattress :D guys prepared it and from 1pm till ~ 8 pm we were 7 people with nothing. I and Mark have brought food to guys from Burger King (it was the only one place that worked at Sunday) ja,ja in Germany, everything is closed on Sundays. 

Finally, we met our guys with the truck and started detruck. And there was really cold and I’ve decided to sleep in the truck)) 

the next morning was very good I didn’t feel my back :D But I slept in a warm place

because of at Sunday all shops were closed we didn't know what to eat breakfast... and girls immediately have felt instinct of mothers and we started to search for eggs, sugar, etc in campsite :D

My victims were guys from Greenteam I tried to explain to them what I needed I already spoke German (ein bisschen) but they did not understand what the “EI” I wanna from them: D Ok, Endlich we’ve got eggs from them

DANKEEEE GUYS one day I will return you eggs :]

Btw, guys that drove to Hockenheim from Czech by bus had a problem with transfer to the final destination from Meinheim but guys from Fasttube helped to them. That was really nice and then we met Fasttube members in our camping very often :)

If some of you still don’t know I am fan of Mercedes F1 team :P

And I was very happy to see again the silver arrow and make a picture but finally I have pictures with arrow only on my phone because of my teammate is very good person <3

FSG was full of meetings with different people. 

One evening my teammates have sent me to find someone who will help me to make an order on German eBay... and I was in Ka.race.ing t-shirt and asked people to help me with German eBay... it looked weird I guess :D

My good eyesight let me down and I accidentally approached a guy whose shirt from far away looked like a t-shirt of a Ka.race.ing and I was sure that this guy would help me, But it was the guy from Norway team but he agreed to help me and we tried to make an order. So we did it. And btw we didn’t receive it. 

Hmmmmm....

our boys have found cornfield and brought to us corn and cooked it :D and also we made a trip to the nearest shop in Hockenheim and I liked this area too :)

Static day was cold and full of activenesses I had to present cost report and right after that I presented team management report too but there was very cold I’m still wondered how we didn’t get cold :) 

It was unfair: two men with one me therefore Oleg has helped me :D because of it’s difficult to use 2 CRD folders at the same time especially in dress... :D

Team’s photos I like very much. :D 

On FSG have come our alumni but also our sponsors and one day when one of our sponsors came later we couldn’t pass him on territory and one my friend from another team have helped us a lot. And we could pass our sponsor-alumni on event site :D

one of those who very much waited for me on the FSG was Volkswagen. On the picture below you will see why :D

WELCOME LISA! <3 Where is my Tom? :)

One of the things that I enjoyed a lot - photobooth. I tried to make a picture with all my friends there 

Guys from TU Team Delft one of them is Russian and it was very surprising for me when I talked to them in English and suddenly he started to speak Russian...) It’s unbelievable feeling when you meet someone close to you in another country <3 we were at FS East and FSG and it was always nice and funny conversations 

btw these guys are finalists of all Business Plan events :) 

We had girls party with Porsche, VW, MAN etc and they gave us a lot of pink stuff and boys got jealous :D

Endurance day.. wasn’t funny and it was very stressful... I had to stay in the pit with team’s radios and I watched endurance online and... the last lap of last driver, last half of lap I can`t believe my eyes. camera operators change the frame to another car on the track. And At this moment Whatsapp message from my friend “OH NOOOOO” 

and next picture - our car without wheel... Verdammte Scheiße! 

And after we are taking pictures with the car! Just the wheel nut loosened.. btw I’m sitting on that wheel!

Awards ceremony... 

