Tomek Young - Global Motorsport Technology Manager at ExxonMobil, breaks down the relationship between race teams and their oil suppliers, and some of the specific things Mobil has been able to achieve in their programs.
Funny, but I recently flicked though a ~1/2 century old motorcycle mag,
& there was an advert for a new Castrol fully synthetic engine oil, as
derived from aerospace & racing program technological advances...
(& for a 'teflon' impregnated low-friction piston, similarly touted, too!)
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
