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13 Jan 2023, 21:32 (Ref:4140098) | #26 | |||
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Oh and BMW works engines were still used in the Brabhams until the end of 1988, with BMW's return with Williams announced in 1998. |
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13 Jan 2023, 22:20 (Ref:4140102) | #27 | ||
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Whoops - typo (thick fingers) that should read "until the end of 1987" I hate it when that happens!
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13 Jan 2023, 23:24 (Ref:4140105) | #28 | |||
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14 Jan 2023, 02:41 (Ref:4140118) | #29 | ||
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BMW would have never spent a fortune trying to run a cobbled up e36 with e30 running gear and fit it in with the V8s. And as history shows they didn't. Could parity have been achieved with 5L and 2L cars, sure, but then they would not be V8 SUPERCARS as they would be famously known within a few years. Nor as the grids grew would there have been room for the 2 Liters. As I recall in 94 there were a few supertourers that ran at the back of the field. Ultimately as history shows, V8 Supercars was a huge success. |
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18 Jan 2023, 05:11 (Ref:4140486) | #30 | |||
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All discussions throughout 1990 and 1991 about new ATCC rules mentioned V8 Falcons and Commodores being paritied against the international rules. Ultimately more manufacturers wanted to do 2L racing than 2.5 and hence the formula as envisaged never happened, and the ATCC brought in 2L rules instead Quote:
CAMS said no, likely at the behest of Ford and Holden. It’s a credit to BMW they still turned up for 1993 after that. |
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