RE: Radical Smashes Nordschleife Record
Discussion
Certainly an impressive achievement and great to see Radical keeping the British end up! As someone who drove my Atom 3 to Le Mans this year, I can confirm that driving cars of this ilk on the road isn't as bad as folks often think.... assuming deccent weather!
I'm not sure that an Ultima has the kind downforce that it would need to chase down an SR8LM.. and as for a Caparo, from what I've seen / heard, it might struggle to cope with the 'Ring's surface.
Shame that you very rarely see Radicals out & about on the roads - it seems most of them end up on the track rather than being given numberplates & a tax disc.
I'm not sure that an Ultima has the kind downforce that it would need to chase down an SR8LM.. and as for a Caparo, from what I've seen / heard, it might struggle to cope with the 'Ring's surface.
Shame that you very rarely see Radicals out & about on the roads - it seems most of them end up on the track rather than being given numberplates & a tax disc.
jontysafe said:
Incredible driving commitment from Michael Vergers to get that time, he must have balls of steel (or carbonfibre more likely). Yes it is a road car in the "stretchiest" sense of the term. Congratulations to Radical. This won`t be beaten by a more road orientated beast as they just don`t have the downforce/lightweight, its not just about power.
yes I agree. Well done and all that, but its not **really** a road car is it? yes its road legal, but in no way pracrtical for road use. We all know they started with a racing car, and made it road legal rather then take a road car and make it into a racing car. williamp said:
jontysafe said:
Incredible driving commitment from Michael Vergers to get that time, he must have balls of steel (or carbonfibre more likely). Yes it is a road car in the "stretchiest" sense of the term. Congratulations to Radical. This won`t be beaten by a more road orientated beast as they just don`t have the downforce/lightweight, its not just about power.
yes I agree. Well done and all that, but its not **really** a road car is it? yes its road legal, but in no way pracrtical for road use. We all know they started with a racing car, and made it road legal rather then take a road car and make it into a racing car. What's the fastest mass produced car round the ring? You'll have to determine your own interpretation of mass produced.
Edited by VladD on Thursday 20th August 13:36
williamp said:
jontysafe said:
Incredible driving commitment from Michael Vergers to get that time, he must have balls of steel (or carbonfibre more likely). Yes it is a road car in the "stretchiest" sense of the term. Congratulations to Radical. This won`t be beaten by a more road orientated beast as they just don`t have the downforce/lightweight, its not just about power.
yes I agree. Well done and all that, but its not **really** a road car is it? yes its road legal, but in no way pracrtical for road use. We all know they started with a racing car, and made it road legal rather then take a road car and make it into a racing car. "It is a genuine production sports car."
Edited by tenohfive on Thursday 20th August 13:40
shut up all the neg heads, putting it down. its a tremendous achievement,
still got another 37 seconds to go to match old Bellofs race car time of 6m11s, but to drive the car there before doing the record is great, kind of reminds of Kia who drove two Cee'ds from spain last year competed in the Nurburgring 24hr's then drove them back after.
still got another 37 seconds to go to match old Bellofs race car time of 6m11s, but to drive the car there before doing the record is great, kind of reminds of Kia who drove two Cee'ds from spain last year competed in the Nurburgring 24hr's then drove them back after.
I wonder how fast the Radical could have gone round with either Jörg Müller or Sabine Schmitz at the wheel ?
No disrespect to Michael Vergers but those two with their intimate knowledge of the track would surely have been able to go quite a bit quicker ?
That would surely have put the record beyond the reach of any more "normal" road car.
No disrespect to Michael Vergers but those two with their intimate knowledge of the track would surely have been able to go quite a bit quicker ?
That would surely have put the record beyond the reach of any more "normal" road car.
Fantastic time, excellent to see a small, niche firm reminding the world that light weight, good aerodymanics, sorted chassis AND power to weight means more than outright grunt
'not practical'? obviously not...it's enough that technically the car is road legal. this is about fastest lap not luggage capacity/comfort!
Massive well done to all at Radical & good to see you flying the flag for the UK!
'not practical'? obviously not...it's enough that technically the car is road legal. this is about fastest lap not luggage capacity/comfort!
Massive well done to all at Radical & good to see you flying the flag for the UK!
BoRED S2upid said:
Id have been more impressed to learn about the drive to and from the circuit the poor guy must have been in bits, its a long drive.
That's what I was thinking.... Although not as long as drive as when we done it in May and will be doing it in Sept again... from Edinburgh... Via the tunnel Edited by tastyturbo on Thursday 20th August 14:08
I dont get some people. You drive it to the ring, smash the record, then people bemoan that its not a real road car. What are people taking that makes them so silly? Ketamin? Its as much a road car as a R500/Atom. oh and it just took a massive dump on all the ring pretenders. Bravo boys. Bravo
Edited by GingerWizard on Thursday 20th August 14:13
Excellent result SpunkyM said:
Yeh, whatever. I got a 6min 35sec last month in my 335D with tuning box - but don't want to brag about it.
Remapped 335D's don't count as they are too quick to be time accurately......I saw a remapped 335D at the lights the other day with the Millenium Falcon and chewy was left nursing his pride after.
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