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When we think of materials in motorsport and tuning, the first association is always carbon fibre. It is light, stiff and looks stunning. But it has its drawbacks: it is energy-intensive to produce, hard to recycle, and in a collision it shatters into razor-sharp fragments.
Szwajcarska firma Bcomp in collaboration with Škoda Motorsport is showing an alternative that could change the rules of the game. Meet the Škoda Enyaq RS Race – an electric monster that wears… flax instead of "carbon".
The key to this project is the material ampliTex™. It is a technical fabric made from flax fibres which, combined with a suitable resin (often also bio-based), forms an extremely strong composite.
In the Enyaq RS Race concept the engineers replaced conventional parts with flax. Where do we find it?
Zderzaki
Wings
Progi
The huge rear wing
Dach
Interior parts (dashboard, door panels, footrests)
Of course, the environmental aspect is key here. Producing flax fibres generates a far lower carbon footprint than producing carbon fibre. But in motorsport nobody sacrifices performance for ecology. It turns out they don't have to:
Redukcja masy: Thanks to the use of bio-composites and the removal of unnecessary parts, the Enyaq RS Race is lighter than the production model by as much as 316 kg.
Vibration damping: Natural fibres have an inherent ability to absorb vibration (better than carbon), which improves the stability of parts at high speeds.
Safety: This is an argument that is rarely raised. On impact, carbon fibre fractures and forms sharp splinters that can puncture tyres or injure people. A flax composite behaves more ductilely – it breaks, but does not tear into sharp fragments.
The Škoda project is a testing ground. If the material holds up in a 340 hp performance car (0-100 km/h in under 5 seconds), it will certainly cope with civilian applications. For us – makers and fans of materials technology – it is a signal that the "carbon only" era is slowly giving way to advanced natural materials.
The Enyaq RS Race proves that sustainability does not have to be boring. It can be wide, low and aggressive.
All photographs used in this article are the property of Škoda Auto a.s. and Bcomp Ltd. and have been used for information purposes only.
Link to the original article: https://www.bcomp.com/news/skoda-enyaq-rs-race-concept-car/
