"There are no bad ideas in a brainstorm," they say. Only slightly lesser well known is, "if there's a four stroke piston engine that's not a radial, Formula 1's tried it." There have been inline fours ...

This video shows a small but powerful Formula 1 test engine with just one cylinder. Even though it’s only 300cc in size, it produces 90 horsepower and can rev up to a crazy 20,000 RPM. It’s used by ...