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| A failure in 1986... |
| Chasey 31-5-2003 |
...but a success later in 1988 when Murray joined McLaren and perfected the lay down design. One of the most striking designs ever, the BT55 will be appearing this year in 1/43 scale by Minichamps model kits. It also claimed the life of Elio de Angelis at a test session at Paul Ricard in 1986, when the rear wing failed. |
| Shattering Power! |
| Perfect Balance 23-4-2003 |
"This car had 1400bhp!! although BMW weren't able to say exactly how powerful the engine was, since the dynamometers back then didn't go beyond 1280 bhp. This car also had a 7 speed gearbox! But it didn't work very well. This car was also using Murray's idea of the ""planned pitstop"", a calculation based on the fact that a car carrying less fuel and thus lighter in weight was significantly faster, making it worthwhile to come into the pits in order to fill up the tank." |
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