Questions 13-16 are based on the following passage.

    Following recent concerns about the high cost of running competitive motor racing teams, and doubts in sponsor's minds over the commercial value of their involvement, the viability of motor racing has been critically questioned. Both motor racing and automotive manufactures are increasingly looking towards innovative solutions to maximize return on investment. This is at a time when the motor industry has to become more environmentally friendly while avoiding any compromise in performance.

    With this mind, the University of Warwick team based in the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre decided to build a competitive racing car using environmentally sustainable components. Their aim was to show the industry just how much is possible using current environmentally sustainable technologies.

     What they created isthe first Formula 3 racing car designed and made from sustainable and renewable materials, putting the words first by effectively managing the planet's resources. The World First Formula 3 racing car is powered by chocolate, steered by carrots, has bodywork made from potatoes and can still do 125 mph around corners. The car meets all the Formula 3 racing standards, on fuel derived from waste chocolate and vegetable oil Formula 3 cars currently cannot use biodiesel.

    Acked why had undertaken this project. Dr. Steve Maggs said “As original equipment manufactures focus on decreasing engine emissions, to meet future CO, requirements, the World First Project proves that if you are going to wholeheartedly embrace ‘the green is great’ ethos, you have to broaden your vision and have a strategy that stretches throughout the chain from the raw materials to the final disposal of the car. The project clearly demonstrates that automotive environmentalism. can and should be about the whole package”.

    Project manager, James Meredith, summed up their feelings of them when he said that “t’s been very exciting working on the project and important for our team to develop a working example of a truly “green” motor racing car”. The World First project dispels the myth that performance needs to be compromised when developing the sustainable motor vehicles of the future. 




















All of the following are TRUE about the World First Formula 3 car, EXCEPT ...