Bourdais broke the Toyota F1 car's lap record at Laguna Seca today with a 1:05.880...
03-10-2007, 03:58 PM
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Bourdais broke the Toyota F1 car's lap record at Laguna Seca today with a 1:05.880...
which is pretty cool 
Of course, the Toyota is not exactly at the pointy end of the F1 grid, and even if it was, being the fastest racecars in the world wouldn't solve the problems Champ Car has, but that's another story...
Of course, the Toyota is not exactly at the pointy end of the F1 grid, and even if it was, being the fastest racecars in the world wouldn't solve the problems Champ Car has, but that's another story...
03-11-2007, 04:17 AM
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Some pics from today.
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0317web.jpg">
Graham Rahal (Bobby's 19 year old son)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0323web.jpg">
Matt Halliday
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0382web.jpg">
Paul Tracy
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0392web.jpg">
Alex Figge
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0414web.jpg">
Simon Pagenaud (my S4's moment of fame)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0419web.jpg">
Tristan Gommendy (who?)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0428web.jpg">
Justin Wilson
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0429web.jpg">
Sebastian Bourdais
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0443web.jpg">
Seabass ran the fastest lap of the day, breaking the Laguna Seca track record set by Ricardo Zonta in a Toyota TF106 F1 car. He was about a second quicker at 1:05.880 and won the $5000.00 prize for doing so (lol).
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0449web.jpg">
Ohlins sex
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0453web.jpg">
Single keel front suspension setup in the new Panoz (Panoz is the exclusive chassis supplier for Champcar now)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0462web.jpg">
Minardi is back!
Graham Rahal (Bobby's 19 year old son)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0323web.jpg">
Matt Halliday
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0382web.jpg">
Paul Tracy
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0392web.jpg">
Alex Figge
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0414web.jpg">
Simon Pagenaud (my S4's moment of fame)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0419web.jpg">
Tristan Gommendy (who?)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0428web.jpg">
Justin Wilson
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0429web.jpg">
Sebastian Bourdais
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0443web.jpg">
Seabass ran the fastest lap of the day, breaking the Laguna Seca track record set by Ricardo Zonta in a Toyota TF106 F1 car. He was about a second quicker at 1:05.880 and won the $5000.00 prize for doing so (lol).
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0449web.jpg">
Ohlins sex
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0453web.jpg">
Single keel front suspension setup in the new Panoz (Panoz is the exclusive chassis supplier for Champcar now)
<img src="http://www.jeepvideos.com/mpeg/pics/070310ls-ccws/DSC_0462web.jpg">
Minardi is back!
03-12-2007, 02:48 PM
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doesn't mean the same will apply at Montreal
I'll bet $$ that if there was a true race weekend effort put through that Toyota that weekend at the Historics, you would've seen a quicker time.
03-12-2007, 04:52 PM
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Champ Car isn't running at Montreal, so we'll never know.
I did point out that this doesn't mean Champ Cars are faster than F1 cars. Regardless, pretty good bang for the buck considering the vasts sums on money Toyota pours into their spectacularly underachieving F1 team.
Great sig, btw
Great sig, btw
03-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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yeah, it's pretty impressive any way you cut it. of course, it's possible SB was running w/ extra
boost since it was just practice, like early-'00s spec when the champ cars were over 900bhp.
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03-12-2007, 07:28 PM
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He was using the push to pass button, but did not have the boost turned up for the base tune
Probably worth a couple of tenths, but he would have been under the record without it. I'd love to see these cars with another couple of hundred horsepower though.