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COP26 climate conference: Prince Charles views Formula-E McLaren car; SCOTLAND: Glasgow: Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum: EXT Zak Brown (McLaren CEO) interview SOT - Huge step forward - motor racing always been about safety, innovation, technology - we can really take a leadership role in developing tech that businesses and governments can use - today's a great example of what future of motorsports looks like - Extreme-E is in its first year - entering next year - electric race car recharged by hydrogen - race in 5 different countries around world - 4 different biomes - highlighting climate change - diversity element to it, with a male and female driver - ESG is very important - As McLaren racing we feel entering Extreme-E gives us the ability to highlight what we're doing in the ESG space and doing it with our partners - very excited - Formula One has most thermal-efficient engines and hybrid power units - what will happen is in different motor sports tech will be developed that will alter road cars - fuels, ways of powering race cars - safety is a big component, crash structures - start to see this moving into human performance - racing's responsibility is to be an R&D lab for the world - We can always do more whether govts, companies or individuals - a journey where we never get to final destination - fact that there's such great awareness, to have him come join us today, draw attention to what we're doing - part of our role is entertainment, develop technology and draw attention to different technologies - I think you need to educate people first and help them understand how they can contribute and then motivate them to contribute - we have names down side of race car - something we're participating in - trying to get a billion people to participate in sustainability - makes it fun, energetic - also explaining what we're doing to youth is critically important