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#1 Redstorm

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 22:03

Well I'll give him one thing, he's a man of all trades lately.

http://news.yahoo.co..._20101107143023

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#2 Disgrace

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 22:09

:lol:

#3 Mila

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 22:39

Over the summer, Putin had spoken of the exhilaration of "living dangerously".


he should try journalism.

#4 FW09

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 22:46

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Not quite a Formula 1 car, I would say.

But don't tell Putin!  ;)


#5 Dolph

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 23:14

What car is that? One video it looks like an F3 car but maybe that's due to image stretching.

Edited by Dolph, 07 November 2010 - 23:15.


#6 r4mses

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 23:17

To me it looks like some very, very basic and quite old show car. The sidepods for instance look veeery basic to me.

#7 MikeTekRacing

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 23:19

that doesn't look like an f1 car to me

#8 Just me

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Posted 07 November 2010 - 23:21

Looks like an F1 car from the early naughties and a Formula Renault (2.0?).

#9 midgrid

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 00:26

I think it's a Prost AP04.

#10 Arrows4Ever

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 02:43

I think it's a Prost AP04.



#11 Zeroninety

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 02:46

Well, he has better car control than Nissany, at least.

#12 Cenotaph

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 04:57

maybe its a fr3.5? even if not this year's model. dunno. if that is a f1 its really dated.

#13 Baddoer

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 07:53

It's indeed AP04

#14 Ferrari_F1_fan_2001

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 11:22

Why would Renault have an old Prost F1 car?

Would that "Renault" have a Renault engine or the Ferrari engine that Prost used in 2001?

#15 Baddoer

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 12:18

Why would Renault have an old Prost F1 car?

Would that "Renault" have a Renault engine or the Ferrari engine that Prost used in 2001?

I don't know. It's AP04 without doubts.
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#16 Gemini

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 18:46

Why would Renault have an old Prost F1 car?

Would that "Renault" have a Renault engine or the Ferrari engine that Prost used in 2001?


Becasue there are number of companies oferring paid experiences in race cars. Some of them have Prost car on they offer.

The engines are not in real F1 specs. Quite detuned (for milage reasons) to be honest. To around 450-500 hp.

Still they provide awesome thrill to drive. Especially id driver wants to do something more that driving back and forth on airfield

I hope all wheel were properly tightened for that run, or some gulag years would be neccesary for mechanic. ;-)





#17 Villes Gilleneuve

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 18:49

he should try journalism.


Or anything that opposes Putin.

#18 FonzCam

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 19:15

Looks like they've been doing it for a while http://forums.autosp...a...t&p=3486491

At some point they must have purchased it from Phoenix Finance after their failed attempt to race in 2002.

#19 SimMaker

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Posted 08 November 2010 - 19:17

he should try journalism.


LOL.

Well played.

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#20 doohanOK

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Posted 09 November 2010 - 11:25

Vladimir is not wearing a HANS device!

regards,
doohanOK.