I'd love to try an F1 car but there's no way I could fit in the cockpit (most F1 drivers are quite small when you see them in real life) ... but they do have a couple of two-seater F1-style cars that they drive people around in (driver in front, passenger immediately behind) which are pretty darn close (but you don't get to play with the buttons, the brake balance etc.)
An engine lasts for up to two races and costs between 100,000 and a million pounds to build (never mind the design costs) and contains several thousand pieces (can't remember if they said 3,000 or 6,000 last weekend when they were talking about it) the tyres last for about 20 laps (so under 100 miles) and cost LOADS ... so to have a proper track day outing in an F1 car would cost ... er ... nope, can't even guess!
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Date: 2007-07-26 03:08 am (UTC)An engine lasts for up to two races and costs between 100,000 and a million pounds to build (never mind the design costs) and contains several thousand pieces (can't remember if they said 3,000 or 6,000 last weekend when they were talking about it) the tyres last for about 20 laps (so under 100 miles) and cost LOADS ... so to have a proper track day outing in an F1 car would cost ... er ... nope, can't even guess!