The Lola T70S draws inspiration from the past while looking towards a sustainable future and you will see why in this week’s Sustainable Motorsport Roundup. I also have news on the new Sustainable Motorsport Alliance, video of hydrogen prototypes on the track at Le Mans and much more!
Overview
Sustainable Motorsport News
Sustainable Motorsport Alliance Officially Launches
Enovation Consulting officially launched the Sustainable Motorsport Alliance, a not-for-profit company, at the BlackBook Motorsport Summer Reception held at Silverstone Circuit ahead of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix weekend.
The Sustainable Motorsport Alliance will comprise a not-for-profit membership platform that provides sustainability resources and support while bringing together stakeholders from across the motorsport ecosystem to accelerate the adoption of best practices throughout the industry.
The Alliance provides members with opportunities to collaborate, share knowledge, and access practical support through quarterly insights on industry best practice, introductions to sustainable suppliers, networking events, STEM and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and bespoke mentoring programs.
More details on the alliance can be found here.
Motorsport Circuits Continue Drive for Sustainability Leadership
Motorsport circuits are proving that sustainability is no longer just a buzzword—it’s becoming a competitive advantage. This article from the UCL School of Management highlights the latest Sustainable Circuits Index, showcasing how leading venues are reducing their environmental impact while setting new standards for the industry. From innovative operational practices to greater transparency and community engagement, the report demonstrates that circuits around the world are making measurable progress toward a more sustainable future for motorsport.
Read the full article here to see which venues are leading the way and what lessons the rest of the industry can learn.
Can Sustainability and Racing Go Hand in Hand?
Can sustainability and performance really go hand in hand?
In the first episode of Conversations Beyond Racing, Nicola Scimeca, CEO of YCOM, sits down with sustainability expert Cristiana Pace to discuss one of the most debated topics in motorsport today.
From data-driven decision making and supply chain challenges to technology transfer and fan engagement, the conversation explores the role that motorsport can play in accelerating innovation beyond racing itself.
For decades, racing has been a fast-track laboratory where new materials, manufacturing processes and engineering solutions are developed under extreme conditions before finding applications in automotive, aerospace and advanced industries.
As a company active in full vehicle development, carbon composites, engineering and manufacturing for motorsport, YCOM experiences this technology transfer every day.
Sustainability of National Sport Organizations: A 5Ps Conceptual Framework
This paper presents a novel conceptual framework to better understand the multifaceted sustainability demands facing National Sport Organisations (NSOs). It addresses a gap in existing literature by building on the traditional triple bottom line (TBL) – consisting of Profit (which we modify to Prosperity), People, and Planet – and then accounting for the unique sport-specific logics of Participation and Performance. This is what we term the ‘5Ps’. These often conflicting but sometimes synergistic sustainability logics interact and shape decision-making.
More details on the paper can be found here.
Formula 1 is Not Just Fueling Something We Can Celebrate – but Lessons We Can Learn
Greg Smith is MP for Mid Buckinghamshire since 2024 having previously served as the MP for Buckingham from 2019. In this opinion piece he explains the lessons that can be learned from Formula 1’s sustainability initiatives. You can read his piece here.
Envision Racing Announce Motorsport’s Biggest Sustainable Program, Leave an Impression with Sebastien Buemi-Led Roadshow
Formula E has long positioned itself at the forefront of sustainability, and Envision Racing is looking to raise the bar even higher. This article from the Times of India explores the team’s new Sustainable Chain initiative, a fan-led climate program that aims to turn individual actions into meaningful environmental impact, backed by an ambitious target to help avoid millions of tonnes of CO₂ emissions. Launched with a spectacular roadshow led by Sébastien Buemi in Shanghai, it’s another example of how motorsport can use its global platform to drive positive change beyond the racetrack. Read the full article here to learn more about this ambitious initiative.
Haltermann Carless Awarded FIA Three-Star Accreditation
Haltermann Carless has been awarded the FIA Three-Star Environmental Accreditation by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) for the second consecutive time. This confirms the company’s achievement of the highest level within the FIA’s three-tier sustainability program.
The accreditation recognizes comprehensive measures in environmental management, sustainable business practices and the ongoing development of renewable fuels for motorsport.