I’ve met Lewis Hamilton hahaha and it’s become the most popular photo in my Instagram :D 

I was cola drinking girl and it was ok for me :D, unfortunately, MAHLE party didn’t last long so we moved to the campsite.

it’s time of Stoff und Schnaps song!

as usual, I decided to spend the last night with my friends from Karlsruhe) and my lovely friend that taught me sing this song told about it to other guys and they asked me to show them if I really can sing this song :D 

and in that evening I’ve found a personal bodyguard :P he was with me from the moment when we drove from Mahle party with crazy Italians in bus and until the morning :D <3 but was very funny when I’ve stood with my friends in the middle of an empty camping and unexpectedly guys from my team break into our conversation and like "Liza are you ok?" :D but they were in the polo of other teams and no one except me understood that it was my teammates.

And finally, when my friend and I tried to take an OK photo it was like we weren’t somewhere except campsite :D AS ALWAYS 

but it’s nice audi behind us :P

Last day.. we had a transfer to Frankfurt from Heidelberg and our friends from FASTTUBE team helped us again... Ohhh. We have ended up in the very stressful situation with that guys but they were very cold and in the end, we got to Heidelberg in time.

it was very nice from the guy who was a driver of this minivan that he was nervous about us he talked with me and we tried to find the right parking place and... ahhhhh. I’m very thankful to this guy for his help.

When we’ve seen presumably our bus he parked right in front of this bus, so that bus could not leave the station.

but fortunately our bus was delayed by an hour :|

What I would like to say..

That’s very good that despite political differences, relations between people have remained the same. And it doesn’t matter who are you russian, german, hungarian, indian etc... 

The Formula Student unites.  The Formula Student is a one big family.

And only formula student guy on any your question can answer #BECAUSERACECAR

I’m very thankful to each of you <3 And miss you all so much!

 TEIL 4

Let’s go to the most beautiful place of Formula Student event - Autodrom Most.

I loved this place. I’ve been there the second year and every time I like weather and Landschaft there. 

But let’s begin with the capital of Czech - Prague

This year we had a chance to walk around I’ve liked this city. It is beautiful and you don’t need to use public transport :) 

We’ve found John Lennon's memory wall it’s like the wall of VIctor Tsoy on Arbat str in Moscow. It’s very bright wall and we spent a lot of time there to make a lot of pictures with girls :) 

But also we’ve been waiting for guys that walked to some famous building from some film)

When we were on one of the main squares we’ve seen the big red ball and we started to play with it and take pictures. But then one nice woman came up to us and asked where we are from and said we are first who started play with this ball because of she is making a mini film and use this ball in different cities and no one comes up to this ball :D

Days at Autodrom Most were very interesting: every day we saw racing of AMG cars or motorcycles. And we liked to cook there much more than at FS East because of there was not so hot :) 

The first day as always started from Team Welcome and it was a bit dangerous to come there in t-shirt from FS East but my hair’s saved me :D

I like FS CZ campsite because of while you are heading to shower or to the washing area you can meet a lot of people and I was happy to hear “Good morning” and see smiling every morning from friends. It was very funny campsite exactly at FS CZ I’ve figured out that song “Without me” became a song of this event thanks to the Fasttube and Fasttda teams :D

Statics was very interesting as always.. last year I even couldn't get my feedback because of my judge was also scrutineer, marshal etc...

ok. Now I’ve undertood how it can be but about it I will tell later :D

But this year we again haven’t got our feedback and it was expectable 

At this design event judges didn’t check out team management report that’s why I was free and on some pics, I even look like one of the judges :D actually, I just wanted to sleep)))

And I can’t forget to say about our team dresses. This year they were more summer than the last one )) 

My favourite part of FS CZ - group photo. I don’t know why but only at FS Czech I’m taking the highest position :D 

And everything was ok until the moment when someone gave me the Russian flag and I barely fell down and screamed one good Russian word. And everyone behind me they weren’t Russians started to repeat this word... Yes, I know that everyone knows Russian bad words but... well... I sat on the top and pretend that I’m happy with this :D

At the awards ceremony, we’ve found for our a lot of nice songs but I guess that DJ was someone from Fasttube team :D

but despite the rainy weather it was really funny we’ve sung, danced and I was happy to see TU Brno Racing team on the pedestal as overall winners of this competition.

every night guys from raceyard team organized races on carts from a supermarket :D and one of them could make a real sound of racecar by using a beercan. 

