Prodrive launches a biofuel for its BRX Hunter T1+

Absent from Rally from Morocco, the Bahrain Raid Xtreme team continues its preparations for the 2022 Dakar. The team managed by Prodrive announced this Wednesday October 13 its intention to use a biofuel in its Thunder T1+ from January 2 to 14.

This fuel, called Prodrive ECOpower, was designed in collaboration with the specialist Coryton Advanced Fuels. The fuel is made from agricultural waste and captured carbon. Consequently, the fuel offers an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional gasoline.

For the past 8 months we've worked with Coryton to develop a sustainable fuel called Prodrive ECOpower to run in the new Hunter T1+ with the @BRaidXtreme team at the @dakar. It reduces carbon emissions by 80% compared to petroleum. Read more: https://t.co/iQM18Cy0yR pic.twitter.com/0hoLGIcihI

— Prodrive (@prodrive) October 13, 2021

David Richards, Director of BRX, defines himself as “a major supporter of motorsport who takes the lead in developing, demonstrating and promoting new technologies that can help combat climate change.

The Dakar and FIA World Cup of Cross-Country Rallies are the ideal environment to showcase the benefits of the next generation of sustainable fuels and demonstrate that they can be used in road vehicles to reduce the use of fossil fuels, while offering the same performance. »

BRX will also take part in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (November 5-11) and the Rally Hail (Saudi Arabia, December 6-11) with the Thunder in T1+ configuration. These will still be powered by the 6-liter turbo gasoline V3.5 .

As a reminder, the Dakar and its organizer ASO have put in place a plan to green their legendary competition. From 2022, a team with a electric powertrain takes on the T1+ category (Audi) and the hydrogen route will be opened in 2023 with GCK as well as the engine manufacturer Pipo.