by jon b » Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:46 pm
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http://www.agsformule1.com/
I have done it on Le Castellet-HTTT/Paul Ricard track : really great day. After several laps in a kind of F3, i drove 7 laps in the F1 : i was not impressed by the power, much more by the carbone braking but much much much more by the lateral capacities ! After 3 laps it begans to be difficult for my head and in the last lap i was happy to see the end. A guy who was here had paid much more to do this and to drive a Peugeot 905 V10 ("old" Le Mans winner), the guy was physicaly destroyed and was driving it slowest than me with an Atom.
So don't buy to much F1 laps the same day (8 maxi if you are pushing the car a little bit in corners), eventualy make it 2 times, i think it's better.
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I can totally understand this Monza. Firstly, if you haven't driven an aero car in anger this sort of thing would be a complete waste of time imo. At the end of the day, its all down to what you want. Just to be in an F1 car or to really push an F1 car. For 99% of people driving an F3 car would be simply mind blowing and even then you still wouldn't really be pushing it on the corners.
I've often thought about what it would be like to drive an F1 car and have concluded that its something i wouldn't enjoy - i would be terrified of the thing for some reason and just know i couldn't push it hard enough to do what it needs to do to work properly.
[quote="Monza"]
http://www.agsformule1.com/
I have done it on Le Castellet-HTTT/Paul Ricard track : really great day. After several laps in a kind of F3, i drove 7 laps in the F1 : i was not impressed by the power, much more by the carbone braking but much much much more by the lateral capacities ! After 3 laps it begans to be difficult for my head and in the last lap i was happy to see the end. A guy who was here had paid much more to do this and to drive a Peugeot 905 V10 ("old" Le Mans winner), the guy was physicaly destroyed and was driving it slowest than me with an Atom. ;D
So don't buy to much F1 laps the same day (8 maxi if you are pushing the car a little bit in corners), eventualy make it 2 times, i think it's better.
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I can totally understand this Monza. Firstly, if you haven't driven an aero car in anger this sort of thing would be a complete waste of time imo. At the end of the day, its all down to what you want. Just to be in an F1 car or to really push an F1 car. For 99% of people driving an F3 car would be simply mind blowing and even then you still wouldn't really be pushing it on the corners.
I've often thought about what it would be like to drive an F1 car and have concluded that its something i wouldn't enjoy - i would be terrified of the thing for some reason and just know i couldn't push it hard enough to do what it needs to do to work properly.