So, FS Czech Republic was very funny because of teams could arrange entertainment itself :) and of course beautiful nature and landscape <3

TEIL 3

Karlsruhe

As more of you already know we had a really long trip this summer. And between Hungarian and Czech events we had a one-week break. And I asked my friend from Ka.race.ing about possibility hosting us at their Campus. And after our meeting at FS East we’ve decided that we can come to KIT. I was happy :)

About a road to Karlsruhe... It was cold! Ja ja, at the beginning I complained about the hot weather, but now Germany met us with cold weather.

Everything has started in Würzburg when we spent 5 hours transfer to continue our way to Karlsruhe. There was rainy and very cold. And all girls went shopping for more warm clothes :D I also bought my favourite mint umbrella <3

Ok, we’ve come to Karlsruhe and where wasn’t warmer. And after analyzing the weather broadcasting we’ve decided to take a hotel. It was very good decision after already one week in camping and before 2 weeks in camping as well ;)

And while our guys drove us to the hotel I ate cookies of my friend at his office and waited for my turn to go there. 

It was a kind of rehabilitation time and we enjoyed this time.

Let’s talk about my team and reasons why we went to KIT.

Except living, we needed also testing and working place with our car. And guys from KA have provided us by all necessary stuff for this. 

We spent the most of our time in KIT Campus OST and as I understood right this territory is just for laboratories of different faculties and there are office, workshop and test track of Ka.race.ing team.

After a couple of days, the weather became quite better and we could enjoy the green Landschaft of this city. Btw photo above was made at KIT Campus OST I guess if we could have the territory with grass and trees I would like to spend there more time ;) I really missed it in Moscow.

One day when we decided to try our car on track we everyone realised that our car is seeeehr laut. And we’ve decided to go for tests to Nord Campus of KIT. 

There was rainy and I thought that we are in the forest. 

We had one awkward moment when our driver tried to turn around at the road he touched a battery for engine start by our front wing. It wasn’t on high speed but we heard a weird sound and German guys were scared that we damaged our wing after this bump. But everything was alright :D they probably didn’t see how some our guys use rear wing instead of quick jack for pushing the car... 

so, I guess we could make the weight of our car more less by optimizing our wings stiffness :D

Another confirmation of the high stability of our rear wing FSG 2017

Another interesting situation was one day when I’ve met my old mate - the alumnus of KA team - Chris. It was very nice to meet him at his team’s workshop after 2 years :) 

the story how we’ve found each other you could check in Chris’ Instagram 

btw he came to Instagram with really GEIL song of this FS season :D

Let’s talk about city. 

Karlsruhe! What a beautiful city. Nice, full of green colors but so developed! 

After Moscow I couldn’t imagine city where you can travel by train and, attention, by bicycle, where are a lot of greenery and you feel this nearness to nature. But at the same time you can get a good education in one of the best technical university, work at the SIEMENS or at LOREAL Paris factory. Warum nicht? 

One day when we needed to send docs of one of our teammates for Masters degree one guy from KA gave us bicycles and went with us to post. And it was really cool to drive through parks, allee, and in Germany they have a separate road for cyclists.

(FEEL GOOD AUX)

I’d like to start my next  TEIL 2 with this song.

This song I associate with FS East (Hungary, EuroRing) 

When we landed in Budapest our HungarinanTroubleLover Marina activated. And we again had an opportunity to talk with representatives of Hungarian state structures. “Why not?” as the saying goes...)

It was cool but very hot. I take part in this event from my 2014/2015 season every year and always I’m satisfied with the quality of organization there. 

This year I was surprised by the huge number of top teams-participants.

