Silverstone Historic Festival Group C Race (split)

[JAG]

Who's going to the Silverstone Historic Festival next week?

Some notable entries are the Sauber Mercedes C9, Aston Martin AMR1, factory Nissan RC90-CK and Ja aguar XJR-8 driven by Wallace, amongst the regulars.

Also some very good drvers.

http://www.groupcracing.com/attachme...Entry_List.pdf

[Justin Moran]

Originally Posted by JAG

Who's going to the Silverstone Historic Festival next week?

Some notable entries are the Sauber Mercedes C9, Aston Martin AMR1, factory Nissan RC90-CK and Ja aguar XJR-8 driven by Wallace, amongst the regulars.

Also some very good drvers.

http://www.groupcracing.com/attachme...Entry_List.pdf

Damn! I'm marshaling at Oulton for the BTCC , know where I'd rather be!

Gonna have to wait until Donington in October to drool again!

[Tim the Grey]

Hopefully it will be fixed by then...
Primagaz 962 would seem to have been T boned by the Sauber Merc, at Silverstone.
Comments elsewhere are that "It won't polish out!", and that the 962 has holes where there used to be components!
Sounds expensive to me.

[The Badger]

With respect to the Porsche ..... get a decent metal structure bloke on the case ..... Oh ..... like me ...... I'd love the chance to repair it !!!

The Benz is another matter ..... hope its not too bashed . Beautiful machine .

[ChrisA]

Originally Posted by The Badger

With respect to the Porsche ..... get a decent metal structure bloke on the case ..... Oh ..... like me ...... I'd love the chance to repair it !!!

The Benz is another matter ..... hope its not too bashed . Beautiful machine .

The Sauber was in a sorry looking state when it came past us on the flat-bed. I reckon 2/3 weeks work on it. A shame, because I was looking forward to see it racing. Perhaps at Donington later on in the year.

[Tim the Grey]

Minime reckons that may be the end of the Sauber's historic career?
If they can fix it, then the cost would make it too valuable to race...
Assuming they have a supply of Sauber right front corner bits in the first place...

I don't know, but would be sad to think that's it.

[rogerwills]

I had a good look at the car after the crash. It didn't look like the tub was damaged although hard to see until they strip it right back. Uprights etc can all be fabricated and the rest of the damage seemed to be bodywork etc - I'm sure they have moulds etc. To me it looked repairable.

It is great to see these cars (and all old cars) race and driven hard. Not just driven around in a procession. Of course, there is always a risk they will be damaged. But to me these cars are so much more than static display pieces and should be raced.

[terence]

Absolutely Roger,but the problem with these structures is that the damage offten goes a lot further than it would if it were a metalic structure,I certainly hope this not to be the case.

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by rogerwills

I had a good look at the car after the crash. It didn't look like the tub was damaged although hard to see until they strip it right back. Uprights etc can all be fabricated and the rest of the damage seemed to be bodywork etc - I'm sure they have moulds etc. To me it looked repairable.

It is great to see these cars (and all old cars) race and driven hard. Not just driven around in a procession. Of course, there is always a risk they will be damaged. But to me these cars are so much more than static display pieces and should be raced.

Hear, hear Roger; I remember a documentary about the VSCC in which Alan Cottam said that racing cars were designed to crash and it was to be expected, it is far better for them to perish on the track than rust away sat in a museum.

It will be a great shame if the Sauber cannot be repaired and raced but you have to applaud the owner for giving us the chance to see it again back where it belongs - on track!