Carrot juice is the formula for race car.A RACING racing car designed by University of Warwick In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.[3] More recently, the University has been seen as a favoured institution of the British New Labour government. engineers which is partly made from carrots and runs on chocolate and stale wine has its first outing at Brands Hatch next month. The car looks identical to other Formula 3 machines with performance to match, reaching speeds of 130mph and accelerating to 60mph in under 2.5 seconds. But that is where the similarity ends. The "Worldfirst" racer was built from the ground up to be green, with bodywork bodywork /body·work/ (-wurk?) a general term for therapeutic methods that center on the body for the promotion of physical health and emotional and spiritual well-being, including massage, various systems of touch and manipulation, made from recycled rubbish and a diesel engine that runs on biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi . Much of its carbon fibre body started life as aviation industry scrap and plastic drink bottles, and the steering wheel is composed of waste from juiced carrots. The fuel used to power its 230bhp recycled aluminium engine comes from chocolate and fermented wine. CAPTION(S): Green machine: Showing off the Formula 3 racing car are project manager James Meredith (in the car), doctorate student Stephen Lambert, principal investigator and engineer Dr Steve Maggs and project leader Dr Kerry Kirwan. Picture: James Balfour |
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