Jenson gets to play in a V8

[woof]

Jenson and Jamie Whincup swap cars at Melbourne
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82300

[Wanta996Gotta]

Good find

[Mini1275]

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

[John D.]

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

A lot I would imagine!

[woof]

Yep think Whincup got the better deal here

[Rude-boy]

woof said:

Yep think Whincup got the better deal here

Personally I'd say that if your day job involves using a scalpel it must be a laugh to slash about with a machete from time to time

[Ralf Rockefeller]

I bet Button was thinking:

"At last, a proper car!"

Although the old V10s F1s were proper motors.

[MonkeyHanger]

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

I don't care how much slower it is. I would pay good money to see the Aussie V8's over here. I wouldn't pay to see (modern) F1 if my life depended on it.

[TheArchitect]

Any vids of them playing? this needs to have more coverage as i always think F1 drivers need to drive more cars!

[Targarama]

So Jenson is out in Melbourne already, meanwhile Lewis has been in LA getting some pussy-cat:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12599...

I assume Lewis is going West to Australia!

[Aused]

MonkeyHanger said:

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

I don't care how much slower it is. I would pay good money to see the Aussie V8's over here. I wouldn't pay to see (modern) F1 if my life depended on it.

It must be something of the grass being greener on the other side, I'd quite like the BTCC over here. I find the V8s all a bit too samey.

[jellison]

Those things Rules - REAL cars (Supers).

[Jungles]

Aused said:

MonkeyHanger said:

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

I don't care how much slower it is. I would pay good money to see the Aussie V8's over here. I wouldn't pay to see (modern) F1 if my life depended on it.

It must be something of the grass being greener on the other side, I'd quite like the BTCC over here. I find the V8s all a bit too samey.

If foreign manufacturers are introduced, that "samey" feel might change:
http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/germans-to-j...

[Jim Campbell]

Aused said:

MonkeyHanger said:

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

I don't care how much slower it is. I would pay good money to see the Aussie V8's over here. I wouldn't pay to see (modern) F1 if my life depended on it.

It must be something of the grass being greener on the other side, I'd quite like the BTCC over here. I find the V8s all a bit too samey.

I agree i can't remember watching an exciting v8 race ever. I would love to see a DTM or a super GT race. I really hope the v8 rules change and more manufactures get involved. I hope there will be a bit of diversity like super GT. Can't be bothered much with BTCC i find them to weedy, much rather watch the cup cars.

Ta

[MonkeyHanger]

Aused said:

It must be something of the grass being greener on the other side, I'd quite like the BTCC over here. I find the V8s all a bit too samey.

I also enjoy the BTCC, but when the best sounding car is a Ford Focus you'll probably understand why the sound of a grid full of V8's is attractive

[oilspill]

Jungles said:

Aused said:

MonkeyHanger said:

Mini1275 said:

I wonder how much slower it actually feels than an Formula one car?. Cool find.

I don't care how much slower it is. I would pay good money to see the Aussie V8's over here. I wouldn't pay to see (modern) F1 if my life depended on it.

It must be something of the grass being greener on the other side, I'd quite like the BTCC over here. I find the V8s all a bit too samey.

If foreign manufacturers are introduced, that "samey" feel might change:
http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/germans-to-j...

Are these cars Aussie technology though?
V8s are a good spectacle live, but Holdon v Ford is the most boring thing ever to come out of Australia.

[Jungles]

Depends on what you mean by "Aussie technology".

The V8SC cars are built to a very tightly-controlled formula (even down to the wheel nuts). Aside from the shell and chassis, there are no similarities between the race cars and their road-car look-alikes. Since each team builds their own cars from scratch -- excluding standard components -- one could say that even if Mercedes and BMW entered the competition, the cars will still be "Aussie technology".