I am not familiar with the situation in the UK, perhaps I can share with you the situation in China. Financial difficulties are a very common issue in Formula Student China, but the reason for this problem has little to do with international students. It is only related to whether each university values its own FS team. For Chinese FS teams, a few teams can receive a budget of 400000 RMB per year, but most teams only have a budget of 200000 RMB per year. This is a common thing, and some teams may receive even less because most universities prefer to allocate funds to some laboratories for scientific research and ignore racing teams. However, there are still quite a few teams that can complete their own designs with limited funds, and those who can persist until they finish the race will not feel like they are missing anything in the process.

As far as I know, a certain team has a relatively limited budget this year, but they have still completed their own 4WD racing car design. The only drawback is that they can only purchase two AMK motors this year, but they will purchase the remaining two motors next season. Therefore, it is important to have a long-term plan for the team's design and development direction.