A Hydrogen-Powered LMP3 Fueled By Sewage
Oct 29, 2024 11:00 am
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Last week featured a lot of great information that race drivers can use but the hydrogen-powered LMP3 race car fueled by sewage I wrote about has to be one of the more innovative approaches to sustainable motorsport and just one of the fascinating features last week.
Do not fear though because I also looked at the path to race in Supercars, advice on finding the right brake pressure and how to boost your sponsorship ROI. Let's now dig deeper into what happened last week on News Racers Can Use.
The path you need to take to race Supercars was just part of last week’s Driver Development Roundup. I also had news on Mazda’s two driver development shootouts, a new program supporting young New Zealand race drivers and a look at the varied development pathways of four race drivers. Click here to read all of this and more!
Finding the right brake pressure
Finding the right brake pressure is critical for any race driver to understand and last week, Motorsport Prospects contributor and CEO of Baseline Driver Training Tommy Schröter explains how to go about it. Click here to read the complete article.
Boosting your sponsorship ROI is just one of the topics covered in last week’s Business of Being a Race Driver. You also found out if performance drives sponsorship, received advice on using networking for sponsorship acquisition and gained insight into 5 examples of how PR will set you apart from your competition. Click here to get all the details.
A 2022 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Headlines The Marketplace This Week
A 2022 Aston Martin Vantage GT4 headlined my twice-monthly edition of Race Cars for Sale in the Motorsport Prospects Marketplace in partnership with Racing Edge. In addition to the Aston Martin, I also featured a 2019 Audi R8 GT4, 2019 Mercedes Benz AMG GT3, 2016 Porsche 981 GT4 Clubsport MR EVO, 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 and an FAW Cardinal Coupe Chassis #022.
Click here to see if they are still available!
Toyota GR Corolla TC Racecar To Debut in TC America In 2025
The Toyota GR Corolla TC race car is set to debut in TC America in 2025 and last week’s Racecraft & Race Cars Roundup had all the details. I also had news on a new single-seater formula debuting in South Africa, nutrition and fitness tips for the race driver and the latest 2025 race calendars. Click here to read all the details.
Hyundai Announces Hyundai N Virtual Cup
Hyundai has announced the Hyundai N Virtual Cup and in last week’s edition of the Sim Racing Roundup you will find all the details. You will also see how a sim racer became a real-life champion, get details on a hybrid sim racing team as they expand into real-world racing and highlights from the recent ADAC Sim Racing Expo. Click here to read all my sim racing news from last week.
The Waste2Race LMP3 Is A Hydrogen Race Car Fueled By Sewage
The Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype is a hydrogen-powered race car fueled by sewage and is just one of the items featured in last week’s edition of the Sustainable Motorsport Roundup. I also had the impressive results of Mercedes F1’s HVO100 bio-fuel-powered European season, COTA’s partnership with an environmental group and the DTM ditching fossil fuels.
Click here for all of last week's sustainable motorsport news.
How Taylor Swift Changed Formula 1
How Taylor Swift has changed Formula 1 is just one of the stories covered in last Friday’s Business of Motorsport. I also had news on where race drivers stand in the list of the 50 most marketable athletes, the costs of putting on the Grand Prix of Arlington and the latest motorsport sponsorship deals and partnerships. Click here to read the business of motorsport news you may have missed.
The Week Ahead
This week I have 5 sponsorship insights that every racer needs to know written by a guest columnist who is also a race driver, track testing a ND-chassis Mazda MX-5 Cup Car and how to perfect your heel and toe technique. All this and much more!
Quote of the Week
“Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.”
― Michael Schumacher
The Last Lap
The story of the Porsche LMP 2000, known internally under the code name ‘9R3,’ is as interesting as it is brief. Shortly after Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 with the 911 GT1, work began on the next car that would take on the French endurance classic. Three initial, Norbert Singer-designed chassis were set to be built, with an initial one completed and due to undergo testing in late 1999. Work was being carried out to prepare for a factory effort in the 2000 edition of the race, but it wasn’t to be.
Sportscar365 has the fascinating story of how the manufacturer revived its canceled Le Mans Prototype after 25 years of hibernation. You can read it here.
As always, thanks for reading!
Mark
