At first, 5,000 horsepower sounds entirely ridiculous for any engine, much less a rotary engine. But it's actually far more feasible than one might expect. Let's take the Mazda 787B's R26b ...

In the space of six years, Mazda’s Le Mans racers had gone from less than 300bhp to more than 700. The engine could be monitored from the pits with real-time telemetry, the 787B being one of the ...