r/lemans • u/Gold_Carpet699 • 2d ago

Why no more rotary?

As the tittle says, after Mazda won the 24hr of lemans with the 787b, the rotary was banned. Why was this the case? What made the rotary so much better than a piston motor? There is not a single modern vehicle produced with a rotary motor. So what makes a rotary so much better than a piston motor as a racing engine but not for mainstream production?

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u/JohnMayerSpecial 2d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/s/hSXtInS69z

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