Bio-Diesel Le Mans Prototype // Audi R10-TDI

Shell Oil, the official fuel provider for Audi's Le Mans effort, has announced that this years prototypes (the R10-TDI's) will run on a mixture of standard diesel and bio-diesel. Running what is know as Gas-To-Liquid (GTL) diesel for the past few years, Audi will now run what they call a Biomass-To-Liquid (BTL) diesel in this years Le Mans cars. We are unsure the exact mixture rate, nor the formula for the bio-fuel, only that it will be produced using wood chips and other natural materials and will make its racing debut staring June 1, when the R10-TDI's begin their Le Mans testing. Audi's efforts are similar to Mazda's LMP1 Le Mans car, which is slated to be run off of E85 Ethanol during this years race. It appears that bio-fuels are not just for the environmentalist, and will hopefully find themselves well accepted in the racing community //