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  • How Much Can CNN Get Wrong About F1 Engines, Physics In One Article?

    08/15/2013 1:15:27 PM PDT · by ZirconEncrustedTweezers · 49 replies
    Jalopnik ^ | 8/12 | Jason Torchinsky
    <p>I think CNN must be hiring Amish kids on Rumspringa for its motorsports writers. That's really the only way you could explain the rich, lavish ignorance as demonstrated in this article about turbo engines returning to F1.</p> <p>The basic facts are there — F1 regulations are calling for a return to turbocharged engines, which will be returning to F1 after 26 years, and that first Renault RS01 back in '77 certainly did have its share of teething issues, and would often dramatically blow its engine, like many of the other early turbocharged cars.</p>