MotorsportUK.co.ukSilverstone Single Seater Experience (Part 2) - Stowe Circuit - 31Jan09
On-board helmet camera footage from final free lapping session of Single Seater Experience on the Stowe Circuit at Silverstone. Cars have 1600 Ford Duratec 16 valve fuel injected engines and 4 speed Hewland racing gearboxes giving about 140bhp-150bhp in a 450Kg car - so 0-60 in 4.5sec with top speed between 100mph & 120mph on start/finish straight depending on conditions. Experience starts with briefing and 2 warm up sessions with single seaters split into small groups following a number of instructors in pace cars and building speed as drivers learn the track. Drivers are then released onto the circuit alone for final free lapping session - which has no rev limiting or speed restrictions - and overtaking is allowed on both straights. Fantastic fun - I think I lapped everyone once and a couple of people twice! My best lap was 45.51sec - but when the F1 teams test their cars on the Stowe circuit they go round in under 20sec though! In the same 4.5sec it takes these cars to go from 0 to 60mph an F1 car will go from 0 to 100mph and back to 0 again - awesome! RM ;-)
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