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The Drawing Board - Engineering with Attitude

Twice as good as Schumacher?

 
    Sam Philip beats a former F1 champ but loses miserably to a bunch of 11-year-olds in the Shell Eco-Marathon , the big green race where frugality is all

The Shell engineer carefully carries the tiny vial of fuel to his laptop, marks down a couple of figures and taps a few keys. He eyes me, seriously, beadily. He walks over to his whiteboard and scribbles down a number.

753mpg.
Wednesday 1 August, 2007 10:50 AM
 
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