AMZ Racing | 7,816 followers on LinkedIn. Formula Student Team of ETH Zurich | The Academic Motorsport Club Zurich (AMZ) was founded in 2006 by students from ETH Zurich and annually develops a prototype for various “Formula Student” competitions in Europe. After three vehicles with internal combustion engines, the AMZ has been building purely electrically powered racing cars since 2010. The association is financially independent and is supported by numerous financial, manufacturing and property sponsors as well as institutes from various Swiss universities.