With the threat of climate change growing, the UK motorsport scene is at last starting to embrace vital sustainable initiatives. Here's how its governing body and racing clubs are leading the charge ⬇️
“It’s fundamental to our existence and the future that we get this right.” Such a statement might seem extreme, almost sensationalist, but Motorsport UK CEO Hugh Chambers is acutely aware of exactly how important embracing sustainability has become.
“Fast forward a couple of years and the attitude has literally gone 180 degrees, which is that we need to be on the front foot. We need to be leading and we need to be setting examples.” “It’s about engaging the community,” she says. “How do we support our community, whether it’s licence holders, venues or clubs, to reduce their own emissions?
“I think it [the pandemic] gave us some time to look at the big picture and we were very lucky that we had a new member [Mark Dibben] who’s an academic and has been able to lead the working party that’s looked at this, and make recommendations that perhaps we wouldn’t have thought about without his influence,” says Tania Brown, the VSCC’s club secretary.
Giles Groombridge, the 750MC’s competitions manager, believes that while other sectors may produce more carbon emissions, motorsport, in particular, is under scrutiny and needs to take action. One of the answers, at least in the short term, is the use of synthetic and biofuels – something that is already being implemented not only at the top of the sport in Formula 1 but also at a national level. While renewable fuels are currently more expensive than conventional fuels, the price is coming down and the availability is going up, which is starting to make it a viable option for competitors in the UK.
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