so it's a rebadged BMW? I'm never going to get it, Tag, Mugen and Mechachrome (Spelling?) are the only rebadged engines I can remember
No it's not quite that, but some elements of it are true. I'll wait and see if Sgt or Bando want a go before giving the answer.
hmm, I don't remember an engine called transformer, Opitmus Prime, Bumble-Bee, or Soundwave, so I guess that leaves Megatron. Naming your engine after a character that always failed seems foolish, or was it prescient?
Okay, well here we go :- The JS29 was originally to be powered by a brand new turbocharged Alfa-Romeo 415T 4-cylinder engine - as pictured. However, during pre-season testing lead driver René Arnoux publicly gave his thoughts on the engine, comparing it to used food which gave Alfa's parent company Fiat the excuse they had been looking for to pull the plug on the project. It was reported at the time that Fiat did not want Alfa Romeo involved in Formula One as a competitor to Ferrari who at that stage they also part-owned. As a result of losing their engine supply so close to the start of the season, Ligier had to come up with an engine in order to compete. The team managed to get a supply of Megatron Straight 4 turbo engines for the season (the Megatron engine was the old BMW M12 engine formerly used by such teams as Brabham.), though they missed the first couple of races as the car had to undergo substantial changes to accommodate the Megatron engine. Extracts from - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligier_JS29 No footage of the Ligier, but the Alfa 4 unit did run in their own test mule
Okay, Me again? What was unique about Brabham's 1-2 at the 1982 Canadian GP that has never been repeated, or is ever likely to?
Boom! Yeah, sorry... snowed under here at work so ducking in and out. Feel free to jump in, it will be a while before I come up with something.
