Bentley to attempt Pikes peak on bio fuel.

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Bentley to attempt Pikes peak on bio fuel.

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You might be interested to know that Bentley is to return to the Pikes Peak hill climb in June where they have previously achieved records for both fastest SUV and Saloon car. This time they will be testing alternative fuels. Their aim is to obtain experience on running both bio and synthetic fuels to ultimately enable them to offer their clients road cars using renewable fuels by 2022.
Their test car will be a GT3 race car with a 700+ BHP twin turbo charged 4.0 L V8.
The main issue will be the 5000ft gain in height throughout the course resulting in the air density dropping by a third over the course and therefore a significant drop in power.
With 156 corners over 12.42 miles they need to achieve at least 78 mph average to beat the current record of 9 min 36secs by a Porsche GT2 in 2019.
Peter C
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