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Mario Illien: powering F1 champions

Mario Illien: powering F1 champions

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 3 Jahren

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Engineer or artist? Mario Illien is both. The Swiss engine
designer powered McLaren to glory in the 1990s, and helped make
F1’s current hybrid engines the most efficient in the world.
Working in isolation for up to 18 hours a day, Mario has spent
decades using exotic materials to make light, efficient and
powerful engines for F1 and IndyCar legends. He tells Tom
Clarkson the secrets of a great F1 power unit, which drivers were
able to get the most out of an engine, and how he and his company
Ilmor powered teams to Indy 500 victories and F1 World
Championships. Plus, tales of 1000 horsepower engines, top secret
projects and racing from Paris to Beijing.

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