MissionH24 returns to Spa, the circuit on which it made its debut for what will be the first outing in competition of the H24 electric-hydrogen prototype, which succeeded the LMPH2G launched in 2018 at the same time as the programme initiated by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and GreenGT.
Spa-Francorchamps saw the launch of the Mission H24 programme in 2018 to pave the way for the arrival of electric-hydrogen-powered prototypes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
MissionH24’s first technology demonstrator car, the LMPH2G, also turned its first laps in public at Spa. The following year, the LMPH2G took part in its first race weekend by running in free practice for the Michelin Le Mans Cup during the Spa ELMS meeting.
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, MissionH24 will be back at Spa on Friday for a new chapter in its history. The H24, the electric-hydrogen racing prototype, which succeeded the LMPH2G, is going to take part in Free Practice 1 for the Michelin Le Mans Cup among the other cars. This will be a real mechanical and sporting test for this new prototype which has covered only a few hundred kilometres in private practice and whose first public outing came in last month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Behind the wheel will be Stéphane Richelmi, one of the three MissionH24’s performance development drivers (with Norman Nato and Stoffel Vandoorne). He will refuel in hydrogen at the TotalEnergies mobile station on the pit lane so he will be able to fill up in the same conditions as a prototype with a conventional engine!
DSC understands that a decision on whether the car will take part in FP2 will be made in the light of experience in the earlier session.
