New auto racing series focused on fuel cell and hybrid powers

• Technology showcase for investments made by auto manufactures
• Create new high-performance image for green(er) vehicles
• Race winners will have mastered the total energy management

Racing core drives entertainment and education businesses

• Interactive video game race with live races
• Dual championship winners: race teams and fantasy league
• “Rolling class room” that makes math and science tangible and fun

Interesting recent quotes...

“Maybe Formula One in five years' time or more should have a special formula for hybrid vehicles. If in 10 years' time because of environmental reasons the key thing of interest to road car customers is a hybrid formula I don't see why Formula One shouldn't migrate in that direction.  It should be a mirror of what is happening in the real world. It shouldn't be an island,” Added Fry. “We might have Formula One develop into something with two classes within it. The final migration point might be something completely different. My personal feeling is that it should be something different. It should move with the times."

Global Motorsports Congress (Nov ’05) in Frankfurt, Germany Honda Racing F1 Team CEO, Nick Fry

Audi has announced an attempt to win Le Mans - with a diesel engine…The engine is a 5.5-litre, 12-cylinder twin-turbo TDI engine, which is said to be extremely quiet and economical. It produces over 650 bhp and a colossal 1,100 Newton metres of torque. It even has two particulate filters to reduce emissions, not traditionally a concern of racing cars. "The R10 project is the biggest challenge ever to have been handed to Audi Sport," said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich. "TDI technology has not been pushed to its limits in motorsport yet. We are the first to confront the challenge. The demands of such a project are accordingly high. Long-term technology partners such as Bosch, Michelin and Shell support us in our quest. Together we have the chance to write new chapters in the history books of motorsport and diesel technology."

Reuters (13 December 2005)

''All kinds of motors will be allowed, but every car will get an equal amount of fuel. So it will be based on (fuel) consumption. Who wins will be the one who uses (the fuel) best.''

Max Mosley, President FIA, from La Gazzetta dello Sport (Feb '06)