Virtual Formulas
VI-grade organizes on a regular basis the Virtual Formula, the competition built upon the rules and regulations of the popular Formula SAE and Formula Student. Based on the usage of VI-Motorsport, VI-grade’s interactive simulation environment for motorsport vehicle modeling and dynamic analysis, Virtual Formula requests all registered teams to use our state-of-the-art racing simulation software to find the best set-up for their car.
VI-grade has organized multiple editions of the Virtual Formula so far, thanks to the endorsement of several industry and media partners. Rankings and additional details relared to each edition of the Virtual Formula can be found following the links below.
| Edition | Period | Winning team |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2023 | Dec 7th, 2022 - May 30th, 2023 | Optimization Category: UniBo Motorsport, Alma Mater University of Bologna, Italy | Digital Twin Electric Category: Squadra Corse PoliTO, Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Digital Twin Combustion Category: WUT Racing Team, Wuhan University of Technology, China |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2022 | Oct 15th, 2021 - Apr 30th, 2022 | UniBo Motorsport Combustion, University of Bologna, Italy (ICE) and Squadra Corse PoliTO, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (EV) |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2021 | Jan 1st, 2020 - Apr 30th, 2020 | Gspeed Formula Team, Jilin University, Changchun, China (ICE) and UniBo Motorsport Electric, UniBo Motorsport Electric (EV) |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2020 | Jan 1st, 2020 - Mar 30th, 2020 | Gspeed Formula Team (IC) and Gspeed Electric Formula Racing Team (E), Jilin University, Changchun, China |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2019 | Jan 1st, 2019 - Mar 31st, 2019 | Dynamis PRC - Politecnico di Milano, Italy (IC) | Cal Poly Racing, California, USA (E) |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2018 | Jan 1st, 2018 - Mar 31st, 2018 | UniNa Corse - Squadra Corse "Federico II" (IC) | Strohm und Söhne e.V. - Noris Motorsport (E) |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2017 | Jan 1st, 2017 - Mar 31st, 2017 | UniNa Corse Univ. Federico II - Naples |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2016 | Oct 15th, 2015 - Jun 30th, 2016 | Squadra Corse Politecnico di Torino |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2015 | Oct 15th, 2014 - Mar 30th, 2015 | Dynamis PRC Politecnico di Milano |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2013 | Sep 16th, 2013 - Feb 28th, 2014 | Team Genesis University of Malaya |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2012 | Jul 15th, 2012 - Jan 15th, 2013 | VI-RTUS Team University of Salento |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2011 | Mar 1st, 2011 - Sep 15th, 2011 | Squadra Corse Politecnico di Torino |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2010 | Dec 19th, 2009 - May 31st, 2010 | Squadra Corse Politecnico di Torino |
| VIRTUAL FORMULA 2009 | Mar 9th, 2009 - May 30th, 2009 | Sicily Team Motorsport |