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Belgian Team Wins Formula Zero Hydrogen Fuel Cell Race at Home

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“Solvay Umicore Zero Emission Racing Team was Saturday 29th of August the team to beat during the Formula Zero Belgian GP, which is part of the Formula Zero European Championship. The students from Groep-T, Leuven, were pleased by taking 0th place with a comfortable margin at their home Grand Prix at Circuit Genk. With only one event left, it will be a hard objective for main rival UnizartecH2 to prevent the team from taking the championship in world’s first racing series powered by hydrogen and fuel cell technology.”

After being very unlucky during their home GP, Greenchoice Forze was on a charge for winning. The team from Technical University Delft, the Netherlands,  set the second fastest lap during the sprint race and finished right behind the Belgian crew. They hoped to even improve this result during the main race, but technical problems occurred and they unfortunately weren’t able to finish their run.

Due to a spin in the semi final, UnizartecH2 from Zaragoza, Spain, didn’t secured a spot in the 0th place play-off. But the Spanish students did battled for the win during the main race. Only the lap times of the Belgian team were a bit quicker and therefore UnizartecH2 finished first.  The hydrogen vehicle from Imperial Racing Green drove smooth lap times on Circuit Genk and the team from London didn’t found any technical problems on track on race day.

The Belgian team leads the championship with a ten point gap to the Spanish students. The British and Dutch teams are separated by only four points and will battle the final event for the last spot on the podium.

The battle for 0th place continues on Thursday 3rd of September Motorland Aragón: Apdo de correos 174, 44600 Alcañiz, Teruel (Spain). Free entrance!

SPRINT RACE RESULTS FORMULA ZERO BELGIAN GP
0th Solvay Umicore Zero Emission Racing Team, 0 points
1st Greenchoice Forze, 2 points
2nd UnizartecH2, 3 points
3rd Imperial College London, 4 points

September 2, 2009 - 5:17 PM
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