MOTORSPORT: F1 confirms switch to synthetic fuel
Top-flight motorsport series says arrival of green logo reflects its 100 per cent sustainable futureFormula 1 has followed up its 2014 switch to more efficient V6 hybrid engines with the declaration that, by 2025, it will be 100 per cent sustainable thanks to a switch to synthetic fuels.
Releasing an all-new green F1 logo, the premiere motorsport series has introduced "the world's most efficient engine" tagline to reflect the 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrid's incredible 52 per cent thermal efficiency – well above the 40 per cent the most efficient road cars manage.
Despite keeping the faith with internal combustion engines while other mainstream car brands have already declared the future is pure-electric, F1 says its efforts will remains beneficial to the environment.
This season, the fuel used by all teams burns a 5.75 per cent biofuel mix, with the formulation set to change in 2022 to E10 (10 per cent biofuel) next year.
The sport will then transition to a third-gen synthetic or e-fuel by 2025, with the ultimate aim that by 2030 the F1 sport will be net-zero carbon emissions.
In the build-up, Formula 1 will begin offsetting its carbon footprint for every race.
As well as becoming greener, F1 has already announced that it is introducing new cost-cutting measures that will see the removal of the MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit-Heat) component of the powertrain to tempt other car-makers like Porsche to enter the sport.
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