EU ask FIA to set up F1-style electric car championship

[ruimegas]

EU ask FIA to set up F1-style electric car championship


"Formula One's governing body has been asked by the European Commission to set up a racing championship series for electric cars.

FIA president Jean Todt said the governing body was working towards the creation of new electric car, go-kart and single-seater racing categories.

The developments could mean an F1-style electric car championship taking place on Grand Prix circuits.

'We want as soon as possible to have new categories with new energy,' Todt told the Financial Times.

Todt said that a first season for electric car racing could come as early as 2013, and added: 'As much as we can do it all over the world, we will do it.'

The new idea has been discussed by Todt and Antonio Tajani, the European Union’s industry commissioner, who wants EU member countries to increase public adoption of electric cars.
The project fits into Todt’s strategy for F1 teams and other motorsport series to embrace hybrid and electronic technology.

It is believed that he is meeting resistance from the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone."

Em: http://electric-vehicles-cars-bikes.blo ... ctric.html

[mjr]

Óptimas notícias! Ainda me lembro de ir assistir a um GP no Estoril e a ter de tapar os ouvidos sempre que passavam os F1. O barulho é insuportável.

[ruimegas]

Óptimas notícias! Ainda me lembro de ir assistir a um GP no Estoril e a ter de tapar os ouvidos sempre que passavam os F1. O barulho é insuportável.

Também eu que assisti ao último GP em Portugal no Estoril em 1996 (ainda bem que lá fui) mas o som era quase insuportável...agora com VE's acho que interesse se mantém pois a competição também existe e é preciso "ter unhas para tocar guitarra".

[ruimegas]

EV-GP? Electric Racing Series Could Lead To EV Formula 1

Fernando Alonso tests the 2010 Ferrari F1 car

"The fans might take some convincing on this one...

President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and former Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Jean Todt has revealed plans to introduce new electric car, go-kart and single-seater racing categories across the world as early as 2013 in a move to stimulate interest in alternative energy vehicles.

The subtext behind this message is that this could eventually lead to Formula 1 racing - the pinnacle of motor sport - eventually going electric. There are already plans afoot to introduce turbocharged hybrid engines in F1 from 2013 and electric propulsion would be the next step.

Series such as go-karting and lower single-seater formulae have traditionally been the direct route to F1 racing, teaching young stars everything they need to know to reach the top level - if not necessarily giving them the cash they also require to get there.

If these lower levels started gaining momentum as electric series then F1 might follow suit. This could be bad news for the millions of fans around the world, who tune in not just to watch the cars and drivers, but to hear the scream of racing V8 engines that represent the zenith of mechanical development.

Race fans weren't even that impressed by the relative quietness of the diesel Le Mans prototypes run in GT racing around the world when they first hit the scene, so what fans would make of silent Grand Prix cars is anybody's guess. Ask the same question of NASCAR fans and the answer might be rather curt...

Still, Mr Todt wants to press on with the electric racing plan. “As much as we can do it all over the world, we will do it,” he says, and that racing teams aren't bothered by what's powering the car as long as they can go quicker: "The racing community are only interested in how to improve performance because they want to win".

F1 is a business as much as a sport though and the FIA will need to be very careful with the rules they apply so as not to turn fans away from the sport. Smaller series and karting can survive as electric series as they'll always run alongside other feeder championships, but this isn't the case with Formula 1.

Nevertheless, it's only the workings of the rumor mill at this stage, so fans of the sport will still get to enjoy the sound and spectacle of a grid full of Grand Prix cars for many years to come."

Em: http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/105 ... lectric%29

[batalha]

Por norma, as tecnologias só avançam quando ligadas á guerra ou á competição! No caso da competição ao mais alto nível, estranho muito que se livrem dos interesses instalados porque motivo nunca limitaram o consumo nas provas automóveis? Limitam a potência! O peso! Os pneus! As assistências! Os motores! Mas nunca se lembraram de limitar o combustível por prova? Estranho

A confirmar-se seria uma óptima noticia. E realmente a ausência de barulho seria, no mínimo, estranha

[CarlosOliveira]

Óptimas notícias! Ainda me lembro de ir assistir a um GP no Estoril e a ter de tapar os ouvidos sempre que passavam os F1. O barulho é insuportável.

Também eu que assisti ao último GP em Portugal no Estoril em 1996 (ainda bem que lá fui) mas o som era quase insuportável...agora com VE's acho que interesse se mantém pois a competição também existe e é preciso "ter unhas para tocar guitarra".

Pois fiquem sabendo que, apesar dosmeus 20 anos na altura, eu também la estava!!!