Sustainable Motorsport covers the increasingly important topic of sustainable motorsport from the perspective of a series, track, team or driver.
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I bring you developments from MotoE, Formula E, electric rallying, video of some cool electric karts, sustainable motorsport tech developments, and my semi-regular feature on getting to the track sustainably. All this plus how you can register for the upcoming Green Racing Virtual Summit and more. Series News … Read more
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up we go to Monaco, get an update on Formula E’s Gen3 car, look at an interesting addition to the Michelin Le Mans Cup grid, highlight the French Grand Prix’s sustainability moves, look at how ESG factors could affect Formula 1’s future, have a look at how Big Daddy … Read more
More exciting developments to report on in this week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up. This week I look at the WEC as they kick off their 2022 season with their brand-new sustainable racing fuel, Jaguar debuts a cool new energy storage unit that uses old Jaguar I-Pace batteries, new sustainability tenders from Motorsport UK and more exciting … Read more
This week the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is full of exciting sustainable motorsport developments. I look at what is happening in Japan’s Super Formula and America’s NASCAR, desert rally raid racing, the World Rally Championship, MotoE and GT racing. I also bring you news on developments with Porsche’s eFuel initiative, sustainable natural fibre as a replacement … Read more
I have a lot of great sustainable motorsport developments to bring you this week. From maximizing efficiencies in scheduling in order to minimize environmental impacts to hydrogen-powered hot rods, there is something here for everyone. Developments just keep accelerating! The Big Picture As I discussed in last week’s Business of Motorsport, cryptocurrency sponsorship has exploded … Read more
This week in the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up are a number of positive developments in Extreme E and ETCR, F1’s unwavering sustainability commitment, a bold move by Mazda and a high performance hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine. While I try to stay focused on sustainable motorsport, I do veer off the path once in a while to … Read more
This week on the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I look at why McLaren are racing in Extreme E, the fascinating Fangio Hypercar, Lamborghini’s plans for synthetic fuel and the new 2022 Extreme E tire. All that plus a look at some interesting developments in sustainable aviation and more. It was a surprise to some that McLaren … Read more
This week on the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I look at the newly released Sustainable Championships Index, Extreme E’s Season 1 Sustainability Report, and some Formula E and ERA Championship news. A new report, the Sustainable Championships Index (SChI) has been released and while Formula E tops the racing series sustainability rankings, F1 comes in at … Read more
On this week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I look at sustainable motorsport news in Formula 1, the World Rally Championship, Extreme E, Indycar and more. I also have another edition of Getting to the Track Sustainably with news on some upcoming guides that will help you in your sustainable travel plans. As always, if you have … Read more
One of the most important things that I have learned about sustainability in general and sustainable motorsport in particular is that it is a journey. Nothing will ever be fully 100% sustainable but the journey to limit and if possible eliminate our impact on the natural world is an ongoing one. Just because we have … Read more
This week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is full of exciting developments from manufacturers like Subaru, series like Play and Drive and developments in the world of sustainable transport. Manufacturer News At the Tokyo Auto Salon, Subaru announced their 2022 motorsports activities which include preparing for a defense of their Super GT GT300 titles, an N24 return, … Read more
Sustainable motorsport on its own cannot solve the climate crisis, nor bring an end to global warming and it should not be expected to do so. What it can do is act as an R&D platform for those developing the technology that will contribute to achieving these goals. Motorsport should always remain true to what … Read more
In this issue of the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I look at sustainable motorsport as a whole and then dive into some series-specific news and initiatives. I then end things off with some interesting developments in the bigger field of sustainable motorsport. Let’s go! The Big Picture One thing I keep stressing whenever the topic of … Read more
Once again, motorsport is increasingly responding to the sustainability challenge with news since my last Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up from MotoGP, Formula E, FIM E-Xplorer World Cup and more. Formula E Extreme E Formula 1 Motorcycles & Scooters Sports Cars, Touring Cars & More Green Racing Tech Sustainable motorsport technology continues to evolve and develop and … Read more
The Sustainable Motorsport Big Picture In this issue of the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up I will cover a number of series, technologies and proposed solutions. But first it is important to understand how motorsport fits into the overall sustainability picture and why it is an excellent R&D platform to develop sustainable technologies that will move beyond … Read more
I had so much content to post in last week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up that I had to carry some over to this week. Today I look at the bigger motorsport picture, some series news, examples of green tech sponsorship, a lot of informative videos and webinars and more. I even have details on a bio … Read more
A 2004 Nasamax (Reynard) Judd V10 LMP1 is for sale in the Motorsport Prospects Marketplace and this one is not just green in its livery. This is the first ever car to complete the 24 Hours of Le Mans using renewable fuel and while it has been converted to run on traditional fuel, it can … Read more
The Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is once again so jam packed with news from the world of sustainable motorsport that I needed to break it up into two parts with the second part running next Friday. For this week I bring you a wide assortment of news from established series like Formula 1, series that are … Read more
Sustainable motorsport is increasingly in the news but it is often presented more as a threat to motorsport than as an opportunity. I was recently reading an opinion piece in Talk Motorsport (How motorsport sells its own future is key) that, while acknowledging the coming EV/Hybrid/Hydrogen era as necessary, it bemoans the fact that the … Read more
Daily Sportscar reports that the H24 electric-hydrogen prototype will be hitting the track at Spa this weekend. The thing that caught my eye is this time around the car will be refueled in pitlane as opposed to having to refuel in a separate section of the paddock like it did in Le Mans. More details … Read more
