The Nuon Solar Team goes after the second day of the World Solar Race still in the lead, despite a time penalty of 10 minutes. The Japanese team is the Dutch, close on the heels. The Solar Team Twente is currently in third place.
The Nuon Solar Team drove all day on Monday to head, but the Tokai Challenger from the title of a Japanese university was the Dutch car lot to hunt and knew soon 10 minutes to walk. The difference between the front-runner from Delft and the Japanese car was found at the control stop in Ti Tree at the end of the day only three minutes.
The number one and two have quite a head start on the number three: the Red Engine of Solar Team Twente, which is 44 minutes behind the Japanese. The Belgian team Punch Powertrain after the second day of racing on the seventh place. According to the Nuon Solar Team’s Nuna7 and the Tokai Challenger not only to the head because of more efficient solar panels, but also because both cars asymmetric: for both vehicles, the driver is not in the middle but on the side. In addition to more aerodynamic would be the bulge on one side for less shade on the solar panels. Incidentally, it also boasts the solar car of the university of Michigan on an asymmetrical design.
In the Cruiser class of cars with two occupants, the Solar Team Eindhoven, Stella is now the second place, just behind the Hochschule Bochum SolarCar Team with the Accordingly, SunCruiser.