Greener Motorsport

Challenges. Opportunities and Barriers

The East Midlands is aiming to take “pole position” in the debate on greener motorsport by running a workshop at EXPO 2007.

Motorsport is a significant industrial sector in the East Midlands, which hosts a major concentration of racing teams, circuits, suppliers and technology developers.

The aim of the workshop is to support the emerging debate within motorsport about reducing environmental impacts, in particular carbon emissions.

“We want to identify barriers to progress and priorities for action within the region and elsewhere”, says workshop organiser Philip Gray.

The workshop should help to promote the idea of “greener motorsport” within the East Midlands, and ensure that the region takes “pole position” in this debate.

As well as looking at vehicle technologies, participants will discuss how to run greener venues and events. “All these aspects have a role to play,“ says Gray. “Technology is important but we also want to examine potential quick wins in other areas, such as waste management and biodiversity.”

The half-day workshop will be chaired by Brendan Connor, chairman of CENEX at Loughborough University, and will include contributions from some of the leading motorsport firms in the region,motorsport regulators, and environmental experts. It will also be preceded by a track demonstration of selected vehicles.

For further information or to book a place contact :

Philip Gray

Northamptonshire County Council 

Tel :  01604 236993 

Email :  pcgray@northamptonshire.gov.uk  

 Or download theWorkshop Programmehere