Future Motorsport
Motorsport is the crucible of development, many of the technological advancements that we enjoy in our everyday motoring now are the direct result of race teams coming up with new and inventive ways of winning. When factory teams have the budget and know how to win races those progressions do make their way into road cars.
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Formula 1 gave us traction control, launch control, and paddle-shift transmissions, World Endurance racing gave us hybrid drivetrains and new ways to burn fuel economically, while we have World Rally to thank for All-Wheel Drive and advanced turbo technology.
As the world moves to a more sustainable way of doing just about everything, so too has global motorsport. Formula 1 has limited engine sizes and weights and has curbed expenditure, endurance car racing has implemented this and more requiring synthetic fuels, lower emissions, and highly advanced hybrid drivetrains. World Rally has taken the bull by the horns and has almost completely changed the rules.
2022 WRC rally cars are now required to run entirely on synthetic fuels, have a PHEV hybrid drivetrain, and have most of the driver aids removed in order to curb costs. This has all been done in order to keep the sport sustainable and relatively financially attainable as well as keeping to a promise of a carbon-neutral operation.
Motorsport in all its glorious forms needs to keep going but in order to keep development and racing progressing, everyone will have to take a more environmentally friendly approach to things
