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The "hamster" hammond gets to drive an F1 car

That guys an Idiot......

AlisoBob wrote:That guys an Idiot......

Why?

Has an oppertunity to drive a real F-1 car.... Spends " Naught .2" at full throttle..

What a waste...

The bigger dude on that show would have hammered that thing.

Theres no way someone who aint a pro racecar driver could even come close to hammering that car, 900 hp and under 1300lbs is insanity.

Tremendous grip, brakes, and center of gravity kinds even it out...

That guy pussed....

If he was going to be so ineffective, they should have gotten someone else.

Heres the stig (prev F1 driver) doing a lap on their test track

If I could fit in one of those I would hammer it. That's how they are supposed to be driven.

I didn't realize you had to preheat the coolant and oil prior to firing one up. Talk about high maintenance! Unfortunately, I'll never be able to experience it - I haven't been as small as the "hamster" since I was 5 and he said it was tight for him.

britincali wrote:Theres no way someone who aint a pro racecar driver could even come close to hammering that car, 900 hp and under 1300lbs is insanity.

Back in 1986 or so they let some journos loose at Silverstone in the Benetton BMW 1.5l turbo F1 car. This was the engine that produced more power than BMW's dyno could measure, estimated at 1500 bhp in qualifying trim. Most of the lucky ones simply couldn't handle the turbo lag, came in, parked it, and humbly exited.

redrocket190 wrote:

britincali wrote:Theres no way someone who aint a pro racecar driver could even come close to hammering that car, 900 hp and under 1300lbs is insanity.

Back in 1986 or so they let some journos loose at Silverstone in the Benetton BMW 1.5l turbo F1 car. This was the engine that produced more power than BMW's dyno could measure, estimated at 1500 bhp in qualifying trim. Most of the lucky ones simply couldn't handle the turbo lag, came in, parked it, and humbly exited.

The 80's were the real psyco cars, they were pumping 40+ psi of boost into the motors.

MMMMMMMM BOOST..... just the thought gives me an almost sexual tingle...

britincali wrote:Theres no way someone who aint a pro racecar driver could even come close to hammering that car, 900 hp and under 1300lbs is insanity.

You puss, brit. I'd have had that thing pinned until I hit a wall. Those cars are almost bullet proof, just ask Kubica. After 75g's all he had was a concussion and a sprained ankle.

I dont think they'd like a him trashing a 2m+ car......

britincali wrote:I dont think they'd like a him trashing a 2m+ car......

He didn't have any problem trashing that gay-assed jet car.

True but he also trashed himself

britincali wrote:True but he also trashed himself

Yeah, and it wasn't even his fault.

britincali wrote:

redrocket190 wrote:

britincali wrote:Theres no way someone who aint a pro racecar driver could even come close to hammering that car, 900 hp and under 1300lbs is insanity.

Back in 1986 or so they let some journos loose at Silverstone in the Benetton BMW 1.5l turbo F1 car. This was the engine that produced more power than BMW's dyno could measure, estimated at 1500 bhp in qualifying trim. Most of the lucky ones simply couldn't handle the turbo lag, came in, parked it, and humbly exited.

The 80's were the real psyco cars, they were pumping 40+ psi of boost into the motors.

Gerhard Berger got an instantaneous reading of 5.5 bar as he lifted for a fast corner at the Osterreichring which nmeant when he put his foot back down hard he had over 1500 bhp. They put 4 bar pop-off valves on them and the engineers just learnt to ram more air in than the valve could handle and effectively by-pass it. The current F1 regs with over-reliance on downforce, attempts to freeze engines and cap power, limited mechanical grip from grooved tires etc. are so jacked up it is a joke.

redrocket190 wrote:The current F1 regs with over-reliance on downforce, attempts to freeze engines and cap power, limited mechanical grip from grooved tires etc. are so jacked up it is a joke.

Well said....