In the round-up: Red Bull will use its Formula 1 know-how to help develop hydrogen-powered cars which will race at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
What they say
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest selected Red Bull to collaborate on the chassis concept for the cars with ORECA and hydrogen fuel tank supplier Plastic Omnium.
“Red Bull Advanced Technologies are well equipped to take on the challenge set by the ACO having access to many of the tools used to design and develop the Red Bull Racing F1 car, along with significant experience on other cutting edge vehicle programs,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. “The Hydrogen class at Le Mans offers an exciting glimpse into the future of sustainable motorsport and promises both to advance the use of hydrogen in transportation, and also deliver exciting racing.”
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
First race experience with @CGRTeams and first time fighting in the front in a very long time. I missed that 👊🏼 Obviously gutted we couldn’t hold onto P1, but the car felt great and competitive, and I can’t wait for Saturday! 🔥 #IMSA #Rolex24 #Daytona pic.twitter.com/3n6kNzhmqF
— Kevin Magnussen (@KevinMagnussen) January 25, 2021
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
"The story will follow a Formula 1 racing prodigy who is forced to become a getaway driver to save the only family he has left."
Marko: 'Monaco vuole il pubblico nel 2021' (Formula Passion - Italian)
"Helmut Marko says Monaco's race promoters are planning to have half as many spectators in 2021 as a normal year due to the pandemic."
Peacock premium becomes home of IndyCar practice, qualifying, more in 2021 (IndyCar)
"Peacock Premium will provide fans in the US with live coverage of 2021 IndyCar qualifying and practice sessions as well as coverage surrounding the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, Indy Lights races, race day warmups and full-event replays of IndyCar races in 2021. Peacock Premium will surround the 105th Indianapolis 500 with exclusive practice and qualifying coverage, as well as ancillary content."
Pierre-Louis in Chovet in F3 with Jenzer Motorsport (Jenzer)
"The state-of-the-art technical know-how and the atypical approach of Andreas Jenzer’s team, as well as its human quality and its focus on FIA F3 are three of the factors that convinced me to jump within this innovative project."
Ultra-rare and famous 1955 Jaguar D-Type sold for $7.6m at Auction (The Car Guide)
"Renowned British race car driver Peter Blond became its first private owner in 1956, having purchased the car from former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, who had taken it on after the dealer failed to find a buyer. Blond soon put it to good use in club racing."
Highlights, Round 1, Race 1, S5000 at Symmons Plains (S5000 via YouTube)
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Comment of the day
Who will partner Sauber’s young hot-shot Theo Pourchaire at ART in Formula 2?
I hope to heck that his teammate isn’t Lundgaard. ART have shown a complete inability to run two drivers in F2 in recent years, leading to some lopsided margins between teammates (Aitken in 2018 against Russell, Mazepin in 2019 against De Vries and Armstrong last year against Lundgaard).
Pourchaire probably represents F1’s best chance of beating Verstappen’s youngest race winner record for a while, though he’ll need to earn an F1 seat for next year that’ll be good enough to give him a win by April. More realistically, he’s probably going to get a Sauber seat once the Hinwil team are free of their Ferrari/Alfa Romeo links.
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Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
26th January 2021, 0:29
Sounds like Red Bull want to have a gas at Le Mans.
Seems more likely that Monaco will have half as many fans attend as they did last year.
Can’t help but feel the De Niro Netflix movie will Haas a particular backstory.
kenji
26th January 2021, 1:42
Some clarity needed here…Hydrogen for burning in an ICE or Hydrogen as the catalyst for electrification?
anon
26th January 2021, 17:41
The quotes from all three parties involved – the ACO, Red Bull Technologies and ORECA – give no indication how they intend to use the hydrogen to power the vehicle (I don’t mean to be harsh, but all three give quotes are very long on marketing buzzwords and utterly devoid of any technical detail).
However, if the other hydrogen powered proposals that have been put forward for Le Mans are an indication of what to expect, then it will probably be based around a hydrogen fuel cell.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
26th January 2021, 5:58
F1 driver turned gateway driver? That’s so American it hurts…
Can’t be worse than Driven, tho.
anon
26th January 2021, 7:21
@fer-no65 the whole “former race driver turned getaway driver” is certainly a very worn out trope in heist movies…
ColdFly (@)
26th January 2021, 7:54
And I bet you he’ll get romantically involved with the boss’ wife.
Duncan Idaho (@didaho)
26th January 2021, 9:15
I bet the cops catch him when he stops to change to mediums.
BasCB (@bascb)
26th January 2021, 7:42
The trope is a bit, “ahm, right, ok, not sure what to make of that” but somehow i feel kind of excited when they do this after having been able to follow teams a bit closer, and with Boyega being the star @fer-no65, @anon
Aapje (@aapje)
26th January 2021, 11:27
I wonder how much they will base it on reality, especially with a black actor in the lead. Will the main character be called Pewis Pamilton?
BasCB (@bascb)
26th January 2021, 13:23
Nah, off course not @aapje. He would be Hamil Lewison ;-)
Or maybe they go with some variance on Bernie and the guys from the great train robbery @fer-no65. And yeah, I kind of expect it to be all the bad of many tries before. But then, we might end up with somethign genuinly watchable like the Lauda movie.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
26th January 2021, 13:09
@bascb good actors don’t make a good movie tho. Scripts do. Not only the idea seems old fashioned, it’s a completely alien environment for F1… Seems more lined to NASCAR’s origins…
I expect it to flop.
Rhys Lloyd (@justrhysism)
2nd February 2021, 9:41
@fer-no65 late to the party, but not only an alien environment—but an utterly absurd plot. F1 drivers are pretty selfish (not in a bad way, mostly) and I just can’t imagine one giving up their seat.
Robert McKay
26th January 2021, 8:18
It’d be a shame if Boyega kept Robert De Niro waiting. And if De Niro was playing, say, a Ferrari boss, he might be talking Italian…
Jere (@jerejj)
26th January 2021, 8:39
I immediately recognized John Boyega from the more recent SW films.
Stephen Higgins
26th January 2021, 9:45
Hugely significant if Hydrogen power can compete with, or possibly even beat, electric / hybrid power at Le Man.
Battery-powered electric vehicles may very well become a thing of the past.
MEGATRON M12 (@megatron)
27th January 2021, 16:34
Even with a fuel cell they will still need batteries on board
Retired (@jeff1s)
26th January 2021, 12:58
The Indycar series should better service a platform itself so access can be available worldwide, like WEC – and unlike F1TV at the moment due to broadcasting contracts. This Peacock premium service will only satisfy a handful of audience in the US, in my opinion.
Small typo, Pierre-Louis in Chovet in F3.
Stefan Robert
30th January 2021, 11:02
This is high time to use electric vehicles. Day by day increase the popularity of electric cars. Electric cars help to reduce carbon emissions. It is increasing the ability of sustainability.