MINI at Nürburgring 24 updates - 2011

Discussion in 'Racing MINIs' started by Steve, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    Wouldn't that mean something mechanical caused the A/F's to be off or did the map change by itself during the race? They did run fine for a long time.
     
  2. Johngo

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    Shouldn't a factory team know to remove/disable that kind of stuff for a full on race car??? :confused5:
     
  3. Nathan

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    These items are conjecture, we don't know what the issue was yet.
     
  4. Angib

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    I feel sorry for Nippon Denso (or whoever) in motorcycle racing - the Japanese factory race teams always used to describe all failures to finish as being due to "an electrical fault" - even when it appeared that the electrical fault caused the rods to go through the engine casings and the TV coverage actually showed the pistons bouncing down the race track on their own....
     
  5. Nathan

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    Yeah, well those pistons hit and cut a wire, or hot oil spilled all over the loom melting it. See...electrical problem. :wink:
     
  6. rkw

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    Sorry, that was my attempt at humor... a race car going into limp mode...
     

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