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12th March 2008

The American General Motors factory backed Corvette Racing team which competes in the GT1 class of the American Le Mans Series sportscar racing championship will take part in this coming weekend’s Sebring 12 Hour race in Florida using E10 fuel with 10% ethanol content rather than E85 as originally planned.

Postponement of the move to E85 has been necessary due to issues with the fuel which was first used in a track test by the team in February. A post-test inspection revealed that the initial formulation of the E85R fuel specified by IMSA, the ALMS sanctioning body, was adversely affecting the adhesive used to construct the Corvette race cars' twin fuel cells.

Corvette Racing team manager Doug Fehan said, "The performance of E85 ethanol racing fuel was firmly established in our initial track test. Now the team is working with the fuel cell manufacturers, IMSA, and our technical partners at the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council to develop an advanced ethanol fuel cell. As a manufacturer team, safety is paramount at Corvette Racing, and we will always err on the side of caution. Just as every new component in a production GM vehicle must be exhaustively tested, every new part that goes into the Corvette C6.R race cars must be tested and validated. It wasn't feasible to do this in the weeks since the program was announced, but I am confident that we will resolve the situation in a short period of time.”

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