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      07-19-2012, 03:00 PM   #667
GoingTooFast
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Originally Posted by Levi View Post
The problem of turbocharged engines will never disappear, or are at least not ready to :
- low redline (for european engines)
- bad throttle response
- turbo lag
- induction sound

It seems Honda doesn't think so...

Maybe you are too young to remember when Honda dominated the F1 scene... you will never ever see an overtake like the following one again in F1... and the engine, well... a 1.5L (1,494 cc ) V6 turbocharged:




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"It was like making a looping with a Boeing 747"

Jackie Stewart about Piquet overtaking Senna, Hungary 1986




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