F1 LM spotted on the road

[BelfastBoy]

Not by me, sadly. Photographed in Baltimore, Maryland, according to the comments. Hard to think of a better car to be lucky enough to see in the wild, so 'zim2411', I salute you!

https://www.reddit.com/r/spotted/comments/33mzao/m...

[flemke]

BelfastBoy said:

Not by me, sadly. Photographed in Baltimore, Maryland, according to the comments. Hard to think of a better car to be lucky enough to see in the wild, so 'zim2411', I salute you!

https://www.reddit.com/r/spotted/comments/33mzao/m...

No reg plate, wheel nuts have loops welded to them, as used to secure for transit.

There used to be a lab near Baltimore that was one of the handful in the US which were EPA-approved to certify engines for emissions regs. My guess is that this car was in Baltimore for that reason.

[cgt2]

A dangerous part of the world to be in right now even in a Datsun let alone an F1 LM!

[BelfastBoy]

flemke said:

No reg plate, wheel nuts have loops welded to them, as used to secure for transit.

There used to be a lab near Baltimore that was one of the handful in the US which were EPA-approved to certify engines for emissions regs. My guess is that this car was in Baltimore for that reason.

Spot on. There's more information in this F1 thread over on Automotive Forums:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthre...

Car is apparently destined for an owner in Chicago who also owns a 'regular' F1. Nice.

On a sort-of related note, remember the story about how Lewis Hamilton was promised the F1 LM prototype by Ron Dennis if he won 3 world championships? Do you think that still applies given that he's not connected with McLaren any more?

[johnnyreggae]

BelfastBoy said:

an owner in Chicago who also owns a 'regular' F1.

I wonder if thats the 1500 mile car currently being touted around by some of the 'less mainstream' brokers

Edited by johnnyreggae on Wednesday 29th April 10:55