Formula 1 racing

[MVRacing]

Anyone catch the comments in the F1 race from Bahrain this morning?

With the F1 rule changes next yaer eliminating 1/2 of the aero down force, team engineers are looking for ways (allowed under the new rules)to recover kinetic energy (regen braking?) and thermal energy (exhaust temp) to produce electrical energy to drive the vehicle.

Now that I'm going to love to see ...hybrid F1 cars!! :)=D:)

That should help push the technology into the mainstream. :IDEA:

[RAN]

It seems that it needs a Really Hard Push...

[MVRacing]

Humm, wonder if Guy Negre had anything to do with the new F1 rule package?

"Guy NEGRE, the CEO founder of MDI Group, is an Aeronautics Engineer and a trained engine manufacturer. From the earliest time in his career, he has focused his research on improving efficiency of engines. Amongst his many accomplishments the most prominent are the development of a 3.5L W12 engine for Formula 1 towards the end of the eighties. It is around that time, in view of the environmental issues, that he decided to do something about saving the planet and became interested in developing a zero pollution engine and eventually established, in 1991, the company now known as the MDI Group."

MDI, developer of the Air Car entered in the Automotive X prize competition.