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Williams conducts first F1 bio-fuel run
2nd November 2007
The Grove, UK based WilliamsF1 organisation has become the first Formula One team to run a car on fuel containing a bioethanol element, as required by the 2008 FIA Formula One technical regulations.
From January 1 all Formula One cars will be obliged to run with a 5.75% blend of oxygenates derived from biological sources. The new rules are consistent with one of the latest EU directives which will require all road cars to use the same bio-content blend of fuel by 2010
The fuel used by the WilliamsF1 team was developed by its technical partner Petrobras, a Brazilian based oil company, which has devised a new process for the manufacture of second-generation bioethanol from already-utilised agribusiness sources such as crop waste.
Shortly before last month’s Brazilian Grand Prix a Williams Toyota FW29 using the new fuel for the first time took part in the annual motorsport festival on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
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