The 21^st edition of the Formula SAE Italy 2026 will take place from September 2 to 6, at Riccardo Paletti Racetrack in Varano de’ Melegari.

How to register
The Main registration for the Formula SAE Italy competition will open on February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM CET (GMT+1) and will close on April 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM CET (GMT+1).
The electronic form will be available on the Formula SAE Italy website only at the opening date at the end of the countdown.
The slots available for the event are: 57 teams in Class 1 and 8 teams in Class 3 with following criteria, for an overall of 65 teams.

• Class 1CV Combustion & Hybrid Engine>>>12 (5 of which may compete in CV + DV)
• Class 1DV – Driverless>>>15 , which includes: 5 DV only teams, 5 CV + DV teams and 5 EV + DV teams. They will have to declare their interest in taking part in both events during the competition registration
• Class 1EV - Electric Propulsion System>>>30 (5 of which may compete in EV + DV)
• Class 3 both CV, EV & DV projects>>>8

Each team must compete in the class of its registration. Teams that will compete in CV + DV or EV + DV classes will participate with one car in the events of two classes.
If CV + DV or EV + DV registered teams will exceed the maximum number of 5, the exceeding teams will be admitted to DV class only, within the maximum allowed number of DV teams (15).

Registrations will be accepted in the order they will be received and the list of registered teams will be published on line. Please check the website to know IF AND WHEN your team will be shifted to the “awaiting for payment” status.
Second year vehicles are not allowed.

EARLY REGISTRATION SLOTS
The first 3 Class 1CV, the first 3 Class 1EV, the first 3 Class 1DV and the first 2 Class 3 classified teams at the Formula SAE Italy 2025 will have a granted early registration slot in 2026 event:

Class 1CV

• MoRe Modena Racing Hybrid - Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
• BlueStreamline - Transilvania University of Brasov
• Sapienza Corse - Università La Sapienza di Roma

Class 1DV

• Mainfranken Racing e.V. - TUAS Würzburg- Università La Sapienza di Roma Schweinfurt
• SapienzaCorse - Università La Sapienza di Roma
• Race UP Electric Padova - Università di Padova

Class 1EV

• WHZ Racing Team - UAS Zwickau
• TU Wien Racing - TU Wien
• HAWKS Racing - HAW Hamburg

Class 3

• UniBo Motorsport Electric - Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
• Bimasakti Racing Team - Universitas Gadjah Mada

Further two early registration slots will be granted for North and South America, Australia and rest of the world (non-European EFTA) teams.

The Early registration will open on February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM CET (GMT + 1) and will close on February 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM CET (GMT + 1).
After early registration closure, no more slot will be granted for these teams.
Slots that are not allocated for Early registration will become available for all teams during Main registration period.

Registration must be completed on-line via the electronic form that will be available on the event website in each registration period. The registration will be confirmed only when the due amount will be credited on the ANFIA Service Srl bank account.

Formula SAE Italy 2026 will grant 3 registration slots to 2027 event to the first 3 Class 1CV & Hybrid, 1DV & 1EV winner teams of this year event, 1 slot to the first Class 1CV + 1DV or 1EV + 1DV winner team and 2 slots to the first 2 Class 3 winner teams.

REGISTRATION FEES

• • € 1,790.00 + 22% VAT = € 2,183.80 – One competition in Class 1 (CV & Hybrid, DV and EV) – 18 team members included
  • € 2,200.00 + 22% VAT = € 2,684.00 - Participation with one car in the events of two classes (1CV + 1DV or 1EV + 1DV) - 20 Team members included
  • € 1,150.00 + 22% VAT = € 1,403.00 – Competition in Class 3 - 12 team members

Registration fees are not refundable and are not transferred to a subsequent year's competition.

PAYMENT DETAILS
Teams will have 48 hours, starting from registration time, to send us (formula.sae@ata.it for combustion & hybrid & Class 3 teams; formula.ei@ata.it for electric & driverless teams) the proof of the bank transfer, certifying the payment date and time.
Registrations to the Formula SAE Italy 2026 will be confirmed only when the due amount is credited on the ANFIA Service Srl bank account.

• • 22% Italian VAT is ONLY required from European and non-European natural persons, who make the payment, i.e.: registration fee = € 1,790.00 + 22% VAT = € 2,183.80 total amount to be paid.
  • 22% Italian VAT is NOT required from European companies owing a VAT code, the Italian Public Administrations and from non-European companies, who make the payment, i.e.: registration fee = € 1,790.00 total amount to be paid.
  • 22% Italian VAT is ALWAYS required from all Italian participants (natural persons/companies), i.e.: registration fee = € 1,790.00 + 22% VAT = € 2,183.80 total amount to be paid.

Payments method
Bank transfer to: ANFIA Service Srl – Bank name: BPER Banca – Turin Branch – Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 48/F – Torino – Italy – IBAN n.: IT07T0538701002000038545602 – Swift code: BPMOIT22.
Please indicate on the bank transfer the following payment descriptions:

• • Team name
  • University name/company name

Payment must be received in full. ALL bank transfer charges must be covered by the payer.

INVOICING
It is mandatory to fill in all fields for the invoice. Be sure to put the right heading:

• • University name/company name, or natural person’s surname and name
  • Department (if needed),
  • Address, post code, town, country,
  • VAT number,
  • “Codice Fiscale” field is ONLY FOR Italian Universities, companies and natural persons
  • “Codice identificativo” field is ONLY FOR ITALY,
  • Administration email address.