"Auto Racing History about to be Made at Lime Rock"This is the Corsa Zytek LMP1 Prototype, which is expected to run in hybrid mode during the American LeMans Series racing weekend at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. If/when it does, it will be the first time that a hybrid powered car will compete in a major American auto race. The car has been approved by the FIA to run as a hybrid in competition and will be driven this weekend by Johnny Mowlem and Stefan Johansson. Listeners of our Radio-Road-Test program know all about hybrid autos, and how the traction battery (the battery that powers the electric motors) is recharged through regenerative braking (this week's test car is the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid). Essentially that is what most of the working KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) in Formula One do (when they are turned on or work).
The hybrid system is certainly a work in progress--but in the American LeMans Series, there's enough technical latitude for teams and constructors to try grand experiments such as this.
We'll Tweet some other pics, and blog after qualifying.
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