Next years safety car?

[TopGearNL]

What should it be?
They have the Mercedes SLK 55 AMG as this years safety car.

I wonder what next years Mercedes safety car will be

- Mercedes CLS 55 AMG?
- Mercedes SLR Mc laren
- or perhaps an other brand

[TT]

- or perhaps an other brand


Indeed, would be better to see something different than a Merc finally ;)

[SPAD]

I dont think i would be an slr.I hope it a nother brand :o
I see so many sl500 and mercs in general.They need somthing different

[TopGearNL]

They have had a Red Lamborghini Diablo once, I think it was in Italy
Can anyone remember it, maybe Im wrong but I have seen it once on a picture :|

[TT]

OhOh, if there was a Diablo safety car one day, even just for 1 second, I'm sure a007apl has a picture somewhere :D

[TopGearNL]

Here it is
It was at the Canadian Grand-Prix in 1995, my mistake :roll: http://jwtodd.com/misc_pix/lambo_safety_car_0800.jpg

[TT]

Indeed it would be a good idea to have a manufacturer not involved in the races :D and what better than Lamborghini? :D

Sadly they don't use vintage cars as safety cars.. so no Miura :( and no Diablo anymore I suppose :?

[fabro_s]

I think the best security car for F1 would be a red Enzo!!

[sameerrao]

The Merc SLK55 sounds awesome though - you can make out that Bernd Maylander is on the limit throughout while the F1 cars are cruising about in a Safety car lap....

[SPAD]

I think they sound like a muscle car.They have a very deep growl.I like how it sounds but i dont think it maches the car

[X-ale]

Well thats somewhere at least 1 of the 49 Maserati MC12 could fill :mrgreen:

[Tomerville]

I think an Audi would be nice...maybe the RS6? or RS4?

[stracing]

i think in v8 supercars they use the rs6. in the wet the drivers complain they have a hard time keeping up. i wouldn't mind seeing another manufacturer. perhaps something not german tho!

[bmagni]

They have had a Red Lamborghini Diablo once, I think it was in Italy
Can anyone remember it, maybe Im wrong but I have seen it once on a picture :|

also in 1999 in Germany they used in the warm up laps the SLR vision...

[sau_mathur]

I reckon it will be the SLR, enzo wud be nice, but lets just keep dreaming abouot that for now cos thats not gonna happen.

Audi rs6 wud be nice, but they dont make those anymore..the newer versions maybe.

[HeilSvenska]

BMW 1-series...

[jpatino03]

I think they sound like a muscle car.They have a very deep growl.I like how it sounds but i dont think it maches the car

I would KILL to see a Hemi 'Cuda or L88 'vette as the safety car at the USGP! :D Can you imagine watching the worlds most sophisticated automobiles following those dinosaurs.

[HeilSvenska]

Why? It wouldn't make sense at all. A Ford Mustang would be the most plausable American car you would see, but that too isn't plausable.

[dons5]

i dont understand why they dont jus use cars like Ferraris and exotics like that they could even change them every race, and they will defentelty lap faster then the merc they use now and F1 drivers would be happy with that too

[Toronto]

i don't remeber the diablo as the safty car, but i think it was a track car, much like the last couple of years in montreal they have been using NSX, but during the f1 race it was only the slk

[HeilSvenska]

i dont understand why they dont jus use cars like Ferraris and exotics like that they could even change them every race, and they will defentelty lap faster then the merc they use now and F1 drivers would be happy with that too


??? I don't understand what you're saying

[TopGearNL]

I think an Audi would be nice...maybe the RS6? or RS4?

Yes indeed, and it would be maube the best car for in wet conditions.
They also used it in the DTM

http://www.rsportscars.ch/rs6/bilder/rs6_safety_car/rs6_safety_car.jpg

But I think that a rare and exotic car maker would be nice and good for that company aswell. How about a Pagani Zonda, or a Koenigsegg :)

[X-ale]

Z06 :!: There, now it's said...

[schnell318]

My guess is it´s gonna be a CLS 55 AMG but I would really like to see another manufacturer supplying the safety cars. Does anyone know when/if this is ever going to happen?

