How cool is this? Vettel and Raikkonen to lap Daytona in F1 cars!

I hope they try and set a lap record!!

Marshall Pruett said: The Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team and drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will headline at the Finali Mondiali event in December at Daytona International Speedway. Vettel, the four-time F1 world champion, and Raikkonen, who earned his lone title in 2007, are scheduled to lap the 3.56-mile circuit in Ferrari F1 cars which will be a first, according to DIS. The four-day event will make its North American debut after being held in Europe and the Middle East. According to the track, "competitors from the European, North American and Asia Pacific series of the Ferrari Challenge for a battle for the World Championship in their Ferrari 458 Challenge EVOs. The weekend also includes the display and running of historic Formula 1 cars and Ferrari's exclusive XX Programs." The Vettel and Raikkonen F1 demonstration is scheduled for the final day of the Dec. 1-4 Ferrari celebration, and tickets are available for purchase at the DIS website.

Ferrari at Daytona

How cool would it be for them to just tour non-F1 race tracks all over the world setting track records everywhere they go?

Up until now, the France family has been against allowing open-wheel cars on the banking. I guess they are only allowing this as a demo run, maybe not at full speed.

jstein77 wrote: Up until now, the France family has been against allowing open-wheel cars on the banking. I guess they are only allowing this as a demo run, maybe not at full speed.

The Frances are not my favorite family... In any case, a modern F1 car cannot generate enough heat in the brakes and tires to safe at "parade lap" speeds. It's got to be either a walking pace or at least 8/10.

I'd love to see them go to Summit Point or the old Nelson Ledges.

"Vat are all dees bumps doink all over das circuit? Das kerbs vill slice the tires. Iss zat a 12 point stag on da main straight? Zis is unpossible."

Huckleberry wrote: Iss zat a 12 point stag on da main straight? "

Probably chasing this doe

Tom_Spangler wrote: How cool would it be for them to just tour non-F1 race tracks all over the world setting track records everywhere they go?

or Project F in this case.

ross2004 wrote:

Huckleberry wrote: Iss zat a 12 point stag on da main straight? "

Probably chasing this doe

Couple of points about this.

1. I was in this race.

2. I was about 3 cars back when this happened.

3. I think that car was leading at the time.

4. The deer apparently survived.

5. My wife and I won this race.

Hopefully they sort out the tires. Remember the fiasco at Indy in 2005 when Michelin realized their tires could not handle the loads of the banking at Indy. http://www.caranddriver.com/columns/world-class-formula-1-fiasco-at-indianapolis-feature

Forget the road course.. They should cut them loose on the oval..

In reply to novaderrik:

My thought too. If you've shipped everything out there why wouldn't you want to open it up and see what they'll do.

to set records for top speed go to Talladega, The Daytona track requires more driver input and is Bumppppppy in light cars, 250mph could happen,but would you really want to race at that speed in a Formula or Indy car.

ross2004 wrote:

Huckleberry wrote: Iss zat a 12 point stag on da main straight? "

Probably chasing this doe

That is a well framed pic - I assume he pulled it from video? "Hey, can I have a ride in your boat?"