Hydrogen-powered sustainable motorsport is not ready yet to power global motorsport but a few more years of development should change this according to Toyota. In addition to this, the Sustainable Motorsport Roundup for this week is absolutely bursting with cool developments. From Haas F1’s sustainability initiates to sustainable team clothing for the new Ferrari Hypercar … Read more
Dilbagh Gill has big plans that his new ACE Championship will grow electric racing globally and he may be just the person to do it. In addition to the launch of the ACE Championship, I have news on hydrogen powered Toyotas, Porsche’s new eFuels initiative, the challenge of developing sustainable fuel for Formula 1 and … Read more
Porsche have been going out of their way to emphasize how the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 ePerformance is a true race car to its core. In this week’s Sustainable Motorsport Roundup I bring you more reviews and details on this exciting electric race car and why people think they are right. I also bring you … Read more
Scalar Performance has introduced what they call the first all-electric amateur touring race car. It was introduced last week at SEMA and it is just one of the highlights in this edition of the Sustainable Motorsport Roundup. In addition to the announcement from Scalar, Ken Block explains what a challenge Electrikhana has been, the World … 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
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
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
The Future is Eclectic The deeper I dig into the topic of sustainability in motorsport for the Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up, the more I realize that there is no “one size fits all” strategy. Unlike the bigger transportation sector, of which motorsport obviously has a close (some would say too close) connection, the needs of motorsport … Read more
This week’s Sustainable Motorsport Round-Up is a continuation from Part 1 last week in that I just had too much material for one installment and I did not want to wait until a few weeks to get it all out so let’s get started! Formula 1 and their next engine in 2025 and beyond Debate … Read more
Changing with the Times I am not an environmentalist. That may sound like a weird thing to say in a column about sustainable motorsport, but I have never been one to put labels on people or assume them for myself. Labels are for clothes. What I am is a realist and the whole point of … Read more
Welcome to the relaunch of the Weekly Debrief here on Motorsport Prospects. Every Friday I will consolidate a variety of news and opinions, updates and tidbits of interest to race drivers, potential drivers and the motorsport industry as a whole. If you have some news about race driver development or the business of motorsport you … Read more
Lately there have been some exciting sponsorship moves incorporating green tech companies as sponsors across multiple motorsport series, and not all these series have been electric. These moves have demonstrated the incredible sponsorship opportunities that are available in the green tech and sustainability sector. In this article I will look at some tips on how … Read more