So, as I told earlier it was a HOT event, I used RedBull the first time but not for drinking, I used it for cooling (by applying a can to the body) ;) 

But then we’ve remembered my last year trick with “fake rain” and started to make wet our t-shirts and so we could survive with this hot weather and get tanned.

Now let's go back to the song at the beginning “Medicaaation your medication makes me high....”

Actually, there should be song Despacito that definitely was a song of this summer. Because of at one warm evening after event day, we sat with our girls in the campsite and suddenly we’ve heard DEEE SPAAA CITO from the Catering and we ran there immediately.

But when we came there we realized that no one except us likes this song.. and we’ve taken some meal there and starting eating there and we wanted to dance but didn’t hear music suitable for us. 

But then we’ve heard Medicaaaaation..... and it was the only one song when we wanted to dance :D 

and right after our good dance some guys from TU Brno Racing have shown interest to us. And it was really nice that we met these guys and have known more about their turbocharger ;)

The last night of this event was as always unbelievable. Right after awards ceremony I’ve gone to Ka.race.ing campsite where we’ve tried Swiss cheese, which was given to us by the AMZ Racing Team. I spent my time with my lovely friends, have taught to one of them basic Russian expressions and was a happy sober girl. And I’ve got my Ka.race.ing t-shirt from.

The next stop was Karslruhe ♥

It was really nice time at FS East, I’ve met a lot of new and old friends there. And I already miss all of them.

Hey! I’m here again!

Do you see this nice Valtteri Bottas?

so on this picture he shows my condition of last days before FS Europe trip! 

Why? I will tell you ;)

TEIL 1

so, this year I was responsible not only for Cost Report documents but also for some administrative work. And when the time of our departure came closer we started to prepare docs for visa and I was responsible for this work. 

I know, a lot of guys who will read it don’t know what is visa for EU but we know and it’s not so hard because of we should get it every year for take part in FS events.

But this year we’ve got a problem because of one member of our team is from Crimea (earlier it was a part of Ukraine and EU doesn’t consider Crimea as a part of Russia) so we couldn’t apply for visa because of Europe considers that she is citizen of Ukraine and she should go to Kiev and apply for visa there. Pffffff. Scheiße. 

We tried to make visa through EU countries that have neutral attitude to this situation but in the end we couldn’t do this and that girl had to make a registration in Moscow region for getting visa. And in the end she’s skipped FS East and came only to FS Czech Republic.

But it was only begining of our FS Europe Summer Trip.

Stay Tuned ;) 

So, I decided come to my FSAE blog after long pause cause I think I have so much thoughts that I can share with you, my dear friends 😌

Many of you remember my blog like a super positive thoughts about work in FS project! 😊But time passes and we need to became more realists 😂

Maybe you know that last season I was a team captain and economist of cost report department and to be honestly it was a really hard work! 🙈😬 So we survived and started a new season with new goals and new people too 😊 Now started my 3rd year in Formula student team, but in new for me post.

At first I’d like to tell you about changes in my FS life, I became a project manager of our team 🤓 and I was faced with the problem of timing. Cause in last year I understood that I can’t do several works super good at the same time 🙈 (If you can, pleeease, share with me your experience 😉) So now my brain try to explode cause I understand what this year I have to make a cost report again! Cause in Russia it’s really problem to find people for cost report))

And it’s really interesting do you have the same problem in your countries/universities❓❓❓ Please answer me directly))

This year we plan to go on 3 events) FS EAST, FS Czech Republic and FS Germany.

What about new… I started to make a short videos from some interesting events which I visit, so I think I will put in my tumblr blog too 😊📹 Also I started learn German Language (deutsch sprechen) and added a German keyboard in my phone and after that I installed SoundCloud which is now in German language 🙈🙊 so I think it’s a sign 😂

I wish you good luck in your projects and hope to meet you in one of events which will be this summer!

And now I show you one of my video about one partner of our team - museum of soviet slot machines and how our guys spend weekend there 😊