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This is a special episode about Formula1’s wildest racecar engineering ideas. Ganna Pogrebna and Patrick Henz discuss the history of the famous six-wheelers as well as other spectacular developments like the Alfa Romeo Bimotore, the gas-turbine-powered Lotus 56B, and the Brabham BT46 fan car. The episode also considers less known “weird and wonderful” car designs some of which made their mark in F1.

Another part of the episode focuses on Piero Taruffi’s patent for a new kind of racing car, and Ganna and Patrick explain what this has to do with Star Wars. The episode also looks at X-Wing cars among many others.