do we know where the Benettons have ended up?

do we know where the Benettons have ended up?

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lotus72

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777 posts

265 months

Thursday 2nd February 2017
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I know some have 'escaped', but surely the majority of the F1 cars are still owned by the family/company? Anyone have any idea?

350Matt

3,733 posts

278 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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I know where's a B192
went to the States and is still used occasionally by the owner

nj1052

51 posts

187 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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The whole lot including spares was sold in a multi million £ deal to a guy in the UK who then sold on individual cars to private owners. There is a guy in Essex who has 2 running B194's. NICE!

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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Wasn't there a privately owned 1994 car for sale in 2007.

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93540

"It was the winner of 3 races and involved in the Schumacher taking Hill out in Australia. The ad reads "Car is run exactly as in the day with paddle shift, shift without lift and traction control"


I think this is another one (by the races) sold by Bonhams in 2013 here - https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20934/lot/32/

rubystone

11,252 posts

258 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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There were quite a few. I've personally got up close to at least half a dozen. Don't forget the Kockney Koi Boss era. David McLaughlin runs one under the FORCE umbrella. Geoff Page looks after several too.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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That is a hard post to trump ! Well done, a great car to have.

bristolracer

5,527 posts

148 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Would love to see a pic of that.
Remember I wrote to Tyrell as a child and got a fold up poster of a p34 back in the post.
Grew up watching Jackie Stewart.
Ken was THE man, in the days when an enthusiast could buy an old car, tweak it and go take on the big boys on a weekend- and win.
Girls with stopwatches,hay bales for barriers, nostalgic rose tinted glasses......





GCH

3,984 posts

201 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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I remember back in the 90's lots of cars used to be sold off, and were frequently advertised in the back of Autosport and similar. Plenty of touring cars too, complete with spares packages.
Also saw a (60s) Batmobile advertised there once..


jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Custard tongue out
(I jest)

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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bristolracer said:
jsf said:
The first F1 car to carry Benetton livery is sat in my workshop. 1983 Tyrrell 011.
Would love to see a pic of that.
Remember I wrote to Tyrell as a child and got a fold up poster of a p34 back in the post.
Grew up watching Jackie Stewart.
Ken was THE man, in the days when an enthusiast could buy an old car, tweak it and go take on the big boys on a weekend- and win.
Girls with stopwatches,hay bales for barriers, nostalgic rose tinted glasses......
I have a soft spot for Tyrrell, I've worked with a fair few including restoring and race engineering the first P34.

The 011 was the last car to win an F1 race with a Cosworth DFV in 1983, we restored it a couple of years ago and won the FIA Championship with it.



bristolracer

5,527 posts

148 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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Lovely proper F1 thank you
Bet the sound of that DFV is spine tingling.
Awesome

Starts on the button, not the laptop!

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 3rd February 2017
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bristolracer said:
Lovely proper F1 thank you
Bet the sound of that DFV is spine tingling.
Awesome

Starts on the button, not the laptop!
One of the first where the driver puts his finger in the air, no onboard starter. biggrin

here is one of the P34 I used to look after, when I ran it at Monaco.



bristolracer

5,527 posts

148 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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That's a dream job you have there.
Little Surtees in the background?

Must get out to see some historical F1, been an F1 fan since childhood, sadly like many others the current scene doesn't engage, big soft spot for the analogue racing era.

Thanks for sharing

anonymous-user

53 months

Saturday 4th February 2017
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It has it's moments. biggrin

That's a Penske PC3 in the background, which was basically a copy of a March 751, used for the last race of 1975 and the first half of the 1976 F1 season.

StevieBee

12,788 posts

254 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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It's a shame we don't see F1 cars from the modern era racing (by which I mean mid 90s onwards).

I think there were some attempts to de-engineer some of the complexity to make them raceable to enthusiasts but I seem to recall the main problem being the resin in the carbon fibre becomes too brittle over time rendering them too dangerous to race, even at a reduced pace.

In answer to the OP...I recall seeing a young racer called Scott Mansell (no relation - I think) race one of the Benettons in the EURO Boss series a few years ago.


350Matt

3,733 posts

278 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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StevieBee said:
I think there were some attempts to de-engineer some of the complexity to make them raceable to enthusiasts but I seem to recall the main problem being the resin in the carbon fibre becomes too brittle over time rendering them too dangerous to race, even at a reduced pace.
Not correct, the first generation carbon tub Lotus races in the FIA historic F1 series. We occasionally see a McLaren MP4/1 too. The Tyrrell 011 I run has a carbon fibre floor. The Tyrrell 012 that races with us is a carbon tub.

andburg

7,209 posts

168 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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its such a shame that BOSS dont have a UK race with all the F1 heritage the UK has to offer

lotus72

Original Poster:

777 posts

265 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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thanks for your answers lads, it seems there's no 'museum' for the race team, like some of the F1 teams operate, it seems the cars have been spread far and wide.

Pachydermus

973 posts

111 months

Monday 6th February 2017
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My F1 debut