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Old 3 Oct 2012, 15:37 (Ref:3145775)   #57
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Pingguest should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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The turbos of the eighties were not very efficient, they needed a lot of fuel to complete a race distance, and that was one of the reasons for their demise.
The turbo-engines used in the mid-1980s were equally or even more efficient than the contemporary ones, as the FISA limited the fuel tank sizes back then.
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