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Beware: the race cars are after your confectionary. WorldFirst, a team from Warwick University, has developed a eco-friendly Formula 3 racer that runs on chocolate.
OK, not chocolate, exactly. Wedge a Yorkie bar into the EcoF3's fuel tank and you'll be faced with a dead race car with a somewhat gooey engine. But it does run on oils derived from chocolate beans, making the WorldFirst racer an ideal solution to both the ecological and obesity crises facing the world.
There's more greenness onboard, too: the EcoF3's bodywork is made from potatoes, its seat from soybeans and its steering wheel from carrots. Rumours that it'll be lubricated by Bisto instead of engine oil are entirely unfounded.
Because of its unconventional fuel source (sauce?), the EcoF3 is currently ineligible to race in Formula 3, but the WorldFirst team says it's hopeful that F3 organisers will change the regulations to allow them to compete next year. And then they're aiming even higher.
"We hope the Formula 1 teams will see that an environmentally friendly car is not necessarily a slow car," said a WorldFirst spokesman. "We expect our new materials to be used by the Formula 1 cars of the future."
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Scout-V commented on this article
at 01:33 pm on 27 April 2009
...Sweet...
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Jordan-Fry commented on this article
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hydrogen fuel F1 for the win - would make the crashes more interesting
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Love the LOLA tribute on the rear wing. God I miss those days...
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Licorice tyres - Mmmmmm.
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AshHorne commented on this article
at 03:16 pm on 27 April 2009
The team are also going to be monitoring on-track performance by installing a Tracker. Critics expect the team to face Allsorts of problems. But when it's crunch(ie) time they're sure to deliver. I'd make a joke about the aero package on it, but that's been done by the very bored TG office crew already. :) But credit where credit's due, the people behind this really are a team of Smarties. :)
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