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      01-27-2019, 06:18 PM   #14
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I wish I grew up and followed motorsports but could someone tell me which events (F1, 24 Hours, etc.) is more critical in terms of development? I'm just interested because Mercedes seems to be all in with F1 and that could be because of Lewis Hamilton and the success he's had while we see BMW in other races.
Depends who you ask. Future tech that gets trickled down to cars (hybrid power train, multiple turbos, braking tech, suspension tech, etc.) usually starts at the F1 level. However other developments such as body design, aero, etc come from the GT type races as those cars require production variants in some classes.
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