The 17 members of the Vattenfall solar team are pushing ahead to take part in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
They are putting their studies at TU Delft to one side for a year so they can focus entirely on building their new solar car: Nuna11.
The race across Australia is due to take place in October, lockdown and Covid-19 measures permitting.
Team leader Christiaan Wiers said: The Covid measures in Australia are really strict, but skipping a year isn t a big deal. It s simple, actually: if the race goes ahead soon, there s no way we won t be part of it.