Michelin introduces the 'Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge'
Given the important role played by endurance racing in its competition strategy, Michelin has decided to launch the 'Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge'.

Based on the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours and the six rounds of the 2007 Le Mans Series, the scheme will see Michelin reward those teams that make the best use of the fuel they consume, expressed as an Energy Performance Index (EPI) calculated after each event.

Prizes will be awarded to the best-performing teams in all four categories (LM P1, LM P2, GT1, GT2).

The Energy Performance Index is based on the following parameters:

- The vehicle's average speed over the total distance covered,

- The vehicles weight,

- The actual fuel consumption of each vehicle (litres/100km)

Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge results will be published the evening after each race and prizes will be awarded to the teams at the next event on the calendar. 



March  2007

"Michelin's credentials when it comes to lasting performance go back a long way and our  commitment  to  Endurance  racing  involves  pushing  out  the  envelope  in  the discipline  even  further  in  the  realms  of  energy  performance  and  durability," said "Michelin's Competition Director Frédéric Henry-Biabaud at the year's first official Le Mans Series test session today at Le Castellet in France.

"Both  on  the  track  and  on  the  road, Michelin  is  a  privileged  partner  of  leading  car manufacturers  like  Audi,  Peugeot  and  Porsche.  And  like  those  groups  that  have chosen  to  promote  their  diesel  technology  through  Endurance  racing,  Michelin  has focused  its  attention  even  more  on  energy  performance  through  improved  rolling resistance for reduced fuel consumption and consequently lower C02 emissions."

Michelin has a long history of environmentally friendly innovations extending from the recycling of used tyres to the development of green tyres which have made a significant contribution to reducing fuel consumption and which today account for 80 per cent of the Michelin range.

  

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