Formula 1 racing driver Mark Webber has told T3 he believes F1 is spending too much time developing technology for future road cars and not on racing.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s British Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Australian Red Bull Racing driver said whilst technologies that filter down to road faring vehicles are a by-product of Formula 1, the sport should not be based around enhancing these technologies.
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“The technology shouldn’t really be taken into consideration because it’s a car race in its purest form,” said Webber. He added: “that type of technology restricts us in a performance aspect.”
With eco-friendly engines set to be introduced to F1 in the coming years, the pinnacle of motor racing is set to go green in order to set a good example and further the research into carbon-friendly vehicles.
“We have 20 events a year, there’s more fuel burnt by aeroplanes taxi-ing out to runways so it’s absolute peanuts what we do in the scheme of things, it’s more of a messaging thing obviously,” said Webber on the F1 green initiative.
“If you want to have that technology helping road cars, there’s no better place than F1 to put it."
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Posted by Luke Johnson"
