Is it possible to save it one more time?
This may sound familiar. Bloodhound has been on a long journey to set a new land speed record for many years, but financial obstacles have always proved to be more difficult than the sound barrier. According to Bloodhound LSR, the future of the project is uncertain as the current owner and chief executive is leaving.
Bloodhound LSR’s Chief executive Ian Warhurst stated that the global COVID-19 epidemic was one of many factors that caused funding problems for a planned 800-mph run in 2020. This would have set a new land speed record. The current record is 763.035 mph, which was established by ThrustSSC in 1997.
Warhurst stated, “When I pledged to take the car high speed testing in 2019, I allocated sufficient funding on the assumption that alternative funding would allow us to continue the record attempts.” The global pandemic in 2020, along with other factors, has made it impossible to fund the project and has delayed it by 12 months. In the absence of immediate funding, there are only two options: to shut down the program, or to sell the project to let me pass the torch and allow the team continue the project.
In 2007, the Bloodhound project was launched. The car was finally revealed in 2015. The Bloodhound project began in 2007, and the car was finally revealed in 2015. Warhurst joined the record hunt in late 2018 after a last-minute purchase. The jet-powered car reached a speed of 155 mph under his watch.
The next few months will decide if Bloodhound can find a speed savior who is willing to support its ultimate goal of 1,000 mph.