Vegans and chocolate lovers, it’s time to support auto racing — the sport has recently been busy taking time to support you.
A new racing car, named the ecoF3, has been made public by the British WorldFirst team from Warwick University in Coventry, West Mids. It is a new breed of car, however, as it is made of vegetables, uses plant-oil lubricants to grease its moving parts and runs on chocolate extracts and vegetable oil. It is the first Formula 3 built from eco-friendly materials.
The article, first reported by telegraph.co.uk, goes on to say that the new racing car has a steering wheel made of carrots, a body sculpted from potatoes and a soybean seat.
Though it has a maximum speed of 145 mph, it is not eligible to compete in the Formula 3 next season because the chocolate-based fuel does not meet race regulations.
This is quite a feat, creating a natural racing car that has the ability to compete with its aluminum and titanium-based kin. There’s no doubt this is a huge step in the globe’s continuing “going green” saga and could certainly lay groundwork for all cars to be made from natural resources. I wouldn’t be surprised to see this become a growing trend in the auto industry, although production costs are presumably much higher than a standard racing car.
This is a story to keep an eye on, not only because it’s history in the making, but we now have a solution to the hunger pangs drivers experience during races. A little ranch dressing, maybe some salad servers and the problem’s solved.