The duelling Porsche 911s of Ambrogio Perfetti and Mark Bates were locked in a vicious battle during the Ronnie Hoare Trophy at Members' Meeting. #76MM
We've had 3 911's over the years. Not one disappointment......ever. Incredibly fun car to drive at any speed. Timeless beauty and unsurpassed performance over the life of the 911 speaks to excellence in design and engineering.
Classic racing is exciting and appealing. I used to watch Paul Newman race his Datsun Z-cars in SCCA events when it was all about the fun and comradery. Perfetti and Bates put down one hell of an effort. Good racing.
Reminds me of my classic sports car racing days in my 240Z against the Porsches. We were competitive with the 911s, the 930 Turbos not so much! very tail happy cars , though, even the 930s had to make sure they braked well beforehand and got back on the throttle in the fast bends; all the Porsches were great stoppers, though, with that weight transfer into the middle of the car perfect for braking balance. Pity we never saw any Ferraris like that 275 in the video; they were more interested in posing in the pits, whereas the Porsche drivers were absolute lunatics and gave it 110%.
Good question! The Brits still refuse to accept the 240Z as a classic, unlike most USA and Australasian clubs. Having owned and driven all the Triumphs (Spitfire, TR6, GT6) before my Datsuns, I can understand why; same age, but a generation apart.
It has been dead to me since i started watching RU-vid. I can watch old F1 races from the 50s through to whenever it died for me as a category somewhere after 2007, Targa Florio, Lemans , Milla Miliga etc. The same goes for motor sport in general. Classic historic racing is pure unadultarated mechanical beauty.
A great race between the two. There seemed to be rather a difference in the set-up of the cars, more than could be accounted for simply by different driving styles.
Watching 40, 60, 80 year old cars and motorcycles racing at Goodwood, I find myself transfixed in wonderment coming to the obvious conclusion that it isn't the speed, really, it is the racing. Formula One for all the amazing technology and speed can be so very boring because there is no racing like this. For the past 10 years or so, I found myself more and more interested in MotoGP simply because the racing, per se, was exciting. So, the year of 2022 is the one to remedy this issue, and we all pray for more racing.
A very interesting race to watch although I'd say Bates was pushing it to a pretty dangerously limit. Perfetti was driving perfectly and keeping his cool which is why he was staying in the lead despite Bates having slightly more power or a higher gearing for the straights. Bates had to overshoot and brake very late in that first turn to pull off both passes and even nearly lost it all the last time around. Perfetti drove like a pro and Bates drove like a highly skilled driver that can't stand losing!
Never having any dilusions of podiums, trophies and kissing queens I always looked forward to a 'playmate' to spend my quality tie with and dance around the corners. Getting pushed by someone better was always a blast.
The green car, Perfetti, makes the fuel and tires last more on a race and with less risk for the expensive classic Porsche! Even so, Bates with the white car, makes the race exciting to the max!!!
Could help, but Bates has also a more agressive driving style that demands more of the tires... He definitely lacks grip on all four corners.... Better tires would surely help (as a smoother style might too)
Glad the commentator called the blue and yellow "swedish livery". My first reaction when I saw it was "war mongering idiot livery".... Ps. Just noticed it's a race from 4 years ago.
Are there Russian bots on here jealous of F1 or what lol. 🤣🤣 Anyway , two 911s with Flat-6 howling and Bates just throwing it in there, yes early 911s will do that nicely but watch for the pendulum! 🏁
