![]() It will be very interesting what the future will bring. Maybe F1 should focus on the path of extreme technologies development that can be relevant to aerospace, lightweight construction or simply pure extreme vehicles that will use the best technology for this purpose. ![]() But it doesn’t necessarily need to, because it is already not relevant at all for commercial cars. Even if the actual car doesn’t account for so much, it would send the right message.Īs Europe will ban the sale of combustion cars by 2035, there is a clear pressure to focus on more efficient hybrid powertrains if F1 needs to stay relevant to the car market. A lighter car would need less fuel and it’s also much easier to ship it around the world. Running lighter cars means fewer parts being produced and less energy used for making those parts. Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images Reducing weight would have additional benefits in logistics We take a look at the seven Toyota Guiding Principles adopted in 1992 and revised in 1997 and outline some of the projects we have undertaken that support them. Toyota strives to be a good corporate citizen trusted by all stakeholders and to contribute to the creation of an affluent society through all its business operations. ![]() But there’s a case to argue that a renewed focus on lighter cars would satisfy sustainability criteria and still be a testbed for use in road cars – if F1 was willing for it to happen. Toyota Motor Corporation Site introduces 'Vision & Philosophy'. Clearly, abandoning sustainability to build the most exotic cars ever isn’t realistic. If there’s no clearly marketed sustainability angle to F1, then it will be less attractive for sponsors and automotive manufacturers to be associated with it. Also, for real gains in sustainability, having a lighter car and equipment would mean much less emissions from logistics, for example. Figure 2 Toyoda Automatic Loom, type G, circa 1926. Here we need to stop and consider the implications of Jidoka: automation with a human touch. To serve people, technology must work in harmony with its users. That would be in my view much more dramatic and much more towards the right mentality of what F1 should be about. SERVING THE PEOPLE: Under principle 8, technology doesn’t just extend the capability of people, it serves them. F1 should focus on maximum performance without compromise, Formula E should focus on efficiency, and other series like the World Endurance Championship on road-relevant technologies. It wouldn’t be popular with key stakeholders who have invested heavily in the hybrid engines, but for me motorsport should have a very clearly distinguished definition of what purpose is served by the top racing series so they don’t overlap. And I believe, if an F1 car can go as fast or faster without the weighty hybrid than it would by using the hybrid to harvest and to deploy power, then the idea of having the hybrid doesn’t make sense. PLUS: Explaining the key aspects of Porsche and Audi's planned F1 entriesįor example, the reason planes aren’t electric or even hybrid today is because the extra weight of the batteries makes no sense to carry on a long flight for the energy benefit.
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