This will screw you up! Shell/Ferrari Commercial
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Now to go watch the commercial again! Here's a better, less compressed version:
http://www.partizan.com/partizan/media/clips/729.mov
I want this on DVD!
I believe that RON 102 has been the standard in F1 for many years, I think going back to the phase-out of leaded fuels in the 70s, and that includes the turbo era in the 80s when they were running "witches brew" fuels. RON 102 corresponds roughly to a US-market (R+M)/2 octane rating of about 96.
Note that the "witches brew" fuels were not competing on octane number -- instead, one main thrust behind the "witches brew" fuels was the desire to achieve the highest energy density per liter within the RON 102 rule; F1 cars running forced induction motors had a strict volume limit on how much fuel they could use for a race.
In 1995, the FIA added the requirement that the fuel must basically "look like" pump gas -- the percentage of various fuel components must all fall within certain ranges which are based on pump gas.
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I believe that RON 102 has been the standard in F1 for many years, I think going back to the phase-out of leaded fuels in the 70s, and that includes the turbo era in the 80s when they were running "witches brew" fuels. RON 102 corresponds roughly to a US-market (R+M)/2 octane rating of about 96.
Note that the "witches brew" fuels were not competing on octane number -- instead, one main thrust behind the "witches brew" fuels was the desire to achieve the highest energy density per liter within the RON 102 rule; F1 cars running forced induction motors had a strict volume limit on how much fuel they could use for a race.
In 1995, the FIA added the requirement that the fuel must basically "look like" pump gas -- the percentage of various fuel components must all fall within certain ranges which are based on pump gas.
Note that the "witches brew" fuels were not competing on octane number -- instead, one main thrust behind the "witches brew" fuels was the desire to achieve the highest energy density per liter within the RON 102 rule; F1 cars running forced induction motors had a strict volume limit on how much fuel they could use for a race.
In 1995, the FIA added the requirement that the fuel must basically "look like" pump gas -- the percentage of various fuel components must all fall within certain ranges which are based on pump gas.
From the BP site.
"BP Ultimate 102 is offered specially for private motor sport enthusiasts, who now have the chance to buy a fuel meeting the same high specifications used at the pinnacle of motor sport in Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship.
What’s more, as well as meeting the maximum performance specifications allowed in Formula 1 and WRC, it also fully complies with the UK specification for unleaded petrol (BS EN 228) which means that it can be legally used on the road, for example, when driving to and from motor sport circuits. And BP is the first company to make this type of fuel easily accessible - at selected forecourts in the UK."
"BP Ultimate 102 is offered specially for private motor sport enthusiasts, who now have the chance to buy a fuel meeting the same high specifications used at the pinnacle of motor sport in Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship.
What’s more, as well as meeting the maximum performance specifications allowed in Formula 1 and WRC, it also fully complies with the UK specification for unleaded petrol (BS EN 228) which means that it can be legally used on the road, for example, when driving to and from motor sport circuits. And BP is the first company to make this type of fuel easily accessible - at selected forecourts in the UK."
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