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  • Bosch developing customer KERS
    The German competition electronics company Bosch Motorsport has confirmed that is developing a motorsport kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) that will be available on a commercial basis to customers.

  • IRL appoints Brazilian ethanol supplier
    The US based Indianapolis Racing League has appointed the Brazilian company APEX-Brasil as the official supplier of bioethanol fuel for the IndyCars series with effect from 2009.

  • Motorsport industry green conference on eve of Rally GB
    The 2008 Wales Rally GB will be the first in the FIA World Rally Championship calendar to be classified as carbon neutral and a conference on how motorsport the motorsport industry is adapting to the changes is to be held on the eve of the event.

  • Dennis to give Safety Fund Lecture
    Ron Dennis the team principal of the 2008 of the Woking, UK based FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championship-winning McLaren-Mercedes F1 team and Chairman and CEO of the McLaren Group, will deliver the 2009 Motorsport Safety Fund "Watkins Lecture" at the Autosport International Show next January.

  • KERS delay rejected
    A report on the website of the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport says that a vote was held at a meeting of Formula One team representatives during last weekend?s F1 Brazilian Grand Prix meeting on a proposal to delay the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) which are scheduled to be permitted for use in F1 from 2009 onwards.