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The Getting Through to Pre-Season Testing 2019 Quiz

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  1. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    or because half his car has gone missing.
     
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  2. Number 1 Jasper

    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    <laugh>
     
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  3. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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  4. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    Nope
     
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  5. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    Indeed.

    If you know the story behind it, then you'll know which engine is in there.


    I'll give a whole packet of chocolate caramel digestives for the person who can get the story right as well.
     
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    Lamborghini cut in half ?
     
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    Would still be 2 cylinders too many for the engine that is in the car.

    Is that a clue or not? Not sure really.
     
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  8. Number 1 Jasper

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    So , it's another sly photo , and it's a 4 cylinder .

    Has to be a turbo then surely ?

    Larrousse ?

    Did they even make engines ?????
     
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  9. allsaintchris.

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    Me, sly!? :wink:

    It is a turbo 4 cyl.

    Manufacturer still not correct.
     
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    I don;t think they had a renault, so I'll renault.
     
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    Sly , but clever .

    Honestly no clue now .
     
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    Not Renault, they were always the turbo V6 brigade.
     
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  13. Big Ern

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    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    No
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Ferrari? (there are only 2 more turbo's I remember, and I can;t see either of those being right)
     
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  16. allsaintchris.

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    No, they only ever did a turbo V6 as well
     
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  17. Big Ern

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    BMW?, (I only have Honda after this)
     
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    Neither of those two.
     
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  19. Big Ern

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    Were Alfa still around back then?
     
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  20. allsaintchris.

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    It is an Alfa unit, but not the one that they had raced when they were still a factory team as that was a V8 turbo. Which was pretty rubbish. I mean, a 1.5l turbo V8, practically needed a fuel tanker following it around the course, hence when refueling was first banned after 1983 the unit was obsolete but carried on and was still used in 1987 badged as an Osella. Which made it even more rubbish.

    So, what is the story with this one?

    Clue, you have already mentioned BMW.
     
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