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| packmule | Jul 24 2006, 06:50 PM |
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The capabilities of the Formula One race cars are amazing. Though not a serious racing fan I do watch an IRL race on occasion. Like in the film Grand Prix(1966), each race is uniquely different-some race courses emphasize maneuvering and gear shifts through frequent turns, these races usually averaging slower speeds. Other courses emphasize flat out speed. In the film the leader of the Ferrari race team remarked to Pete Aron(James Garner) that there were perhaps only a handful of men in the world capable of effectively racing these Formula One race cars. Even today it takes a gifted driver to handle these cars.--The final race in the movie Grand Prix was a course with long straightaways and high-banking turns, where the average speeds on the straight parts of the track exceeded 170 MPH. Pictured: a typical Formula One race car circa 1966 |
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