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Essential racing ingredients
A mobile laboratory
Ongoing development

Essential racing ingredients

The products developed and distributed by Elf are essential factors in motor-racing.

Fuels and lubricants are as decisive for a car as its chassis, engine or driver.

Ongoing research, state-of-the-art technology, and completely reliable products are the main ingredients for the fuels and lubricants used in motor-racing.

The same imperatives govern the development of our retail products. In every case, the capacity for innovation remains an essential success factor.

The technological advances resulting from this research have been applied to Elf's high-quality lubricants for the general public.

A mobile laboratory

The immediate analysis of oils after race track trials was introduced by Elf in 1991, and has been constantly improved since then. This was made possible by the development of a mobile laboratory by the Competition Department, the Elf lubricants teams and the Analysis Center at the Elf Solaize Research Center.

Studying oil films where components are in contact makes it possible to obtain very significant increases in power: the thinner the oil film, the less effort is required. The thickness of the film depends on several factors: - the configuration of components subject to friction, - temperature, - oil pressure and flow, - the chemical composition of the lubricant.

Ongoing development

The exceptional conditions encountered in a Formula 1 engine cause constant changes in the physico-chemical properties of lubricants and oil films.

Lubricants: - cool moving parts; - prevent the formation of deposits and stop the piston rings from sticking, - ensure that the bearings and piston rings are leaktight, - carry impurities to the oil filter, - finally, and above all, limit wear on components subject to friction.