Modified BMW P82 engine to be used in US GP


By Andrew Hooper
September 29 2002

 

 

  
Modified P82 to be used in race
 
BMW Motorsport Director, Dr Mario Mario Theissen, confirmed on the BMW Motorsport web site that the WilliamsF1 cars would use the modified version of the P82 engine in the United States Grand Prix.

Dr Mario TheissenAccording to BMW this engine will have the same power output figures as achieved in Italy but would be restricted in the RPM's that would be used. BMW engineers "secured a race permit" for this specification of engine which has involved ensuring that the modified engine would run for longer distances.

Dr Theissen said: "We will be using the same specified engine in Sunday’s race, as the one we used in qualifying in Monza. It also means that we will have the same amount of power at our disposal. Of course we will not be revving up to 19,000 rpm in the race, we’ll stay a couple of 100’s below that figure." "It will be a hard test for the engine," Theissen added.

The race will be the first for the new engine and it is going to be a test of reliability, with the engine running high RPM's for the seventy three laps of the race.
 
 
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