Nick Gregory
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Gotta love it when people don't see what the future is going to be.
I think we all see what direction future motorsport is going (unfortunately), but that dosent mean we have to like it. Imo, spectating motorsport events is 33% racing, 33% speed, 33% sound and 1% tech. Take away the sound and you remove a 1/3 of the fun. Yes I know this is as subjective as it can get, but I cant imagine seeing only electric car races when I get old. Electric cars for racing sucks, electric road cars, however, is the future WHEN they sort out the battery issues such as range, charge time and manufaturing polution.Gotta love it when people don't see what the future is going to be.
Honestly those are there because it's cheap and politically correct. Audi was basically forced out of WEC, Porsche was only there to prevent anyone from having more wins than them, DTM is expensive as every team there is a factory team.Why do you think Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar, Audi are all joining FE and leaving DTM and WEC?
But are you saying it's not longer socially relevant to race with petrol powered engines? A massive majority of the people drive a car with a petrol powered engine. It's the minority driving in green cars like the Prius and those that I know personally are absolutely not interested in motorsports. They are to busy believing a Prius is green.As I wrote before, motor racing has to stay socially relevant.
And for that reason I have a strong passion for series with privateers instead of factory teams.One thing to think about: why would car manufacturers spend Money on petrol engines for motorsport when all their road cars are using Electric engines? It doesnt make any sense. The car Companies are not supporting motorsport out of charity, but for developing Technology and marketing. Petroldriven motorsport will not be good for marketing og developing Technology for Electric driven cars.
And for that reason I have a strong passion for series with privateers instead of factory teams.
But are you saying it's not longer socially relevant to race with petrol powered engines? A massive majority of the people drive a car with a petrol powered engine. It's the minority driving in green cars like the Prius and those that I know personally are absolutely not interested in motorsports. They are to busy believing a Prius is green.
You're right in everything you say, but most of us diehard fans dont give a damn about socially acceptable, alternative energy etc, when it comes to racing. We want hard racing, speed and sounds to back it up. There's no better music than a perfectly tuned race engine as high revs.
Road cars are a totally different story. I'd love to own a hybrid or, alternatively, an electric car once the charge time is brought down.