China’s motorsports industry continues to rev up with country’s first race-grade fuel

China’s first domestically developed fuel designed for motor racing has made its debut at a rally in the western deserts in what state media hailed as a milestone for the country’s oil refining industry.As the first of its kind to be mass-produced in China, the fuel was described by state broadcaster CCTV as “filling a gap” in the domestic market, ending a long-standing reliance on imported fuel for high-level competitions.The new racing-grade petrol was unveiled on Saturday at the opening ceremony of the 2026 China-taklimakan-rally" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="128586" data-entity-type="event">China Taklimakan Rally in Urumqi – a long-distance off-road event held mainly in Xinjiang – where it has been designated as the official fuel.