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Discovering an 'illegal secret' on a Formula 1 car

Added on Oct 11, 2019

2:36

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Formula 1 has always been about pushing the regulations to the maximum, and occasionally that includes stepping over the mark and doing all you can to avoid getting caught. Giorgio Piola recalls such an incident with the Ligier JS11, and how he spent months trying to work out what the French team was up to. Eventually a crash at Watkins Glen gave him the opportunity to discover what Ligier had gone to great lengths to hide from prying eyes

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Season	2019
Episode title	Discovering an 'illegal secret' on a Formula 1 car
Episode number	41
Date added	October 11, 2019
Run time	2:36
Category	Other
Production	Motorsport.tv

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