Together with Israel, Hungary is developing car and motorsport
In the future, Hungary and Israel will cooperate in the development of automobiles and motorsport, as well as related innovations, announced Minister of Technology and Industry László Palkovics at an online seminar on Tuesday.
At the event, he emphasized that he is confident that, as a result of the cooperation between the two countries, he will not only be able to break into technical sports, but also develop innovations that can be used in everyday life.
Several major car manufacturers have factories in Hungary, it is a great honor that Audi, Mercedes, Opel and Suzuki have chosen us, and that BMW is also building in Debrecen
by László Palkovics.
The minister pointed out that Hungary has one of the most unique test tracks, used by all major manufacturers, and next to the Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Hungaroring, a park supporting the development and innovation of motorsport is being built, which will be a huge help to the young inventors in being able to test their ideas in practice.
The world of driving and racing is about to undergo a major transformation:
the electric drive is gaining more and more space, the development of synthetic fuels and cars, the running of various simulations are becoming more and more important – Palkovics constantly highlights the role of HUMDA, Magyar Autó-Motorsport és Zöld-mobilitás Fejlsztési Ügynökség Zrt. in domestic developments.
The Minister of Technology and Industry explained: Israel is at the forefront of various developments, the country is one of the homelands of startup companies, so cooperation is an honor for the Hungarians.
Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, Israel’s ambassador to Hungary, said in his welcome speech that his country is an important player in the digital world, and a lot of talents and startups have started their journey to conquer the world: of the latter, about
There are 8,500 in the country, and 600 such companies operate in Israel related to the automotive industry alone, and their inventions can also be used by automotive companies such as Porsche.
Several companies presented themselves at the online meeting, and Gábor Talmácsi, the world champion motorcycle racer, and Roy Nissany, the Israeli Formula 2 driver who started his career in Hungary, also spoke as invited guests. The former was asked about the important role of safety in motor racing, while the latter talked about the various technical and technological innovations that have come to the various racing series of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) in recent years.
The Formula 1 teams also welcome any company that, according to the rules, can make the cars faster with their developments within the limits
Nissany said.
They could be the famous Hungarian car and motorcycle racers of the futureIn the next few days, twenty-nine young competitors in eight car and motorsport disciplines will start at the HUMDA Magyar Auto-Motorsport és Zöld Mobilitás-fülzejszeti Ügynökség Zrt. its youth education program, the HUMDA Academy. The selection process was managed by race car driver Norbert Michelisz, winner of the 2019 Touring Car World Cup, and sprinter Gábor Talmácsi, the 2007 world champion of the MotoGP 125cc category. |