Caparo T1000 Race Series
Discussion
Good point; the last I saw on this was the article in Evo:
http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/235858/caparo_ra...
Personally if I had that sort of cash I'd just race an old F1 or F3000 car. The sort of money they're talking would get you into an F3000 car in BOSS, the only downside being that it's not a one make series so the racing isn't very close.
It's interesting that they're detuning the engines; I can only assume that's on the grounds of reliability. I would expect a road car designed for track days to have more than enough engine longevity for racing! Maybe it just makes the racing cheaper?
http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/235858/caparo_ra...
Personally if I had that sort of cash I'd just race an old F1 or F3000 car. The sort of money they're talking would get you into an F3000 car in BOSS, the only downside being that it's not a one make series so the racing isn't very close.
It's interesting that they're detuning the engines; I can only assume that's on the grounds of reliability. I would expect a road car designed for track days to have more than enough engine longevity for racing! Maybe it just makes the racing cheaper?
norwichphoto said:
They can't sell them as road cars, so slap some race numbers on them...
Very flawed car, would be a very flawed race car as well.
Why was it flawed as a road car? Other than the disastrous (fiery) previews that it had, I thought the actual release version was supposed to be very good?Very flawed car, would be a very flawed race car as well.
norwichphoto said:
Absolutely no downforce and hence grip at road speeds is a pretty big flaw to me...
What about the car's mechanical grip? You're right, because of the downforce at high speed it'll probably run quite stiff springs, which can decrease mechanical grip slightly, but the mechanical grip is probably greater than most cars at low speeds anyway, so I don't see the problem. I've never heard that complaint in a review of the car, other than from Clarkson, who's a complete oaf behind the wheel.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0enu8tMw3Y
Edited by RobM77 on Sunday 18th July 14:53
Caparo shared our garage when we were tesing in Oct 07. Nice guys and the car was impressive, if unconventional. It was quick too - well it was with Phil Bennett driving. There was also a gentleman driver who nearly had a Sagaris in his rear end.... he braked somewhat earlier than Phil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9gPf_3FVw0
I think the basic problem is there are quite a few options for the wealthy gentleman racer - GT4 Aston toname but one - and in difficult economic conditions this was a big ask.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9gPf_3FVw0
I think the basic problem is there are quite a few options for the wealthy gentleman racer - GT4 Aston toname but one - and in difficult economic conditions this was a big ask.
teamHOLDENracing said:
Caparo shared our garage when we were tesing in Oct 07. Nice guys and the car was impressive, if unconventional. It was quick too - well it was with Phil Bennett driving. There was also a gentleman driver who nearly had a Sagaris in his rear end.... he braked somewhat earlier than Phil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9gPf_3FVw0
I think the basic problem is there are quite a few options for the wealthy gentleman racer - GT4 Aston toname but one - and in difficult economic conditions this was a big ask.
I tested with a Caparo at Silverstone and Snetterton last year and had the same experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9gPf_3FVw0
I think the basic problem is there are quite a few options for the wealthy gentleman racer - GT4 Aston toname but one - and in difficult economic conditions this was a big ask.
Quick with Bennett driving (Silverstone), but at Snett with Joe Bloggs driving he seemed like he was almost stopping for each corner! I don't think that tells us much about the car though - anyone with that sort of cash who was a useful driver would probably be racing club/historic F3, F3000 or F1.
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