The future of motor sport is here

[Wizzo]

January 15, 2007 In what could turn out to be an historic occasion for international motor sport, a new racing entity announced its formation at the closing of the NAIAS in Detroit last week.

The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation (HERF) is a new racing organization dedicated to helping the world's leading automobile manufacturers accelerate the development of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicles through sanctioned competition. The concept is to provide a competitive arena in which manufacturers can push the envelope of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicle technology, enabling racing to take its rightful place again as the principal conduit for the transference of advanced technologies and innovations directly to our future production vehicles. The first on-track competition for electric vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells will be in the United States in 2009, with international events in 2010 and 2011.

I'm confident that we will look back on this historic day and see it for the truly momentous event that it was - the day when the Future of Racing was born."  


Yeah I've got a good idea to, its racing except with a difference - it's powered by...the wind!......ooooooooh I hear you say.

Well, to make it harder for the manufacturers, I am going to ban wheels, yeah, and to ensure a level of danger there will be no race tracks, it will be on water!

Imagine it wind powered racing vehicles with no wheels racing on the water.  

Seriously, is 'green' motor sport the way forward?

[cosworth151]

I think it's going to have to be the future of motorsport, because it's going to have to be the future of motoring. F1 has already acknowledged this fact with it's new regs. This will hopefully keep F1 on the cutting edge of tech transfer to road cars.

If motorsport doesn't "go green", the Greens will eventually shut it down.