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What a nutcase!Whoosh
I was just referencing this numbn**s of a Mercedes fanboy from last year:
Failures of Motorsports - Car Designs, Team Mistakes and More
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Lamborghini didn't fare much better as an engine supplier in F1. Only 1 podium and 20 points in 5 years of trying. I like to think the late Ayrton Senna was right about the Lambo engine that McLaren tested in 1993.
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Poe's law.Whoosh
I was just referencing this numbn**s of a Mercedes fanboy from last year:
No idea what the reference was.
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The Maserati Bi-Turbo in Touring Car Racing in the late-1980s.
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Okay, why?
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We could do with "Why" being part of the rules for this thread. Expand on why it's a failure because then we can have a discussion about it, rather than a lack of context statement.
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That's actually a good idea. I only didn't elaborate right away because I had a long day yesterday and I was really tired.
Well, the Maserati Biturbo was certainly a failure in the British Touring Car Championship. Appearing regularly over the course of the 1988 and 1989 seasons in the hands of Trident Motorsport, the Maserati's best result was 14th at Brands Hatch in 1988 and was usually seen either retiring or fighting with the lower classes, despite being in the same class as the Ford Sierra Cosworth.
Even according to racingsportscars.com, the Biturbo's best result in the European Touring Car Championship over the course of 1987 and 1988 was 12th in the 1987 Tourist Trophy.
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