Through its brand ETS Racing Fuels, Haltermann Carless develops racing fuels with a renewable content of up to 100%. In doing so, the company supports the FIA’s sustainability targets, which include the introduction of 100% sustainable drop-in fuels in Formula 1 from 2026.
Goodyear Renews FIA Three-Star Environmental Accreditation
Goodyear Racing has been awarded a renewed three-star rating in 2026, the highest level of recognition within the FIA’s Environmental Accreditation Programme, reflecting best-practice environmental management across its racing operations.
Further reinforcing this progress, Goodyear recently introduced the 2027 generation of EAGLE racing tires for FIA WEC LMGT3, combining enhanced on-track performance with a 66% sustainable materials content, setting a new benchmark in endurance racing. This progress extends beyond GT racing: in the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship, a new tire specification has also been introduced featuring up to 60% sustainable materials.
Lamborghini Publishes 2025 Sustainability Report
Automobili Lamborghini presents its Sustainability Report for 2025, the second chapter in a reporting journey launched last year and now consolidated as a tool for dialogue with stakeholders. Prepared according to the new European ESRS standards and in line with international GRI standards, the document confirms the role of sustainability as a strategic lever for responsible growth, guided by long-term vision and innovation. The report provides a snapshot of a year marked by new achievements across environmental, social and governance dimensions, consolidating an increasingly integrated and cross-functional way of working.
“Automobili Lamborghini’s excellence is expressed not only in what we put on the road, but also in the way we build it. Over the past ten years, we have laid the strategic foundations of our journey; today, we are working to ensure that what was once an industrial objective becomes a method applied across the entire value chain, from product to logistics, from people to suppliers. This is how we intend to combine performance and responsibility: not as two conflicting ambitions, but as two dimensions of the same industrial culture,” said Stephan Winkelmann, Chairman and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini.
Sustainability in Sports Conference 2026
The preliminary program for the first Sustainability in Sports conference has been released. “Our ambition is to establish an annual platform that brings together decision-makers from sports and business to explore both the challenges and the opportunities within sustainability – and above all, to inspire and highlight impactful best practices.”
Full details can be found here.
Sustainable Motorsport Tech
How Lola has Revived a Sportscar Icon in a More Sustainable Form
Lola Cars is proving that preserving motorsport’s heritage and embracing sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. This article at Autosport explores how the revived British manufacturer has reimagined its iconic T70 sports car using innovative natural composite materials, low-carbon manufacturing techniques, and sustainable engineering—all while retaining the character and performance that made the original a legend. It’s an inspiring example of how motorsport’s past can help shape a more sustainable future.
“Till was very keen that Lola becomes a technology business – we’re not just a legacy company, we are developing new technology,” explains technical director Peter McCool. “He wanted to demonstrate how he could put that innovation into a vehicle, and so the T70 Mk3B was chosen because it’s probably the prettiest, most iconic car in the Lola back catalogue. The idea was to make it sustainable – and that was quite a challenging brief.”
Read the full article at Autosport here to see how Lola is redefining what a classic race car can be.
Hydrogen at Le Mans – The Future of Endurance Racing?
Is hydrogen the future of endurance racing? Relentless Motorsport thinks so.
The more we think about it, the more endurance racing seems like one of the best proving grounds for hydrogen technology. Unlike road cars, endurance racing places extreme demands on energy storage, range, weight, and refueling speed.
While battery-electric powertrains excel in many applications, a 24-hour race presents a very different challenge. Hydrogen offers some compelling advantages:
✅ Fast refueling
✅ Long-range capability
✅ Lower weight compared to carrying massive battery packs
✅ Sustained high-power output over long periods
It’s no surprise that Le Mans and the FIA are investing heavily in hydrogen development, with dedicated hydrogen racing categories on the horizon.
That said, hydrogen isn’t without challenges. Infrastructure, storage complexity, cost, and overall energy efficiency remain significant hurdles. The question isn’t whether hydrogen is perfect—it isn’t.
Behind the Scenes at a Land Speed Record Test
In August, the JCB Hydromax will head to the Bonneville Salt Flats in pursuit of a new land speed record for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles.
The digger manufacturer’s latest streamliner, which comes 20 years after its last, is powered by two 800bhp internal combustion engines fed by gaseous hydrogen and cooled with ice.
