INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE FIA: ISSUE #4 POWER SHIFT A WORLD STANDARD The inside track on Formula As shocking new crash test One’s 2014 engines, which results emerge from Latin promise to be leaner, greener America, Global NCAP ups the and more road-relevant P20 pressure on car makers P36 BLOODHOUND GANG FUTURE FUELLED In aiming to build the world’s Deep in the New Mexico desert fastest car, the team behind a one motor manufacturer is 1,000 mph record bid must developing an eco-fuel that also create the safest P26 could transform motoring P64 P42 LOOK WHO’S TALKING How the connected car will shape tomorrow’s motoring landscape THE CHOICE OF TOP CAR BRANDS EVEN IN WINTER. Customised technology to enhance your car’s performance in any winter weather condition. ISSUE #4 FASTER, SMARTER, THE FIA The Fédération Internationale SAFER, GREENER de l’Automobile is the governing body of world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading INTERNATIONAL motoring organisations. Founded New technology brings with it JOURNAL OF THE FIA in 1904, it brings together 232 national motoring and sporting organisations from 134 countries, new challenges. But it also Editorial Board: representing millions of motorists JEAN TODT, PIERRE REGENT, worldwide. In motor sport, brings new opportunities. GERARD SAILLANT, RICHARD WOODS, it administers the rules and regulations for all international TIM KEOWN, DAVID WARD In this issue, AUTO examines the latest technology four-wheel sport, including the FIA Editors-in-chief: Formula One World Championship helping everyday road cars to become more PIERRE REGENT, RICHARD WOODS and FIA World Rally Championship Executive Editor: MARC CUTLER connected and smarter. Ever-more efficient and Editor: JUSTIN HYNES powerful communications capability will see vehicles Copy Editor: JEZ SMADJA tell you the shortest and most environmentally- Art Direction and Design: CARA FURMAN THE FIA FOUNDATION Photo Editor: CAS The FIA Foundation is an friendly route to your chosen destination and even Design Consultant: JAMES GREENHOW independent UK registered charity rearrange your meeting if you’re stuck in traffic. that supports an international Contributors: DAVID EVANS, programme of activities promoting They also have the potential to hugely improve TONY THOMAS, PETER WRIGHT, road safety, the environment MATT YOUSON and sustainable mobility. It was road safety by, for instance, communicating with Logistics: MARIE DUJET established in 2001 with a donation other cars and providing intelligent warning signals Repro Manager: ADAM CARBAJAL of $300 million from the FIA and is governed by a Board of to the driver. AUTO takes an in-depth look at these Printing: MANOR CREATIVE Trustees. Among its activities, the connected cars and the profound effect they will We would like to thank the following Foundation participates in various for their help with this issue of AUTO: UN road safety and environment have on our driving future. MARTIN ANAYI, MATHIAS BARBERA, related partnerships and is a Another technological leap is underway at the DENNIS DEAN, ALEX FURAS, member of the UN Global Road Safety Collaboration. LUCY GENON, CHERYL LYNCH, Bloodhound project, which is attempting to not only ANDY MELLOR, CAROLINA PEREIRA, beat the FIA World Land Speed Record but to do it GERALD RICHARD, AUDE RAYNAUT, by breaking the 1,000mph barrier. The faster you JULES TIPLER THE FIA INSTITUTE go the more important safety becomes and that is Advertising: The FIA Institute is an international STEPHANE FILLASTRE not-for-profit organisation that why the project team has called in the leading safety sfillastre@fia.com develops and improves motor sport safety and sustainability. researchers from the FIA to provide solutions for the It leads projects that encourage vehicle’s all-important cockpit. the rapid development of new and improved safety technologies; More major changes are afoot in Formula One with that facilitate higher standards the introduction next season of a new turbo-charged of education and training; Legal: © 2013 FIA. All rights reserved. Except to the extent permitted under applicable copyright laws, no part of the and that raise awareness of V6 engine. AUTO examines the new features of this information found in this publication may be reproduced safety and sustainability issues. or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in The Institute was established engine, which is set to bring the highest levels of a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the FIA. in October 2004 and funds its efficiency and cutting-edge eco-technology to motor activities through annual grants Cover image: SEAN RODWELL from the FIA Foundation. sport’s marquee championship. 