Not exactly grassroots cars, but given the context of some of the discussions here, still pretty relevant. Even if they are more on the historic failures side of things...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181274704910#ht_2338wt_1141
Not exactly grassroots cars, but given the context of some of the discussions here, still pretty relevant. Even if they are more on the historic failures side of things...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181274704910#ht_2338wt_1141
Its all classified. No price given. 
With this quote, I wonder how much it matters that it's classified...
At Melbourne, the first brief tests showed that both cars were slow in a straight line and also in the corners; the aerodynamics producing too much drag and not enough downforce. This also meant the cars could not get the tyres up to the right temperature. Both drivers never even got near a good enough time to qualify, as they struggled in the difficult-handling cars. In the end neither Sospiri or Rosset managed to qualify, 11 and 13 seconds respectively off the pace. .
So you have a car that has high drag, no downforce, is 11-13 seconds off the pace... yikes
It would be interesting to know if they sell and for how much.
alfadriver wrote: So you have a car that has high drag, no downforce, is 11-13 seconds off the pace... yikes
11-13 seconds off the pace in the hands of professional drivers (Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset) against Schumacher, Coulthard and Hakkinen in the dominant McLarens and Ferraris, is not 11-13 seconds off the pace in histori racing with gentlemen drivers in cars that can vary in age by as much as +/- 10 years. I bet they go for around 200k GBP's ($300-330K USD) for the pair.
They sold one and are asking 115k GBP for the other one.....
Adrian_Thompson wrote:alfadriver wrote: So you have a car that has high drag, no downforce, is 11-13 seconds off the pace... yikes11-13 seconds off the pace in the hands of professional drivers (Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset) against Schumacher, Coulthard and Hakkinen in the dominant McLarens and Ferraris, is not 11-13 seconds off the pace in histori racing with gentlemen drivers in cars that can vary in age by as much as +/- 10 years. I bet they go for around 200k GBP's ($300-330K USD) for the pair.
Since it was noted that the tires didn't get hot enough, it would be an interesting development period so that a gentelman driver could drive it.
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