Following the 1986 results, work began on the next season and the ELF 4. Honda, and for the first time opened its HRC headquarters to Elf engineer Trema so he could work on the NSR 500C V4 GP engine and … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF 4 & ELF 5
Next stop was the ELF 3. Guiter asked race manager Serge Rosset and engineer Dan Trema to work on a new design following de Cortanze departure. The whole group now started looking for results. Rosset and Trema collaborated to the ELF … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF 3
Reactive suspension was the starting point and first introduced by the real Lotus Formula One team, when Chapman was still part of it, the basic idea takes its roots back to the ground effect period. It was thought as a … Continue reading #Tech – From Reactive to Active Suspension.
1983 saw the end of the 1000cc endurance racing era. It enabled ELF to enter the higher-profile world of prototype GP racing and reap better promotional dividends. Honda supported them with three-cylinder RS500 engines, and in June of 1984 the ELF2 … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF 2
BMW has now left Formula One for some years now and its modern era engine supplier role and official team might not be regarded as its best attempt to compete in Formula One. But let’s go back in the 80’s, when … Continue reading #Tech – Raw Power : The BMW M12/13 F1 Engine.
Now engined by Honda with the 1000 RSC endurance engine, the ELF E (for endurance) debuted at the 1981 Bol d’Or and, with substantial ELF backing, competed in every round of the World Endurance Championship until the end of 1983. … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF E
Cosworth was founded in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth. It has become the most successfull engine manufacturer in history. The number of driver and manufacturer titles to its credit in a wide range of formulae with impressive performances in Formula 1, … Continue reading #Tech – The Cosworth BD engine.
It all started in 1978 with an experimental bike named the ELF-X. Powered by a Yamaha TZ750 engine, the ELF X appeared in “concept” form at the 1978 Paris Show. An all new type of design and rethink of the conventional … Continue reading #Ride – The ELF X
Back in 1993, the DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterchaft) adopted the then very liberal “FIA Class 1” set of rules. 1993 saw the newcomer Alfa Romeo and their 155 V6 TI win the Driver’s and Manufacturer’s Championship with the car and … Continue reading #TouringCarMadness – The 1994 W202 Mercedes C-Class.
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