{"id":1672167,"date":"2022-10-04T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672167"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:07:34","slug":"formula-e-will-have-the-road-relevance-to-overtake-f1-says-filippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/formula-e-will-have-the-road-relevance-to-overtake-f1-says-filippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula E will have the \u2018road relevance\u2019 to overtake F1, says Filippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformula-e-will-have-the-road-relevance-to-overtake-f1-says-filippi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672167&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Alan Baldwin<\/p>\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013     Formula One is enjoying a boom in popularity but electric Formula E will ultimately be the main focus of manufacturers and sponsors seeking road relevance and green credentials, Envision Racing team boss Sylvain Filippi predicted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking at the Reuters IMPACT conference in London, Filippi said internal combustion engine-based championships like Formula One would struggle to argue relevance as electric car ownership rises.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission wants a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2035, making it impossible to sell combustion engine cars from then. Britain has said it will ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans in 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Formula One\u2019s new power unit from 2026 will be a high-revving 1.6 litre V6 engine, with a significantly greater electric element and using 100% sustainable fuels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be quite difficult to live with a road map that\u2019s clearly completely mis-aligned with what\u2019s on the road,\u201d Filippi told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think at some point the road relevance question will become very binary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you road relevant or are you not? You can\u2019t really be in-between post-2030. There\u2019s still a bit of time but it comes quick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the money\u2019s going to go into Formula E because that\u2019s the only thing that\u2019s acceptable \u2026 a lot of brands will not really be able to sponsor internal combustion sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now Formula One\u2019s marketing pull and viewing figures are  far stronger, with glamorous new races in the United States drawing fresh sponsors and a Netflix docu-series \u201cDrive to Survive\u201d turbo-charging fan interest.<\/p>\n<p>Formula One has also set a target of having a net zero carbon footprint by 2030 but Formula E has exclusive rights until 2039 as the only full-electric championship approved by the FIA motorsport governing body.<\/p>\n<p>German marques Audi and Mercedes have recently left Formula E, however, with the former set to debut in Formula One with their own engine from 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Mercedes own only a third of their once-dominant Formula One team, reducing it from 60% in 2020 with petrochemicals giant Ineos taking a one third share and team boss Toto Wolff also owning the same amount.<\/p>\n<p>City-centre based Formula E is, meanwhile, expanding to India and Brazil next season, after Indonesia in 2022, when a new faster, smaller and lighter \u2018Gen3\u2033 car makes its race debut.<\/p>\n<p>The series may also introduce rapid charging pitstops, that Filippi said could take around 30 seconds, for a car with front and rear powertrains producing 600kw of power compared to a previous 250kw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s almost a 1,000 horsepower car, almost the same as a Formula One car. We can do the 0-60 in way under two seconds and we\u2019re not even using slick tyres. The potential is just immense,\u201d said Filippi. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Alan Baldwin; Editing by Mark Potter)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/formula-e-will-have\/attachment\/formula-e-new-york-city-e-prix\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XJ-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XJ-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/formula-e-will-have\/attachment\/annual-reuters-impact-summit-in-london-10\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XC-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XC-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/formula-e-will-have\/attachment\/annual-reuters-impact-summit-in-london-11\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XD-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI930XD-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Formula One is enjoying a boom in popularity but electric Formula E will ultimately be the main focus of manufacturers and sponsors seeking road<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1672167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sports\/formula-e-will-have\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=formula-e-will-have","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1672167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1672167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1672167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1672167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1672167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}