{"id":194304,"date":"2026-09-21T12:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=194304"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:07:05","slug":"belgian-solar-team-finishes-second-in-24h-european-solar-race-in-zolder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/09\/21\/belgian-solar-team-finishes-second-in-24h-european-solar-race-in-zolder\/","title":{"rendered":"Het Belgische Solar Team eindigt als tweede in de 24-uurs Europese zonnecarrace in Zolder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Het team \u2018Top Dutch Solar Racing\u2019 van de Universiteit Twente heeft de 24-uursrace gewonnen <a href=\"https:\/\/europeansolarchallenge.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iLumen European Solar Challenge<\/a> op het circuit van Zolder. Het Belgische Innoptus Solar Team, geleid door studenten van de KU Leuven, eindigde als tweede in hun BluePoint Atlas-auto en verloor daarmee de Europese titel.<\/p>\n<p>Afgelopen weekend was het Belgische circuit van Zolder d\u00e9 plek bij uitstek voor zonne-raceauto\u2019s die door universiteiten over de hele wereld zijn gebouwd. Daar vond de iLumen European Solar Challenge plaats, de enige 24-uursrace voor auto\u2019s op zonne-energie die door universiteitsstudenten wordt georganiseerd. Het was een recordeditie met 28 teams uit 18 landen en in totaal 32 zonneauto's die op zonne-energie reden.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Spannende race<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>24 uur nadat de Belgische prins Laurent de startvlag had gezwaaid, kwam het Nederlandse Top Solar Racing-team van de Universiteit Twente als eerste over de finish. Het team reed in totaal 320 ronden op het ongeveer 4 kilometer lange voormalige Belgische F1-circuit.<\/p>\n<p>De race was behoorlijk spannend, met wisselende weersomstandigheden en een nek-aan-nekstrijd tussen het Belgische team en de teams uit Twente en de Universiteit van Aken. Uiteindelijk moest het Innoptus Solar Team de overwinning afstaan nadat <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/08\/03\/belgian-innoptus-solar-team-we-are-the-us-champions\/\">het winnen van de Electrek American Solar Challenge<\/a> eerder dit jaar.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-194307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-8-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-8-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-8-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-8-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>De Bluepoint Atlas-auto van het team startte vanaf de 12e startpositie. De auto reed een vrij stabiele race, zonder noemenswaardige technische problemen. Tijdens de 24-uursrace reed Bluepoint Atlas 310 ronden. Het maakte slechts gebruik van \u00e9\u00e9n van de drie toegestane stops om de accu van de auto op te laden en reed de rest van de race op stroom die door het zonnepaneel werd opgewekt.<\/p>\n<p>Het Innoptus Solar Team zette ook een tweede auto in, de Infinite. Deze startte vanaf de 9e plaats op de startgrid, maar de auto crashte in de vroege uren van zondagochtend, na 209 ronden. De auto slipte op het natte wegdek, waardoor hij op zijn kant terechtkwam. De coureur bleef ongedeerd en slaagde erin de auto terug naar de pits te brengen, maar het team besloot zich terug te trekken vanwege structurele schade.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-194306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_exp1_post1-14-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_exp1_post1-14-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_exp1_post1-14-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_exp1_post1-14-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Voorbereiding op de World Solar Challenge<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>De iLumen European Solar Challenge is een interessante race op de kalender van de zonne-autoraces. Een bochtig circuit stelt vanuit technisch oogpunt hogere eisen dan een race met lange rechte stukken. Maar het biedt teams ook de kans om zaken als regeneratief remmen te verfijnen en de bochten van het circuit te trotseren in auto\u2019s die lage rolweerstand en aerodynamische effici\u00ebntie boven neerwaartse druk stellen.<\/p>\n<p>Bovendien betekent het meer dan 24 uur lang laten rijden van de auto ook dat er \u2019s nachts moet worden gereden, zonder zonne-energie. Dit vereist een doordachte strategie en geoptimaliseerd opladen via het elektriciteitsnet.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-194309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-7-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-7-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-7-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-7-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ondertussen werken de studenten van het Innoptus Solar Team van de KU Leuven aan een nieuwe auto om mee te doen aan de Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2027 in Australi\u00eb. Het team heeft het kampioenschap al twee keer gewonnen en werd wereldkampioen in <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2019\/10\/18\/belgian-team-wins-solar-challenge\/\">2019<\/a> en 2023. Volgende zomer zal het team proberen een derde wereldtitel te behalen in de race van 3.000 kilometer door de Australische outback, van Darwin naar Adelaide.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twente University\u2019s Top Dutch Solar Racing has won the 24h iLumen European Solar Challenge on the circuit of Zolder. The Belgian Innoptus Solar Team, run by KU Leuven students, came second in their BluePoint Atlas car, losing its European title. Over the past weekend, the Belgian Zolder circuit was the place to be for solar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":194308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77170,2043,33,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","category-energy","category-sports","category-technology","category-top-stories-today"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C427&ssl=1",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1",2048,1365,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?fit=560%2C373&ssl=1",560,373,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C240&ssl=1",1536,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C180&ssl=1",1536,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C180&ssl=1",2048,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ESC_2026_Innoptus_press-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C180&ssl=1",2560,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Twente University\u2019s Top Dutch Solar Racing has won the 24h iLumen European Solar Challenge on the circuit of Zolder. The Belgian Innoptus Solar Team, run by KU Leuven students, came second in their BluePoint Atlas car, losing its European title. Over the past weekend, the Belgian Zolder circuit was the place to be for solar race cars built by universities worldwide. It hosted the iLumen European Solar Challenge, the only 24-hour race for solar-powered cars run by university students. It was a record edition with 28 teams from 18 countries, and a total of 32 solar cars running on solar&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/energy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Energy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sports<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Arnaud Henckaerts","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/author\/arnaud-henckaertsgmail-be\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belgian Solar Team finishes second in 24h European solar race in Zolder - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/09\/21\/belgian-solar-team-finishes-second-in-24h-european-solar-race-in-zolder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belgian Solar Team finishes second in 24h European solar race in Zolder - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twente University\u2019s Top Dutch Solar Racing has won the 24h iLumen European Solar Challenge on the circuit of Zolder. 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