V6 in Enstone

[srt40]

Renault UKs press car is currently on loan to Daniel Ricciardo, with a film crew in tow. I imagine a video will appear some point in the future...

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[Duncan]

cool! will keep an eye out for the video!

 

[Lankan]

Great! Would be interesting to hear DR's feedback/comments........

Did any other Renault F1 driver, bar Alonso (and possibly Fisichella?), get a Vee as a loan/company car?

 

[srt40]

Jenson springs to mind.

Asked Daniel in passing how he got on... 'yeah, only crashed twice, and killed 3 people, so not too bad...'

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[rustedandrotten]

Asked Daniel in passing how he got on... 'yeah, only crashed twice, and killed 3 people, so not too bad...'

Obviously he wasn't trying hard enough :approve: :rofl: :rofl:

 

[maxi.man]

Great! Would be interesting to hear DR's feedback/comments........

Did any other Renault F1 driver, bar Alonso (and possibly Fisichella?), get a Vee as a loan/company car?

Ragnotti had one as a company car he has driven a f1 car so that's close enough

 

[Duncan]

Jenson button had a Mars ph1 and a silver loan ph1 car.
Alonso had a ph1 and a ph2

 

[GW200]

Jenson button had a Mars ph1 and a silver loan ph1 car.
Alonso had a ph1 and a ph2

The Mars is now supercharged if I’m correct in saying?
If it’s the car I’m thinking of, my mate Alex owns it

 

[Duncan]

Jenson button had a Mars ph1 and a silver loan ph1 car.
Alonso had a ph1 and a ph2

The Mars is now supercharged if I’m correct in saying?
If it’s the car I’m thinking of, my mate Alex owns it

Yes that's right. that's the car.

here it is at FOS. I understand Jenson drove it there two years on the bounce.

I believe the Mars was a company car rather than his personal car, but he did bomb around it in for 12 months or so.

 

[Noyzboy]

It says a lot that Renault would give DR an iconic 15 year old car to drive rather than a current hot model

 

[Lankan]

The latest issue of TopGear magazine apparently has a write up featuring Daniel R driving [v6plaque]313[/v6plaque] (per the first post above): LINK

Anybody seen or read the write up?

 

[GPH]

here is the part of the Daniel Ricciardo interview that briefly mention the V6 they were driving during the interview.
Funny how driving F1 cars and Aston Martins for the last 2 years has warped his perception of horsepower......
Have subsequently looked at this image and although its clear on my laptop when zoomed in Ive uploaded it twice here and its blurred when zooming.
i will type up the V6 comments later if no one else has this

 

[Lankan]

here is the part of the Daniel Ricciardo interview that briefly mention the V6 they were driving during the interview.
Funny how driving F1 cars and Aston Martins for the last 2 years has warped his perception of horsepower......
Have subsequently looked at this image and although its clear on my laptop when zoomed in Ive uploaded it twice here and its blurred when zooming.
i will type up the V6 comments later if no one else has this

Thanks, Graeme. Didn't realise it was an interview.

Yeah, the writing is blurred, but just about made out that DR thought [v6plaque]313[/v6plaque] was putting out 180bhp............

 

[rustedandrotten]

here is the part of the Daniel Ricciardo interview that briefly mention the V6 they were driving during the interview.
Funny how driving F1 cars and Aston Martins for the last 2 years has warped his perception of horsepower......
Have subsequently looked at this image and although its clear on my laptop when zoomed in Ive uploaded it twice here and its blurred when zooming.
i will type up the V6 comments later if no one else has this

Thanks, Graeme. Didn't realise it was an interview.

Yeah, the writing is blurred, but just about made out that DR thought [v6plaque]313[/v6plaque] was putting out 180bhp............

Obviously doesn't know how to charge the KERS and engage DRS to get full 254! :rofl:

 

[srt40]

Anyone know the weight distribution of a Vee?

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[Jamesv6]

“40:60 weight distribution allied to a mid-engined, rear-drive configuration.”

 

[srt40]

Ah, not as bad as feels then, and not far from what he's used to on track!

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[Duncan]

The video has been uploaded. YouTube

 

[srt40]

Not huge coverage. But will get lots of views. I enjoyed.

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