Recap of the English F1 fleet - Take 2...

[PatrickT82]

ok so after France it now has the second British owner? Or do I have it completely wrong?

[hurstg01]

I think the new owner is French but UK based

Originally Posted by Futch on Rennteam

It was very very good indeed! First I took it out on road tyres and actually, well, it was shite. Ok, I'm harsh here, but honestly it wasn't great, these are supposedly Mclaren Michelin Pilot sport developed for the F1, well, they're ok for road driving but for trackdays, the car understeers loads and loads, oversteers on acceleration, it's ok for two laps and then the tyres are outside their comfort zones and the car becomes undrivable.

I spoke to Paul Lanzante before the session and he told me the chassis setup was the same as the F1 LM road car, well, for trackdays I can't imagine those 5 owners having any fun except if they put slicks on, which I did!

And the car felt a lot better, still not perfect but much much better, hardly any pitch on braking which is surprising, not that much roll either and with the tyres at temperature, the car was soft of course but huge fun.

The car is neutral and feels easy, the point was not to go for a lap time.

I'm gonna get grilled for writing that but the engine didn't feel as strong as I thought it would feel. Very torquey but the car doesn't feel that fast. For a similar power output, the Carrera GT V10 feels stronger! Honest.

I have very little pictures taken with my iphone but a friend of mine was there just to do that we plenty are coming soon including some nice video clips.

Here are a couple, the driver is my mate and ex Porsche works driver Manu Collard, who was cool enough to take my mates for some hot laps. He was here mostly to coach me and validate the setup of the GT3 R getting ready for the 2013 season. We will race together the 6 hours plus races.

He liked the GTR, a lot

[Sami Aaltonen]

Very interesting comments. Some details which I really didn't knew. Greg, where's this Thread is in Renteam's Forum?

[hurstg01]

It's the one you've already added a post and commented on

[cabrio92]

Hi,

#11R is not confirmed in UK yet ?

[mclarenman]

I am not sure if this has been posted but here is a pic of #017



found at: http://www.friendsreunited.com/mclar...f-efc98aaae282

[hurstg01]

#020 at the Silverstone Classic this weekend, pic courtesy of Keith aka LARK60



and another, this time from Alex Penfold



and another, this time by Tim, in a different location

[hurstg01]

and on the way home, coming off the M40, courtesy of Accelebrate off PH

[PatrickT82]

New plate And owner?

[hurstg01]

yes [kind of, its been on it for a while now....] and no

[PDoddy]

DK Engineering tweeted yesterday about the sale of an F1 to its new owner. Can someone tell me what chassis this is? In the pictures on their website the car looks dark silver/grey instead of the usual silver.

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by PDoddy

DK Engineering tweeted yesterday about the sale of an F1 to its new owner. Can someone tell me what chassis this is? In the pictures on their website the car looks dark silver/grey instead of the usual silver.

Of course

The picture of the interior showing the steering wheel gave the game away, as it still has the TAG sticker on the steering boss - its chassis #012

[PDoddy]

Am i right in thinking that this car was previously in Switzerland? Does anyone know if the car will be staying in the UK with its new owner?

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by PDoddy

Am i right in thinking that this car was previously in Switzerland? Does anyone know if the car will be staying in the UK with its new owner?

It was in Geneva for a while, and DK Engineering have hinted the car is almost certainly to stay in the UK for now

[RMV]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

Of course

The picture of the interior showing the steering wheel gave the game away, as it still has the TAG sticker on the steering boss - its chassis #012

I wonder if #12 the $13m car?