From Wired.com Autopia:
Britain’s Top Car Nut Bullish on Green Racing Tech
This is Lord Drayson. He’s the minister for science and innovation for the United Kingdom. He’s also a complete and utter car nut who races in the American Le Mans Series. Cooler still, he’s got a huge inclination for all things green.
Drayson Racing recently bought a Lola B09/60 that will make its racing debut in the top-tier LMP1 class at the Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta next month. He plans to use the car as a test bed for greener automotive technologies — a niche the American Le Mans Series has carved out for itself with its embrace of alt fuels and hybrid drivetrains.
We caught up with Drayson — who holds a doctorate in robotics, drives an Aston Martin Vanquish and also owns a Lotus Elan — to get his thoughts on racing, technology and how the two can make the world a cleaner, greener place to live.
Click here to read the full interview.