To prepare for its FIA record attempt, to be conducted once the famous Bonneville SpeedWeek have wrapped up, the team spent almost four weeks testing the car in the UK to validate its complex array of systems at gradually increasing speeds. Racecar Engineering went behind the scenes of the test.
Sustainable Racing
Introducing GreenKarting
GreenKarting was originally developed as part of Eindhoven’s Formula E bid. When COVID and other circumstances forced organizers to stop the Formula E project, they decided to continue with GreenKarting, and that turned out to be the right decision.
Today, it has grown into one of the largest practical STEM education programs in the Netherlands, and we’re still expanding because of the urgent need for technically skilled talent. We now have a thriving community of schools using electric karts to inspire students to choose technical education pathways.
The program also creates real value for industry. Companies can engage with students at an early stage, help shape future technical talent, and become active partners in education. We provide the platform, the educational concept, and the kart building kits that bring everything together.
We’re proud that GreenKarting has now grown nationwide to more than 100 GreenKarts and GreenSuperKarts, inspiring young people through STEM education and sustainable motorsport.
For more information on GreenKarting, you can check out these two websites (content is in Dutch)
Series News
Formula E and Teams Showcase Electric Racing Evolution at Goodwood Festival of Speed
This weekend, Formula E along with teams including Jaguar TCS Racing, Mahindra Racing and DS AUTOMOBILES will showcase the progress of innovation in electric motorsport at the iconic Goodwood Festival of Speed.
CUPRA KIRO driver, Dan Ticktum, is taking the wheel of the all-new Formula E GEN4 race car for its first public appearance in the UK alongside the complete evolution of its Championship cars. A full line-up of GEN1, GEN2 and GEN3 cars are also being showcased, giving fans a close look at the series’ progression on the famous hill climb celebrating more than a decade of innovation, competition and progress in electric motorsport since the series’ inception in 2012.
Why Formula E Never Tried to Beat Formula 1 at Its Own Game
For most businesses, there is a considerable amount of time driven toward catching the market leader. However, companies that reshape industries rarely think that way.
Formula E wasn’t created to become another motorsport championship. Their launch in 2014 came with broad ambitions: prove electric racing could compete with traditional motorsports, accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, and build a sports property around sustainability from day one.
More than a decade later, these ambitions have evolved as Formula E enters its biggest season, with 21 races across 13 cities and the debut of its faster GEN4 era. They have effectively created a sports property where they compete on their own terms.
“We’ve always had three ambitions,” Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds told Inc. “Build an elite motorsport, help accelerate the energy transition, and create the world’s most sustainable sport.”
These would seem like competing priorities for most organizations, but they have become the foundation Formula E has built its business around.
Read the complete story at Inc. here.
Envision Racing and Jaguar Extend Customer Relationship into GEN4 Era
Envision Racing have announced the continuation of their customer relationship with Jaguar into Formula E’s GEN4 era.
Envision Racing and Jaguar have enjoyed a long and successful relationship together in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, accumulating 58 podiums, 23 wins and 13 poles since the start of the partnership in Season 9.
Cupra Kiro Confirm Porsche Powertrain Deal Extension
Cupra Kiro has confirmed it will remain a Formula E Porsche powertrain customer heading into the GEN4 era. “After the success we have already achieved since working together, we are delighted to confirm the extension of our partnership with Porsche Motorsport for GEN4″ Team Principal of Kiro Race Co Russell O’Hagan said in a statement.
Getting to the Track Sustainably
The Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 at Silverstone
The Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 is carrying the future of Formula One logistics, but its story at Silverstone is inspired by a piece of Mercedes racing history. More than 70 years after the legendary Blue Wonder transporter first turned heads on roads across Europe, our all-electric eActros 600 arrives at the British Grand Prix in the same unmistakable shade of blue, alongside team members wearing the adidas Blue Wonder collection.
A symbol of innovation in its own era, the original Blue Wonder was built to move Mercedes race cars faster than ever before. Today, the eActros 600 represents the next chapter in that spirit of progress, helping transport the team and our equipment across Europe while showcasing the future of road transport.
View more pictures at the Mercedes F1 website here.
Author: Mark Boudreau
Mark is the publisher of Motorsport Prospects and the host of the Motorsport Prospects Podcast. As a lawyer, he applies his legal background and research skills to assist race drivers by showcasing the resources they need to make their motorsport careers happen.