04/80 05/80 AUTO/CUE From breaking records NEWS/ to bio-engineering fuel, P12-17 From race circuits to road, the stories making this is AUTO the headlines, including how Formula E is gathering pace, the Motor Sport Development Contents Task Force and Wales’ newly approved circuit ANALYSIS/ P18 THE BIG QUESTION Experts discuss how motor sport can accelerate its commitment to sustainability P20 NEW POWER GENERATION Unveiling F1’s new 2014 engine, a power unit that aims to make the world’s foremost race series leaner, greener and more road relevant FOCUS/ P26 SUPERSONIC SAFETY Breaking the 1,000mph land speed barrier is the objective for Bloodhound SSC, but how do you accident-proof the unprecedented? 26 P36 GLOBAL NCAP Bloodhound aims to While traditional car markets enjoy safety as go where no car has gone before – beyond standard, emerging regions are being put at risk the 1,000mph mark P42 THE INFORMATION SUPER HIGHWAY Connectivity is revolutionising the way manufacturers build and sell cars, but the real winner will be app-enhanced driving 20 P52 IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE AUTO reports from the FIA Institute Academy ‘THE GAME IS STILL in Austria where elite young drivers were TO GO FAST, BUT tasked with finding that extra gear P58 MARSHALS MATTER USING LESS ENERGY Training hundreds of marshals for an F1 race AND SPENDING is a labour-intensive process, but the safety 42 benefits trickle down through the sport LESS MONEY’ P64 IF NOT ELECTRIC, WHAT? FIA HEAD OF POWERTRAIN FABRICE LOM ON Car manufacturers are looking beyond electric FORMULA ONE’S NEW ENGINE REGULATIONS vehicles to a range of green solutions. Step forward Audi and its e-fuel programme P70 STANDARD BEARERS The FIA approved 35 international series last year, setting the standard for safer, better organised race events around the world FINISH/ P74 STATS AT THE BACK AUTO visualises all 73 FIA International Series P76 FREEZE FRAME We stop the clock on Bruce McLaren in his 52 20 36 M2B at the 1966 Monaco GP Testing times Formula Future: Global NCAP for FIA Institute F1’s 2014 power heads into P78 BACK TO THE FUTURE hopefuls units explained unsafe territory Scirocco R-Cup driver, Michelle Gatting, explains why the boys need to watch out 06/80 07/80 AUTO/MOTIVE Not the most practical Sustainability solar charging design, but easily the most sophisticated, SDA’s concept for the SOLAR Volvo V60 could be the shape of things to come. SYSTEM Access to charging points is often cited as a sticking point in the decision to purchase hybrid and electric cars, so when Volvo launched its new V60 plug-in electric hybrid with a competition to design a mobile pavilion that would showcase its new model at motor shows, winners Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA) might just have come up with a possible future solution. The Los Angeles-based firm’s ‘Pure Tension’ pavilion features what it calls a “continuous organic form composed of vinyl encapsulated polyester mesh fabric with integrated flexible photovoltaic panels by Ascent Solar Technologies tensioned over CNC-bent aluminium pipes.” The innovative aspect of the orchid- like structure can be attributed to the photovoltaic cells, which give the pavilion solar charging capability. “This competition presented us with a unique challenge as architects,” says SDA principal and founder, Alvin Huang. “It addressed issues we are constantly working on and offered the potential to address sustainability as something much broader that can also encompass issues of identity, contemporary culture and personal mobility.” The pavilion itself is highly mobile. In SDA’s proposal, it is shown arriving in the back of a V60, collapsed into a small tent bag. “It was important that it be easy deploy, break down, and move around,” says Huang. PHOTOGRAPHY: SYNTHESIS-DNA PHOTOGRAPHY: 08/80 09/80 AUTO/MOTIVE FIA European Rallycross BATTLE FIELD The FIA European Rallycross Championship was seconds but are robust enough to tackle jumps relaunched this year with a new promoter in and ruts, and drift around corners. IMG and a whole host of star drivers. It has not “It’s the ultimate motor sport battle,” says disappointed, with the action on the track being European Rallycross Championship managing matched by the fervour in the stands. director Martin Anayi. “The sport hasn’t changed There were 30,000 paying spectators at the but with champion drivers and a revamped recent round in Sweden (pictured) and another television package, people are now watching it.” 45,000 in France, where rally star Sébastien But it is not just the fans that have taken to the Loeb was the special guest driver. sport. The drivers seem to be enjoying it too. As Rallycross involves short, sharp, head-to-head DTM star Mattias Ekstrom said after his guest racing around mixed surfaces (dirt and tarmac) appearance in Sweden: “Nothing beats the within amphitheatre venues. The high-powered feeling of a rallycross supercar. I’ve tried NASCAR, cars accelerate from 0-60mph in less than two DTM and Le Mans, but these cars are the best.” The supercars get plenty of air-time at the Höljesbanan during the Swedish leg of the 2013 European Rallycross Championship.