(CNN)-- Formula One cars are a marvel of modern engineering, so much so, that many manufactuers who compete in the sport do so in order to benefit from the technical innovations race-honed ...

That meant cars such as the McLaren-Honda MP4/4 and the Ferrari F1-87/88 were racing with ‘just’ 600-640bhp, a far cry from the heady days of 5bar madness a couple of years previously.