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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
It was McLaren, back in the Marlboro liveried days of Senna and Prost, who began stripping all paint off bodywork between races. Ron Dennis would never present anything but an impeccable race car to the grid, and the paint was never more than one coat thick...
Then, the story the Capt. Ahab tells about the ultrathin panels! So typical of F1 where everything is taken to absolute extremes!!!
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I remember the story of how Trans Am cars in the 70's were acid dipped to shed pounds from the bodywork. Seems like all series, where weight is an issue, experiment with ways to get the poundage down.
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