http://www.sae.org/mags/sve/mtrsp/5989
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This is the area of the company’s latest advance with its new unspecified synthetic component. So secretive are competitors that ExxonMobil doesn’t even patent its advances for fear of tipping off other teams about what it has done.
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The McLaren team and its ExxonMobil partners, therefore, test extensively to verify durability through bench testing of engines before testing the oil in a racecar. This testing helps to confirm computer modeling that is used to predict the lubricant’s characteristics and the resulting performance improvement.
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This is the area of the company’s latest advance with its new unspecified synthetic component. So secretive are competitors that ExxonMobil doesn’t even patent its advances for fear of tipping off other teams about what it has done.
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The McLaren team and its ExxonMobil partners, therefore, test extensively to verify durability through bench testing of engines before testing the oil in a racecar. This testing helps to confirm computer modeling that is used to predict the lubricant’s characteristics and the resulting performance improvement.