Qualifying

On October 15 (Australia Time), the Qualifying of WSC was held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. 37 Solar Cars from the world which has each own identity made their challenge for the time-trial. This video is reported by our local reporter, Scott Mellish from Panasonic Australia! Exciting!

Chapter 9: Qualifying - Part 1 (Interview about the Car)

Chapter 10: Qualifying - Part 2 (Scenes of the Time-trial)

Main race will cover 3000km starting from Darwin and finishes in Adelaide, the cars start the race at the morning on October 16.

Panasonic News Portal will be filming the event and covering all the action, It is sure to be a thrilling race!! Stay tubed.
(by Satoe)

Related Links:

The World Solar Challenge 2011

• [Chapter 15] DAY 5 - The Finish Line | Oct 24, 2011
• [Chapter 13 & 14] DAY 3 and 4 | Oct 21, 2011
• [Chapter 11 &12] DAY 1 and 2 | Oct 19, 2011
• [Chapter 9 & 10] Qualifying | Oct 16, 2011
• [Chapter 8] Heading for Australia | Oct 14, 2011
• [Chapter 7] Interview Vol. 5 - Akira Nagasaki, Panasonic Engineer of Lithium-ion Battery | Oct 14, 2011
• [Chapter 6] Interview Vol. 4 - Team Engineers | Oct 04, 2011
• [Chapter 5] Interview Vol. 3 - TOKAI University Solar Car Team Manager and Driver | Sep 29, 2011
• [Chapter 4] Interview Vol. 2 - Prof. Hideki Kimura, Master of the Solar Car World | Sep 16, 2011
• [Chapter 3] Interview Vol. 1 - Sadaji Tsuge, Panasonic HIT Solar Cell Expert | Sep 09, 2011
• [Chapter 2] What is the World Solar Challenge? | Sep 04, 2011
• [Chapter 1] The Introduction | Aug 25, 2011