When will Nascar and F1 cars use hydrogen, is this possible?

Answer 1

The main problem with using hydrogen is not with engines, it is with storing the hydrogen. You can't just put it into a gas tank. Therefore if you solve a problem of how to store hydrogen with a minimal weight of a storage device, you can as well put this system to work at F1 and NASCAR engines.

I think that the most likely substitute for gasoline in circuit race cars is electricity. It's more convenient, we have lots of ways to store electrical energy using low weight power cells and electrical engines have a very good efficiency.

Answer 2

NASCAR AND F1 CARS are both high revving cars, therefore i don't think i't'd be anytime soon for hydrogen to come into place. but check out BMW's hydrogen car, maybe that may broaden some of your answers. but F1 cars for example use fuel octanes which are much higher than our normal cars also due to their high compression engines where our normal compact car's redline starts, these F1 cars only IDLE! thats about 6000rpm or more!

Answer 3

Since hydrogen gas has to be manufactured, by either stripping the H from CH4 Natural gas or by using electricity to split H2O water molecules into H2 and O2, there would really be no point in it. (Recall what has to be burned these days to make electricity).

Answer 4

I think alcohol is more likely to take the place of gasoline. Hydrogen is too explosive - you would need VERY heavy security at every race track.

Answer 5

Hydrogen is so explosive that if u tried u could wipe out the grand stand also.