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Fuelling the debate

One of the discussion panels at the Autosport International show in Birmingham in January centred around whether or not motor racing could continue to be interesting if alternative fuels were used. The implied subtext was whether racing could continue to be interesting if it is electric, with reduced aural stimulus. The overriding view of the panel was if the racing was good, that would be enough. I disagree.

As it seems does ‘Morizo’, aka Akiyo Toyoda, who declared to the Tokyo Auto Salon that he

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