do we know where the Benettons have ended up?
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Wasn't there a privately owned 1994 car for sale in 2007.
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93540
"It was the winner of 3 races and involved in the Schumacher taking Hill out in Australia. The ad reads "Car is run exactly as in the day with paddle shift, shift without lift and traction control"
I think this is another one (by the races) sold by Bonhams in 2013 here - https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20934/lot/32/
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93540
"It was the winner of 3 races and involved in the Schumacher taking Hill out in Australia. The ad reads "Car is run exactly as in the day with paddle shift, shift without lift and traction control"
I think this is another one (by the races) sold by Bonhams in 2013 here - https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20934/lot/32/
jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Would love to see a pic of that. Remember I wrote to Tyrell as a child and got a fold up poster of a p34 back in the post.
Grew up watching Jackie Stewart.
Ken was THE man, in the days when an enthusiast could buy an old car, tweak it and go take on the big boys on a weekend- and win.
Girls with stopwatches,hay bales for barriers, nostalgic rose tinted glasses......
I remember back in the 90's lots of cars used to be sold off, and were frequently advertised in the back of Autosport and similar. Plenty of touring cars too, complete with spares packages.
Also saw a (60s) Batmobile advertised there once..
(I jest)
Also saw a (60s) Batmobile advertised there once..
jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Custard (I jest)
bristolracer said:
jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Would love to see a pic of that. Remember I wrote to Tyrell as a child and got a fold up poster of a p34 back in the post.
Grew up watching Jackie Stewart.
Ken was THE man, in the days when an enthusiast could buy an old car, tweak it and go take on the big boys on a weekend- and win.
Girls with stopwatches,hay bales for barriers, nostalgic rose tinted glasses......
The 011 was the last car to win an F1 race with a Cosworth DFV in 1983, we restored it a couple of years ago and won the FIA Championship with it.
It's a shame we don't see F1 cars from the modern era racing (by which I mean mid 90s onwards).
I think there were some attempts to de-engineer some of the complexity to make them raceable to enthusiasts but I seem to recall the main problem being the resin in the carbon fibre becomes too brittle over time rendering them too dangerous to race, even at a reduced pace.
In answer to the OP...I recall seeing a young racer called Scott Mansell (no relation - I think) race one of the Benettons in the EURO Boss series a few years ago.
I think there were some attempts to de-engineer some of the complexity to make them raceable to enthusiasts but I seem to recall the main problem being the resin in the carbon fibre becomes too brittle over time rendering them too dangerous to race, even at a reduced pace.
In answer to the OP...I recall seeing a young racer called Scott Mansell (no relation - I think) race one of the Benettons in the EURO Boss series a few years ago.
StevieBee said:
I think there were some attempts to de-engineer some of the complexity to make them raceable to enthusiasts but I seem to recall the main problem being the resin in the carbon fibre becomes too brittle over time rendering them too dangerous to race, even at a reduced pace.
Not correct, the first generation carbon tub Lotus races in the FIA historic F1 series. We occasionally see a McLaren MP4/1 too. The Tyrrell 011 I run has a carbon fibre floor. The Tyrrell 012 that races with us is a carbon tub.Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff