 The season of major motor events at the Umbria race course will resume on 23 and 24 February with the second edition of the 25-Hour Magione - Energy Saving Race, reserved for production models.
The objective of the competition is to obtain the best result in the ratio between average fuel consumption, average distance covered and weight of vehicle.
After the success of last year’s first time, this event has now reached its second edition, and it retains its philosophy and its objectives: it is not a speed race as such, it belongs to the realm of general traffic and energy saving studies that the Automobile Club d’Italia has undertaken at national level.
The vehicles competing will be split into four categories:
A) vehicles running on petrol;
B) vehicles running on diesel;
C) vehicles running on alternative energy;
D) “classic”, cars minimum 30 years old.
This category in particular will serve the purpose of demonstrating the evolution in average fuel consumption of cars over the last thirty years.
Like in 2007, this year too only invited participants will take part and it is the authorized car dealers that will be the protagonists of this race. Teams competing shall have minimum four and maximum eight drivers that will take turns during the long run.
Some data from the last edition:
0 withdrawals during the 25-hour race.
1 entirely female team.
2 commercial vehicles competing in the race.
3 vehicles driven by journalists.
6 pilots who took turns driving the special steering-wheel-control vehicle.
10 car-makes competing.
19.48 km/litre, the consumption of the winners.
21.75 km/litre, the lowest consumption recorded during the race.
30 number of vehicles competing.
62.232 km/hour, the lowest average speed recorded during the race.
70.635 km/hour, the average speed of the winning team.
91 ACI CSAI marshals involved in the event.
188 pilots who took turns driving the 30 vehicles competing.
20,539 the total number of laps covered by the participants.
51,494.4 the total number of km covered.
The teams for the second edition are almost all complete because the enthusiasm generated by this event is enormous: we are in for a very exciting event.
(07-02-2008 07:50)
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