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Hydrogen anyone?
Andy B:
It seems RB can see the light for the future of the F1 combustion engine with his comment in the article below he believes Hydrogen is the route for F1 to go. I am not an electric car fan but I like to idea of Hydrogen and one major manufacturer has converted a rally cat Hydrogen and the driver said he could tell no difference.
So how long?
Come on have a guess when the first F1 engine will run on Hydrogen.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/57842205
John S:
My guess is Sooner rather than later if the riposte (see below) to Ross's suggestion F1 could embrace Hydrogen, truly has hit the right marks.
Sounds more like Ross is softening FIA up to include H as substitute fuel alongside Ethanol enriched petrol in the new 2025 engine regs. After all he works for commercial operator of F1 not the regulator.
Now this opens a whole new question as to whether the lines are not only seriously blurred, but even getting crossed now between supposedly 2 distinctly different sides of the F1 circus.
https://www.dailycarblog.com/2021/07/ross-brawn-says-ignorance-is-the-future-of-f1/
Andy B:
John S That reporter at the end was indicating that F1 should not forget electric cars and if noise was the issue then add the noise to the cars but can you imagine that F1 electric cars with fake noise I think the said reporter is missing the point!
lkjohnson1950:
Always fun to hear the opinion of someone who knows nothing about racing culture.
John S:
--- Quote from: Andy B on July 18, 2021, 01:54:14 AM ---John S That reporter at the end was indicating that F1 should not forget electric cars and if noise was the issue then add the noise to the cars but can you imagine that F1 electric cars with fake noise I think the said reporter is missing the point!
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I posted the article to flag up that Hydrogen is not the green ticket that F1 is signed up to & striving for.
Sure there is less pollution at point of use, but - and its a big but - H is not green at source. In fact it probably takes a lot more electric energy currently to produce H then the energy it provides when burnt. And that's leaving out transporting and storing it.
I'm all for alternative fuels in F1, excluding just Electric battery power though. :nono: However I think presently H is best reserved for Buses, Lorries & delivery vans around our towns and cities. I see no need to put H in the mix for F1 until the engine regs after these new 2025 ones.
I get the argument that F1 could be used to advance Hydrogen power unit development. Although that may possibly be a red herring as Bus & Truck engine needs are usually on a different path to car engines. I look forward however to being corrected on that point.
Might make F1 fun again if they do allow two competing fuels earlier. :D
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