American Le Mans Series Ferraris switch to Ethanol 85%- expect performance boost from higher octane

[JohnWxy]

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This weekend's round of the American Le Mans Series at Miller Motorsports park in Utah will see the four Ferrari F430 GTs of Extreme Speed Motorsports and Risi Racing switch from running on an E10 ethanol/gasoline blend to using cellulosic E85. With this change, 10 of the 13 cars running in GT2 will be using the second-generation biofuel. The Corvette Racing team was the first to use E85 in early 2008 and since then the Flying Lizard Porsches and Rahal Letterman BMW M3s have also made the switch. The Ferrari factory developed the updates to the fuel system and the calibration to allow the cars to run on alcohol. Running on E85 is expected to help improve the performance thanks to the increased octane rating of the fuel.