The winner whose engine exploded as it crossed the finish line.

1971 was the last year of the 5 liter engine cars like the 917 and 512S/M, which were making about 150 HP more than the 3.0 liter class that became the only prototype class available in 1972 until Group C came along. By the time the power levels came back up, the track already had a bunch of changes to slow the cars…

EBD’s are banned since Audi made a loophole variant in 2013 (which is why they blew Toyota out of the water that year). Nissan is using the exhaust flow to energize the air around the cockpit if i remember correctly.

I laughed and then I cried...

Ilien is at Renault working on this boat anchor of an engine.

600HP was the amount for the R15. No car made any more than 730 during that era, and that was the V12 908.

This car is the last of Newey's cars before that happens, he still is the chief designer until the end of the year. Again I think the car has very good aero compared to some other teams, but mechanically the car just isn't very good. Having watched this race again, it isn't just the engine that is having issues. The…

I'm thinking more in the sense of the overall package. While the Red Bull looks like it has terrific aero as always, now the regulations reward the combination of a great car and engine. Adrian Newey has been known to sacrifice mechanical performance from his cars in the name of aerodynamics, and in this modern era…

I honestly think Newey has been out-designed by the other top teams. He hasn't always produced great cars (2006 McLaren), and with the powerhouse of engineers at AMG and a proper chassis designer at Ferrari they have lost enough of their aero advantage that the lack of mechanical ability that has sometimes hurt Red…

Every time I have to explain why I love the GameCube, I simply point to this masterpiece of a game.

The 918 V8 is only reverse flow, not Hotside-inside. That refers to the Turbo itself being inside the V of the engine. The 919 exhaust and turbo wraps up over the engine, but the intakes are traditional.

(Cries internally)

It's more efficient to move the air around the fenders than over those holes in the tops of the fenders.

In 2012 it was the V8 engine that won, and the speed record was the first time a prototype raced around the oval Daytona track.

While the aero regs were open for other teams to catch up RBR made multiple attempts to bend the rules and nearly always got their way, such as the 2013 tyre change and they got the 2011 British GP blown diffuser ban overturned.

Usually if the car can be competitive in practice the FIA will allow it into the race.

Due to some changes to the Merc power unit after the McLaren's inherent design was finished, the car wasn't making as much downforce as other teams who could rework the car's sidepods in order to more tightly wrap the engine. More drag for less downforce was the end result.

James Allison came out in Racecar Engineering and said that the car isn't making any downforce for how tightly packaged the car is. Ferrari may need to use that wonderful TMG facility again.

The electronics failing probably started affecting the brakes first, then spread to the ERS control units. He seemed to have a lot of braking issues the lap before his hybrid system gave out.

This. First OHC Inline-4 in a mass produced bike, first mass produced bike with disc brakes, and just look at it.