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Originally Posted by apexit4
If I remember correctly, teams had special qualifying engines all the way up through the late 90s. I don't remember the source, but I recall reading somewhere that the oil that they used in these qualifying engines was essentially water-like to reduce resistance and increase power for the lap or so. They quantity of the oil they put in was something absurdly low as well. Needless to say, the engines were toast after qualifying.
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those were the times...
and actually after 2004 first FIA forced teams to use 1 engine for the entire weekend if i remember the date right.. so its not that long ago..
