1 engine 2 race rule and testing

1 engine 2 race rule and testing

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anonymous-user

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60 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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How does the 1 engine 2 race rule cover testing? Do they whip out their race engine and drop a different one in for testing? I ask as at the testing at Silverstone today I noticed one of the Renault's chucking a bit of smoke out of it's right bank under power.

racefan_uk

2,935 posts

262 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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Probably a test car, with a completely seperate engine.

Nothing to do with the race cars, which I would think are just stripped and rebult (chassis, not engine, obviously) between races, leaving test chassis and engines to do the work.

anonymous-user

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60 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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Ah yes, good point. Although there were at least 2 if not three Renaults on track at that point. I had assumed that the three would be the two race cars and T car. Hadn't thought about them having other testing chassis/engines - especially as they're only up in Enstone. Cheers.

FourWheelDrift

89,414 posts

290 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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They take the engines out.