FIA World Rally Championship
mitigates 65.817 Kg of CO2
Barcelona – October 23, 2014
At a presentation at the start of the FIA WRC Rally Spain today it was reported that in 2013 and 2014, 38.070 liters of GEM Fuel has been used as the fuel of choice in the Fiesta R2 young driver categories of the World Rally Championship and a total of 65.817 kg of CO2 was mitigated!
Supported by its partners, Abengoa, Methanex, Natgasoline, e-Pure and the Methanol Institute, and in close cooperation with M-Sport and the FIA GUTTS received approval for the supply of GEM Fuel at the start of the 2013 season. Since then close to 40.000 liters of GEM Fuel enabled 24 young drivers to compete over 16.000 kilometers, 4.000 stage kilometers on 234 stages in 10 events and 2 champions were crowned!
The total costs to adapt the Ford Fiesta R2 to run on GEM Fuel was only € 25 per car, making the combination of the M-Sport Ford Fiesta R2 + GEM Fuel the cheapest CO2 reduction project in motorsports so far!
GEM Fuel, an advanced renewable race fuel, is a ternary blend fuel containing three components: gasoline, bio-ethanol and CO2 derived, renewable methanol.
Blending these components creates a high performing race fuel with very ‘green’ credentials; high engine efficiency and power output, an increased biomass limit and high CO2 reduction from (ISCC Certified) sustainable feedstock.
Jarmo Mahonen, FIA Rally Director, said at the start of the initiative in 2013: “The FIA has a strategy to develop solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of mobility in general and motor sport in particular. Our Championship can be a real world testing facility. This is why we have decided to allow an innovative, sustainable renewable fuel to be tested in WRC. This choice illustrates our ambitions to drive for more sustainable motor sport.”
Edward Goossens, founding partner of the GUTTS initiative, is proud to have accomplished a turnaround in motorsports: "At GUTTS we firmly believe that we can enjoy motorsports to the full, without detriment to the environment. Our mission is to show that motorsport and sustainability can go hand in hand and be very affordable at the same time."
Future outlook is positive as more and more countries and competitors are adapting to this relevant trend. With the due homologation of more small sized high compression engines in the WRC, the high octane, cool burning GEM Fuel is a viable, valuable and affordable way to increase the sustainable profile of the WRC and rallying in years to come.
For further information see: www.gemfuel.com or www.gutts.nl
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