Dumas sets new hillclimb record on Friday

[JonChalk]

ID.R up the hill in 41.18s

[RemyMartin81D]

Only took 20 years. Lol.

[BricktopST205]

Does this mean the shackles can finally come off and F1 cars are aloud to compete as they were banned after that accident due to the speed?

[JonChalk]

BricktopST205 said:

Does this mean the shackles can finally come off and F1 cars are aloud to compete as they were banned after that accident due to the speed?

If you watched Oliver Solberg's run, you wouldn't think anyone was shackled!

[poosemon]

BricktopST205 said:

Does this mean the shackles can finally come off and F1 cars are aloud to compete as they were banned after that accident due to the speed?

Have been wondering this myself. Sure there are more capable Hill climb specials as well which could have a crack at it too if they had a chance

[BricktopST205]

poosemon said:

Have been wondering this myself. Sure there are more capable Hill climb specials as well which could have a crack at it too if they had a chance

There were back in the day but I think they do not allow them to make it more entertaining and less embarrassing for the big manufacturers. Bloody typical I miss this year and the record is broke though!

[poosemon]

Have just put the live stream on and rewinded back to the lap. Car looked alot more confidence insipring then the Heidfeld record did.

The Mclaren was squirming all over the place and looked like it needed man handling. The VW looked awesomely planted.

Think we would all love to see a more modern F1 car have a crack with full slick tyres

[BricktopST205]

poosemon said:

Have just put the live stream on and rewinded back to the lap. Car looked alot more confidence insipring then the Heidfeld record did.

The Mclaren was squirming all over the place and looked like it needed man handling. The VW looked awesomely planted.

Think we would all love to see a more modern F1 car have a crack with full slick tyres

The hillclimb has been resurfaced since then

[The Hypno-Toad]

Does it ‘officially’ count before Sunday?

[Eric Mc]

Apart from the fact that F1 cars aren't really suited for hillclimbing, I think the FIA stamped down on the current cars trying to set times as it breached their testing limits rules.

I thought that the IDR deliberately slowed yesterday and probably could have broken the record on its first serious run.

[Big Nanas]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Does it ‘officially’ count before Sunday?

The post-run interviews and commentary suggested it does.

[poosemon]

BricktopST205 said:

The hillclimb has been resurfaced since then

Fair enough, wasn't aware of the resurface

[The Hypno-Toad]

Big Nanas said:

The Hypno-Toad said:

Does it ‘officially’ count before Sunday?

The post-run interviews and commentary suggested it does.

If that’s the case and the weather forecast for Sunday looking like it might be turning damp, Sky Sports are going to be very pissed off.

[Pericoloso]

First terrestrial tv of the Festival is 9pm Tuesday ITV4.

[Bobtherallyfan]

Can’t compare the two runs. Dumas was in a car running hill climb spec, Heldfeld was simply a driving God that day

[paulw123]

Need to let another F1 car have a crack, it’s only fair!

[Eric Mc]

Not after the events of 2000.

[Cold]

Eric Mc said:

Not after the events of 2000.

They allowed this attempt to happen after the events of 2000.

[Eric Mc]

Cold said:

They allowed this attempt to happen after the events of 2000.

Not with state of the art F1 cars.

The hill is just too bumpy with weird and changing cambers for modern F1 cars to really handle.

[m4tti]

Eric Mc said:

Not after the events of 2000.

If he’d had a heart attack on the M25 would you ban all traffic, would you stop motorway usage.