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Forget 914s, I want one of these!, How an English club racer bought a retired F1 car |
TurbOH Brad |
Jun 27 2011, 06:47 PM
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Brad. Just Brad. Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 2-February 11 From: Sparks, NV Member No.: 12,654 Region Association: Northern California |
How much does an F1 car cost to make? Estimates are in the MILLIONS.
This dude got a three year old model for about the same money as a clean original 6. Talk about depreciation! Anyway, the dude is turning it into a trackday car. How awesome is that? How a man bought a retired F1 car (In the interest of full disclosure, I wrote this article. If you like it, please link it elsewhere!) |
TurbOH Brad |
Jun 29 2011, 01:58 PM
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Brad. Just Brad. Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 2-February 11 From: Sparks, NV Member No.: 12,654 Region Association: Northern California |
Just go buy an old IRL car and drop a SBC crate motor in it. I guarantee that would be infinitely slower than a retired Formula 1 car. Honda held a track day in 2006 at Motegi. It was similar to Rennsport, but for Hondas. The 2006 spec F1 car was 6 seconds per lap faster than the 2006 spec IRL car. IIRC. |
Randal |
Jun 29 2011, 02:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Just go buy an old IRL car and drop a SBC crate motor in it. I guarantee that would be infinitely slower than a retired Formula 1 car. Honda held a track day in 2006 at Motegi. It was similar to Rennsport, but for Hondas. The 2006 spec F1 car was 6 seconds per lap faster than the 2006 spec IRL car. IIRC. No question that is true, but it's more fun to dream about something that can be done in our lifetimes, i.e., the people on this board. |
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