Brilliant drive Kevin. I was in the Benetton in this video. Yeah the slow poke with the rev restricted engine. For those not familiar with this driving school. They have a bronze, silver and gold package with each one allowing higher RPM and more powerful engines. Sorry I messed up your lap there Kevin. I was having problems on the downshift as it didn't always register every time you hit it which isn't exactly confidence building at 160-170mph at those braking points. I did lift coming onto the main straight once I saw the blue flags but I floored it as soon as you came along side and you left me for dead! Well done I tip my hat to you for getting the extra performance out of that car. You are a racer!
Hi Eamonn! That was just an amazing day, and I could see that the Benetton was a handful. The Williams is no doubt the faster, more well sorted car. I started a thread on pistonheads, but RU-vid doesn't like you posting links. Username is 456MGT. If it wasn't so much money to do it, I'd make it an annual pilgrimage. Let me know if you're going again!
Hi Eamonn, I know the cars. Generally they don’t restrict anything but problems in downshifting it’s something different that’s right you had a good line, the Benetton car doesn’t have a chance to follow the Williams at all. It is 13 years younger and its more powerful. Good job man
@@janjay666 The website says the Benetton is limited to 650 bhp. It was nearer 800 in race spec. The Williams is limited too - rev limit down to 16000, and of course, without the KERS. They use the same car for bronze and silver packages increasing the BHP limit each time. The packages are formatted similar to the long-standing and quite successful NASCAR driving experience in the US, where they unlock more BHP as you go up the packages. They shouldn't have released the Bronze package Beneton so close in front of the Gold package Williams.
How amazing is that??!! There's some footage of you driving it- those guys who were running around filming go under the name of Tigerstripe and they're putting stuff out on Instagram and Facebook
They wind them back to around 16K (from 18) I think Dan, but that's it. They were pretty cool about you wringing it out, everything except putting it in the gravel actaully
Hi kevin, I am thinking about doing this drive. I have not driven any other race cars to date (closes thing would be a Ferrari f430 scuderia). How are the G forces? Are they tolerable for the untrained?
Hi Keith, you'll have no problem. I don't race anything or do track days even, so pretty green. Physically it was easy, I think you really need to be pushing it to have trouble with your neck etc. I wasn't confident enough to do that. The biggest physical problem was the airstream trying to lift the helmet off my head, taking my head with it...
@@yesssigotmail No Keith, no other drives, with anyone! And yes I did a few sessions on a sim at Mark Blundell's place in Royston. This was mainly to learn the circuit, I didn't want to spend expensive laps getting familiar. I wrote up a full description on Pistonheads. www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1682942
Such a shame you got held up by the slower car. For what these experiences cost I'd expect to be sent out one at a time or with similarly matched drivers so my laps aren't wasted in traffic.
