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In Stuttgart wurde am Dienstag zum zweiten Mal der COMPOSITES Pioneer Award vergeben. Diesjähriger Preisträger ist der Rennstall um Fanta Vier Frontmann Smudo. Die Four Motors GmbH aus Reutlingen erhielt den Preis für das BioConcept-Car, den weltweit ersten Rennwagen, dessen Karosserie komplett aus naturfaserverstärkten Kunststoffen hergestellt wurde.

Mit dem Wagen, einem Mustang GT RTD, geht Four Motors regelmäßig bei Langstrecken-Meisterschaften auf dem Nürburgring an den Start.

Flax, hemp and cotton  – for three decades the racing team around Fanta Vier frontman Smudo has been demonstrating that biofibres can help to win great prizes even in motor sports. The BioConcept Car project by Four Motors GmbH from Reutlingen successfully in endurance challenges with racing cars made with natural fibre-reinforced plastics.

For its pioneering role in the field of natural fibre-reinforced plastics, the BioConcept Car project is now granted the COMPOSITES Pioneer Award 2009. The prize will be awarded during the COMPOSITES EUROPE trade fair in Stuttgart on 27 October.

Capabilities of renewable raw materials

The project is the only one of its kind worldwide: the body shell of the racing car used is made almost completely from bio-composite materials. doors, mudguards, bonnet, bumpers, wings and the boot lid are made from natural fibre-reinforced plastics. In 2006, racing team operator Four Motors GmbH used a racing car with a body shell made from plant fibres for the first time. The design of the first-generation BioConcept car was based on a Mustang GT RTD.

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