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From: Paul Berry <pjberry@liv.ac.uk>
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Michael wrote:
> 
> >Actaully every car but the Brabham even in 1967 were monochoque chassis.
> 
> True, but still made from deformable metals such as aluminium alloy. I'm not
> sure when the first carbon-fibre tub was, which was the real advance.
> 
IIRC it was the McLaren MP4 in 1980. Carbon fibre is a relatively new
advance insofar as F1 safety technology is concerned.
-- 
"Hear all, see all, say nowt; Eat all, sup all, pay nowt;
  And if tha ever does owt for nowt, allus do it for thassen."

Paul Berry
