McLaren F1 Bathurst Vids
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- 22nd March 2011, 6:01 at 6:01 am #129061Mack41Participant
Here’s one. Please add more as you find them!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOdCC4GtM4&feature=player_embedded
22nd March 2011, 6:14 at 6:14 am #163907SouthAussie94ParticipantThats the best video Ive seen of it yet. Ive been searching youtube and watching them as they pop up.
Can’t wait to see a full on-board. Hopefully there will be one on RPM tonight..
22nd March 2011, 7:47 at 7:47 am #163908HareParticipantAwesome!! We can get our bets verified.. I thought 1.48 was a bit laid back myself ;)
22nd March 2011, 8:26 at 8:26 am #163909GeorgeTukParticipantKudos to Lowndes being only 1 second slower.
22nd March 2011, 10:32 at 10:32 am #163910nikMemberjudging from the videos I have seen I think button was probably 3-4 seconds off what pushing it would be. he seemed to dawdle over the top of the mountain
22nd March 2011, 10:51 at 10:51 am #163911RIISEMemberI guess the balance wasn’t right =P
22nd March 2011, 12:19 at 12:19 pm #163912dennisParticipantI’m not really sure I’d floor it over the mountain either. Looks spectacular.
I wish Heidfeld would have been allowed to do a quicker run on the northern loop.
EDIT:
Did Button have a go in the V8 Supercar as well? Anyone have the times?
22nd March 2011, 12:35 at 12:35 pm #163913SouthAussie94ParticipantFrom memory Lowndes did a 2:11 in the V8, with Button doing a 2:18. I can’t find the article where I read the times but it was something along the lines of that.
Did anyone catch Button’s interview on RPM? He was saying that if he was given more laps he feels that he could have gone flat out from The Cutting right up to the Esses.. That would have been insane to see.. The laptime surely would have been below 1:40
22nd March 2011, 13:05 at 1:05 pm #163914ed24f1ParticipantYes, Button was 6 seconds slower than Lowndes in the V8 reportedly.
So it seems that track knowledge is much more important than car knowledge, based on the time comparisons between the drivers.
22nd March 2011, 15:21 at 3:21 pm #163915dennisParticipantCertainly one could be lead to that conclusion. On the other hand I think Lowndes was going a lot harder in V8 than Jenson did with the F1. The McLaren probably ran a very high downforce level, which shouldn’t make it too hard for a professional race driver like Lowndes to get into it rather decently.
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