Formula 1 car on public roads

[Twista]

Tell me that not freaking cool. Has to loudest and fastest car on the road that day

http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/10-21-06page-Formula-1-car-on-public-roads.htm

 

[LikeLinus]

That's funny. One day leaving work, my wife and I pulled up to a stop light and looked over to see a RedBull formula 1 car sitting next to us. It looked and sounded real, but I'm pretty sure it's just a marketing car running around town to promote RedBull.

FYI: This was on West End in Nashville


Edit: haha that video is a RedBull car! I'm now sure this is something they do in major cities. Sounded and looked the exact same.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

No fair, he didn't have anyone to street race against.

 

[n7]

That engine noise is pure sex <3

 

[z0mb13]

man he shoudlve gone faster!

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
man he shoudlve gone faster!

I really doubt he could have. It was pretty wet out. If you watch the steering wheel it looks like he's fighting for control at times.

Plus you have to concider danger to others.

 

[Rastus]

Impressive.

 

[redgtxdi]

Yes that sounds is friggin' awesome!!! It almost sounds like a wounded animal or something.............but more creepy!!!



Too bad it's almost a friggin' injustice holding back so much horsepower like that!!! Maybe it was the car that was wounded. Maybe it hurt the car (and driver, LOL) to be drivin' that flippin' slow!!!!


As you watch the video you almost ache for that sucker to open up wide & just take off like a rocket!!!!!!!!!


(sigh)

 

[RelaxTheMind]

i went to an indy car race earlier this year... nobody told me to bring earplugs... the first 30 minutes of the race were pure pain then it went pretty numb... this is even with my fingers logged in my ears.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: z0mb13
man he shoudlve gone faster!

I really doubt he could have. It was pretty wet out. If you watch the steering wheel it looks like he's fighting for control at times.

Plus you have to concider danger to others.

Other than a partial run or two down that straight bit of highway, he was holding back the whole time, as I'm sure was part of the deal with the cops. He was nowhere near the limits of the car in wet conditions, but with the situation the way it was with people walking in the street and cars parked everywhere, going full out would have been enormously stupid and negligent.

That car was coasting most of the time and going so slow that it was probably getting pretty hot when they came up with the fire extinguisher at the end. The donut exhibition didn't help.

 

[DaWhim]

that's not freaking cool. they closed the all the road for this? how stupid.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
that's not freaking cool. they closed the all the road for this? how stupid.

I saw pedestrians. as far as cars go, most likely. must have paid the city a lot of money to accomplish such a thing?

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
that's not freaking cool. they closed the all the road for this? how stupid.

They close down Long Beach, CA. Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Surfer's Paradise, Australia every year.
Thank you for having a lack of personality.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: n7
That engine noise is pure sex <3

That engine noise sucks, sounded like a wounded Brontosaurus.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: n7
That engine noise is pure sex <3

That engine noise sucks, sounded like a wounded Brontosaurus.

Really, how old are you?

 

[JasonSix78]

F1 cars are freakin' awesome! I wish that would have been a dry day, we could have witnessed the thing stretching it's legs a bit more. Anywhere I can go to take one of those puppies for a spin?

Edit: Nevermind, found one for only $495 per lap

-Jason

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: n7
That engine noise is pure sex <3

That engine noise sucks, sounded like a wounded Brontosaurus.

Really, how old are you?

How old are you?
I personally agree with n7 that the engine noise is sex.. but if he doesn't like it, that's his opinion. What's the deal of ATOT trying to ram their opinions up everyone's cornhole nowadays?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

The car doesn't sound happy being babied like that. Those things are really built for constant high-speed driving.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: DaWhim
that's not freaking cool. they closed the all the road for this? how stupid.

They close down Long Beach, CA. Monte Carlo, Monaco, and Surfer's Paradise, Australia every year.
Thank you for having a lack of personality.

Don't forget some parts of downtown chicago is closed for the Taste of chicago.

Originally posted by: JasonSix78
F1 cars are freakin' awesome! I wish that would have been a dry day, we could have witnessed the thing stretching it's legs a bit more. Anywhere I can go to take one of those puppies for a spin?

Edit: Nevermind, found one for only $495 per lap

-Jason

I'll take a half of lap please

edit:

minimum of 4 laps is required to take!

nvm

 

[Mo0o]

Too bad the road was way too wet for him to drive properly on. I'm surprised the car didn't overheat from lack of air running through the engine

 

[Koing]

That was bad ass

Koing

 

[Aharami]

what was the reason for this? marketing stunt for Reb Bull? for F1? caption said it was somewhere in Asia (i think)...so maybe this was a marketing stunt for the F1 championship finale in China? maybe?

 

[cavemanmoron]

http://www.formula1.com/news/4809.html

Red Bull third driver Robert Doornbos fulfilled a childhood dream on Tuesday when he took to a Dutch highway in a Formula One car. Racing his RB2 down a closed-off section of the famous road atop the De Afsluitdijk dam, Doorbos reached a reported top speed of 326 km/h.

Doornbos himself came up with the idea for the display after being asked by Red Bull to reveal a childhood dream he wished to fulfill. The highway he picked is one of the Netherlands? longest and straightest, and runs along the dam, which divides the IJsselmeer Lake from the North Sea.

?Wow, this was really cool!? Doornbos told his official website afterwards. ?I had driven De Afsluitdijk already several times in a passenger car, but this is far more exciting! Thanks to everyone who helped us realize this crazy idea!?

The Netherlands may have not hosted a Grand Prix since 1985, but that didn?t stop local fans flocking from the nearby town of Den Oever to catch a glimpse of Doornbos?s record-breaking outing, which he concluded with some attention-grabbing doughnuts before tidily parking his RB2 in a nearby car-park.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Googer

Originally posted by: amicold

Originally posted by: n7
That engine noise is pure sex <3

That engine noise sucks, sounded like a wounded Brontosaurus.

Really, how old are you?

it sounded like crap cause the video quality was crap

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: DonVito
The car doesn't sound happy being babied like that. Those things are really built for constant high-speed driving.

I thought F1 cars are built for constant "wind sprints" (full throttle, brake, full throttle, brake, etc.,). I think if they run full open for an extended period of time (like on a super speed way) they'd blow up.

I could be wrong though, but I thought that was one of the major differences between CART/IndyCar design and F1. F1 is tailored specifically to road courses (lots of acceleration, but not a lot of sustained speeds) while CART/IndyCar have to straddle the line between running on road courses and running on ovals.


Lethal