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Beneath the sleek, shiny and sponsorship-littered outer skin of Formula One cars there is a surprising amount of development going on, even in the engine.

Yes, the design of the engine is essentially 'frozen' due to homologation requirements, but there is one important area where teams, stymied by regulation stringency elsewhere, can discover extra performance. That is in the field of race fuel and oil lubricants

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Formula One fuel and oil - F1's top secret tuning aids was originally published by Formula1.com - Latest Features. Read the full story by clicking here.