co2 emissions to be limited.

[tdb]

Just read about mr gow's plans for 2009 on the btcc.net site.

Had to chuckle a little, what fantastic spin!

I'm sure mr McKellar will get many miles of press and PR out of it.

This bit made me laugh too!

The BTCC, Britain’s most popular race series, has often led the way in motor sport when it comes to addressing environmental issues. In 1992, it became the first series in the UK – and one of the first in the world – to make catalytic converters compulsory.

IF co2 emissions are policed in the same way, nobody has anything to worry about!
Except the enviro-mentalists of course!

[VXR-4-Eva]

The things alan gow comes up with these days - maybe soon he'll make a rule that every car must stick to the speed limits!!

[VkmSpouge]

Sounds a nice idea, I wonder how it is going to be implemented.

[Daz]

This may be a difficult one to impliment to be honest. Cars can have switchable ECU maps so can be changed back to a low co2 map for when being checked then back to a full power map for on the circuit. It would have to have a continual co2 sensor in the system that logged the co2 output in a way it could be downloaded after any time the car spent on the circuit.

[Mark]

Perhaps this is intended to encourage uptake of biofuels?

[Captain VXR]

So long the teams can afford it and the racing is not effected I'm fine with it :)

[Hotlavaaaa]

Perhaps this is intended to encourage uptake of biofuels?

From autosport:

Gow believes that the decision to reduce emissions is a more productive way of helping the environment than the options taken up by some other championships.

"We could, of course, have simply mandated the use of bio-fuels," he said. "However, reducing our race car emissions to a figure at, or below, their road car equivalent with the type of fuel that we all normally use is a far more relevant and meaningful commitment.

"This is particularly as bio-fuels are not readily available to the public, nor widely used in everyday life."

[Mark]

It could still result in teams switching to biofuels if they find the petrol CO2 restrictions too much.

[Winchester]

I think its a great idea, as long as the racing isn't affected.
Just watch the WTCC follow suit and try and claim the credit for it, just like with bio fuels/Seat TDi etc...