My Single Seater Thrill at Silverstone

booforty · 04-05-2009, 01:19 PM

Went to Silverstone today for a "single seater thrill", which was a Christmas gift from the miswah

We had a great day, I really enjoyed it

The cars are Ford 1600 Duratec 16 valve fuel injected. They only had four gears and were limited to 6,000rpm

but they were still fun!

Unfortunately there wasn't much competition in my group, I pretty much minced the field!

I was even told to slow down at one point

which surely defeats the object of having fun

Here's some piccies and a video clip, full credit to the miswah!

DXB look out! lol

willhollin · 04-05-2009, 01:24 PM

Nice one Paulie, looks excellent fun!

Where's the champagne and bikini clad beauties?

Carrera RSR · 04-05-2009, 02:09 PM

Nice one Paul

Does this now make you and official F1 expert

NFS · 04-05-2009, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by booforty

Unfortunately there wasn't much competition in my group, I pretty much minced the field!

I was even told to slow down at one point

which surely defeats the object of having fun

Looks great.

Just watched your vid. They probably told you to slow down because the marshall in the bunker on the corner got bored by having to blue flag every one in front of you so you could overtake

Did they handle significantly better than a road car?

- Paul - · 04-05-2009, 04:26 PM

Looks fun.

dxb335d · 04-05-2009, 04:29 PM

Great pics Paul. Im glad you had a Fantastic day mate.

Gibbo · 04-05-2009, 04:34 PM

Looks fun I would like a go in a single seater.

booforty · 04-06-2009, 03:12 AM

The cars handled pretty well - the steering was very sharp and the brakes were ok. Mine was very tail happy though, especially into the corners, but I think that was my fault late braking all the time!

DaveC · 04-06-2009, 03:14 AM

Looks fun! I've always fancied having a go at something single seater (other than karts) but i've always worried I wouldn't fit in (pushing 6'5"), how much room was there?

booforty · 04-06-2009, 04:03 AM

The cars have different sized cockpits in addition to adjustable seats, so even at 6'5" you should still fit into one of them! We were lined up and allocated cars based on our height, as certain cars could accommodate those with a larger or taller frame. There was some tall guys in my group (over 6ft) and they seemed to enjoy it. You could always give them a call to find out more

squeezebm · 04-06-2009, 10:54 AM

E902717 · 04-06-2009, 11:07 AM

Nice one Paul - looks like you had fun, move over Jenson

me thinks i need to get myself a blast in one of them.

04-05-2009, 01:19 PM	#1
booforty Major General 337 Rep 8,811 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 E92 M3 [0.00]	My Single Seater Thrill at Silverstone Went to Silverstone today for a "single seater thrill", which was a Christmas gift from the miswah We had a great day, I really enjoyed it The cars are Ford 1600 Duratec 16 valve fuel injected. They only had four gears and were limited to 6,000rpm but they were still fun! Unfortunately there wasn't much competition in my group, I pretty much minced the field! I was even told to slow down at one point which surely defeats the object of having fun Here's some piccies and a video clip, full credit to the miswah! DXB look out! lol Attached Images
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willhollin Major General 268 Rep 9,915 Posts Drives: VW T5 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Worcestershire iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 BMW E92 330d SE [10.00] 2010 Transporter T5 ... [0.00]	Nice one Paulie, looks excellent fun! Where's the champagne and bikini clad beauties?
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