The Future of Motor-Racing - the Delta Wing might just be it.

I know, I know - this is a bit of a weird topic to start a blog off with, but I think, a valid one.

I know also that a lot of people will hate me for saying that we need to recognise that Motor-racing should recognise its energy consumption issues, and that it is viewed by the general public as a boy-racer exotic hobby, and a symbol of excessive Capitalism.

Don't deny that - we all know that it can be mightily expensive, can be noisy, and occasionally, a little violent. And the only thing we can do to shrug off this badly-earned reputation is to move with the times.

Hard-core petrol-heads (gear-heads - whatever you want to call us) are often seen as a conservative bunch, as indeed many hardcore fans of anything often are. We complain about racing tracks being redone, and the cars being "not like they were before", and I do agree with much of this.

But at some point, we need to move on, and what better place to start than the fuel with which we power our fabulous pastime/hobby?

One day, sadly, the oil and the petrol will eventually run out. Motor-racing is often seen as the showcase of new technologies - the kinds of things that you eventually hope you'll see in a road car. Its why any manufacturer does racing - its a form of PR. And what better use for it than to advertise a new type of fuel?

Now, of course, I will get lots of abuse for even thinking that electricity will power tomorrows races, and this abuse will be badly misplaced, because I do not think for one minute mini-second, that electricity will be the fuel of the future.

I think the fuel of tomorrow, is hydrogen.

Why shouldn't it be? It's the most common substance known to man - everything else on this planet will be used up before the hydrogen is. You can't, for one moment, say that for the oil. Hydrogen is just as good, would be just as fast, and would allow us to once more pursue technological advancement in motor-sport, instead of going sidewards, like in F1 and IndyCar at the moment.

This isn't just about the fuel - its about the re-design of the racing car as we know it, too. Its why I'm hugely in favour of the IndyCar Delta design proposal for introduction in 2012.

And to be honest, if you care about the future of motor-racing, its why you should, too.