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[DNQ]

Nope, no talking about the old days of carrying a mechanic along for the ride ;)

Just wondering if anyone has ever built a 2 (or 3) seat ride car in the way Arrows (the A3X), Minardi (albeit a Tyrrell badged as a Minardi... the F1x2) and McLaren did (MP4/98T)? Are they they only examples of modern-era F1 cars built to carry a passenger?

[conjohn]

Johan Rajamäki, former BOSS Champion, has a Jordan 198 converted to carry two passengers.

[dancin stu]

Originally posted by conjohn
Johan Rajamäki, former BOSS Champion, has a Jordan 198 converted to carry two passengers.

Have you got any pictures of this? Is this to go with his cars that you or I can drive if we have enough money!

[DNQ]

Interesting, I'd love to see a pic.

[conjohn]

Originally posted by dancin stu


Have you got any pictures of this? Is this to go with his cars that you or I can drive if we have enough money!

Sorry, I have no pictures of the car. The car was converted for the Swedish Motorsport Challenge, a promotion drive to get one Swede into F1 and one into WRC, and it toured the circuits in Sweden in 2003 and 2004. It they bring it out again this year, I'll get some pics for you.


...and the only seat I would be interested in, would be the central one.....

[Richard Neale]

Early '50s there was the Cooper Bristol ~ 1 1/2 seater, road legal too!

[bill moffat]

Not quite F1 but there was that very scary-looking F5000 Lola at the Autosport show last year, has it appeared since ?

Without wishing to be a smart-arse there have also been 2 other muti-seater Mclaren F1 cars. There was the 3 seater Mclaren "F1" and the one-and-a-half seater Mclaren MP4/10 specially designed for Mansell during early 1995 (aka the "Big-Mac")...;)

[petefenelon]

Originally posted by bill moffat
Not quite F1 but there was that very scary-looking F5000 Lola at the Autosport show last year, has it appeared since ?

Without wishing to be a smart-arse there have also been 2 other muti-seater Mclaren F1 cars. There was the 3 seater Mclaren "F1" and the one-and-a-half seater Mclaren MP4/10 specially designed for Mansell during early 1995 (aka the "Big-Mac")...;)

The two seater Lola was also at the Aintree Festival back in November, although I didn't see it lapping. It's the most profoundly terrifying yet beautiful piece of engineering I've ever clapped eyes on. It looks to have been screwed together very well indeed, and it still terrifies me! I love it!

[Arjan de Roos]

Autosprint had a 1 april stunt some years ago by showing drawing of a Ferrari F1 two seater.

[aerogi]

What about a '10seater'?

[Mischa Bijenhof]

That is truly horrible!

[j-ickx-fan]

It looks more like a Disneyland train than a Grand Prix car

[xkssFrankOpalka]

I seem to remember a 2 seat Indy type car that was built recently to give demo rides. it seems a lad won a ride in the car with an experienced driver. While passing the pits the rear wing fell off, pits were telling him to stop but driver didnt get the message, First turn the car hit the wall and ripped the wheels off. The passenger jumped out screaming it was the best ride he ever had.

[D-Type]

I know it's not Formula 1, but didn't Richard Noble's Thrust have a second seat for any sponsors brave enough to want a high speed ride?