Since 1981 almost 470 teams have competed at least in one Formula SAE series event.
Team Stevens of Stevens Institue of Technology from New Jersey, USA, was the first team to win Formula SAE.
The most successful team is Cornell Racing from NY state USA with 9 events, followed by UTA Racing from Texas and Rennteam Stuttgart from Germany with eight.
At the end of 2009 the world ranking number one was the Rennteam Stuttgart, with 842,254 points, ahead of The Univerity of Tokyo Formula Factory with 803,117 and UWA Motorsports from Australia with 800,261 points.
Rennteam Stuttgart also holds the recoord for most points in a single event, 961,3 scored during FSAE Australasia 2008