Wouter wrote: ↑29 Dec 2023, 12:04
Formula 1, a sport like no other.
.... the industrial revolution .... give birth to the combustion engine.
The dawn of the combustion engine brought about new possibilities. The horseless carriage, as cars were first known, was slower than walking at first... In England, from 1865 to 1896, you had to have someone walk in front of you waving a red flag ...
the video is a falsification of Europe's motor-sport history - to suit the new American ownership of F1
and there is no such thing as the combustion engine - that is a 21st century falsification (of European origin)
from the start of GP racing (the 1900s) the cars were fuel-quantity limited
from 1914 till 1927 the cars were capacity-limited - 4.5 litres, then 3 litres. then 2 litres, then 1.5 litres
(and again from 1938 as the video admits)
F1 didn't start anything
apart from being a ban on the invincible prewar cars of Germany and Italy
for 3 years F1 existed but there was no WDC or anything
the WDC (as we know it) started with F1 - but then abandoned F1 for F2
the industrial revolution gave us the steam engine (steam for agricultural use then spreading to road use)
then steam became classified as external-combustion to distinguish it from (internal-combustion) oil and gas engines
this all before 'horseless carriage' cars
the correct term was and still is 'heat engine'
heat engines old or new with internal combustion, external combustion with or without steam , or with no combustion