castrol le mans F1

[welshman]

does anyone know where I can get a write up/road test for the castrol sponsored Mclaren F1 which raced at le mans? Also need championship winning history for this car?

welshman

[welshman]

does anyone know where the castrol F1's are kept when they are not racing? and who services/prepares them before races?

welshman

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by welshman

does anyone know where the castrol F1's are kept when they are not racing? and who services/prepares them before races?

welshman

Hmm, Castrol F1's? IIRC the only F1's with Castrol sponsorship were the early short-tail GTR's, probably 003R -Art Soorts sponsored - and - West/East sponsored - and that had CASTROL under the headlights

[andybee]

The '96 DPR West car carried Castrol sponsorship. I think that was it

[Noddy]

Originally Posted by hurstg01

Hmm, Castrol F1's? IIRC the only F1's with Castrol sponsorship were the early short-tail GTR's, probably 003R -Art Soorts sponsored - and - West/East sponsored - and that had CASTROL under the headlights

Just a minor correction - it is "Art Sports" not Art Soorts. The sponsoring company is division of a large Japanese firm with this particular division importing high-end cars to Japan. They sponsored the F40 effort in IMSA years ago.

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by payso

I also noticed this mistake when i first purchased one of my models
i remember on on of my 1/18 it is spelt "Soorts"

am i incorrect? or is it a cheap chinese UT model? cheaply made with bits missing: (like some of the Ueno Clinic and Franck Muller models)
i think ive ive had it for about 8 years?

or were they for some reason not allowed to use the name as a sponsor on the cars???



(also, for those of you that read it, i deleted the thread on the McLaren inspired chair)

i have that same model, and i am sure some of the pictures of this car on track show the same name

it hasn't got anything to do with the ruling like the East / West F1 cigarette deals, where in some countries you aren't allowed to have cigarette sponsorship on your race cars so the teams slightly change them to read sort of the same -
EG
Mclaren F1 team had drivers names instead of their cigarette sponsor in some races
Jordan F1 had buzzin hornets instead of Benson & Hedges
??

[Peloton25]

It was very clearly a 'p' on the side of the car:



On the model, it's either an error, or ArtSports wanted some kind of licensing fee that UT wasn't willing to pay.

I thought we had this discussion here once before, but I didn't find it with the search.

>8^)
ER

[hurstg01]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

It was very clearly a 'p' on the side of the car:



On the model, it's either an error, or ArtSports wanted some kind of licensing fee that UT wasn't willing to pay.

I thought we had this discussion here once before, but I didn't find it with the search.

>8^)
ER

Damn, beat me to it, i tried to find the picture whislt at work, got home, first thing i did was check this picture, but Erik beat me to it!!!