I´d like to see the new E60 M5 or the forthcoming M6 :twisted:

[TopGearNL]

I found this BMW M3, I think it is, nice to see something else as a Mercedes and good example of how great a BMW safety car looks, would also like to see the new BMW M5 or M6 as a future safety car :) http://www.binz-behoerdenfahrzeuge.de/img/safetyc3.jpg
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[schnell318]

Here´s another pic of that M3, it was used for Moto GP

http://img30.exs.cx/img30/5422/12_b.jpg

[sameerrao]

But I think that a rare and exotic car maker would be nice and good for that company aswell. How about a Pagani Zonda, or a Koenigsegg


I would want a car that's fast and reliable to be a safety car. I dont a safety car sent out because another safety car "expired" during its time out. :wink: Just joking .. I am a Pagani fan ...

[TopGearNL]

I get your point and the joke Sameerao, and your right, it should be safe and reliable indeed because thats the main thing isn't it :shock:

[chipanggo]

i also would like to see a different brand for next year's safety car. i'd love to see a porsche gt3 rs doing that.

[X-ale]

Z06 :!: There, now it's said...


I think i didn't advertise it big enough:Z06, the only bimmer i'd vote for is the M3 CSL but the vette would look much better. The other big plus is that it's not involved with one of the F1 teams so none of 'em get some extra credit... :P and it's not Europeen :wink:

[HeilSvenska]

NO NO and NO! GM isn't even involved in F1 at all! BMW 1-Series or Mercedes R-Class! or hopefully the Ferrari 420 Fiorano


It's pretty unlikely to see an uninvolved car company to send in a sasfety car, although it's more likely that F1 commitee wouldn't allow it. F1 races are gigantic commercial ventures and it's every F1 manufacturers for themselves.

[jorge]

If it has to be a MB, i would love to see the SLR! :o

[X-ale]

NO NO and NO! GM isn't even involved in F1 at all!.

THATS THE WHOLE POINT. READ also the other words that are not in caps pendejo :!:

it's more likely that F1 commitee wouldn't allow it.

Here, let me show you what ppl write on the other page you also didn't bother to read:

Here it is
It was at the Canadian Grand-Prix in 1995, my mistake :roll: http://jwtodd.com/misc_pix/lambo_safety_car_0800.jpg

So it was a Ferrari sponsored Lambo in Montreal, right :?: I must be blind, i don't see the name anywhere... wait... it's the color isn't it? It was to advertise the new corsa red. :roll: So Mr. Right, thats the only plausible explenation then wouldn't you say so :oops:

[HeilSvenska]

pendejo


I read that already. And it's 1995. I just took in account that F1 business is now getting horribly commercial and show-like in manners. Like those new rules ans such, and the new circuits to promote F1.

I just can't see Bernie Ecclestone and Mosley letting non-F1 manufacturer to trot around Silverstone and Nurbergring NOW. That's all i'm saying ...jeez no need for name calling...

And it'd be better if you explane why and how they used a Lambo in 1995 Canadian GP. can you do that then?

[X-ale]

I read that already. And it's 1995. I just took in account that F1 business is now getting horribly commercial and show-like in manners. Like those new rules ans such, and the new circuits to promote F1.

I just can't see Bernie Ecclestone and Mosley letting non-F1 manufacturer to trot around Silverstone and Nurbergring NOW. That's all i'm saying ...jeez no need for name calling...


I see your point and I understand it. I may not agree with it but you're prolly right.

And it'd be better if you explane why and how they used a Lambo in 1995 Canadian GP. can you do that then?

I won't not because I can't. I'm sure you can google it if you so care.

[yumcimil]

Seems reasonable to use the SL65 when it comes out (Assuming it's not out already) - anything to get that SLK off the screens.

[dons5]

we need much faster cars cause with the slow ones used today the drivers are complaining to much cause there losing to much temperature especially in the tires and brakes travelling behind these slow saftey cars

[yumcimil]

we need much faster cars cause with the slow ones used today the drivers are complaining to much cause there losing to much temperature especially in the tires and brakes travelling behind these slow saftey cars

Isn't the point of the safety car to be making them slow down? I know in the past it was a big issue - hadn't heard anything about it lately in the media...

[Toronto]

we need much faster cars cause with the slow ones used today the drivers are complaining to much cause there losing to much temperature especially in the tires and brakes travelling behind these slow saftey cars

Isn't the point of the safety car to be making them slow down? I know in the past it was a big issue - hadn't heard anything about it lately in the media...

yes a safety car is to slow the cars down, but also keep them same on the track, and a slow safety car like dons5 can make the tires on the car to cool down causing lose of grip to the track, this is very bad (was a factor in the death of Senna) also if you watched today, schumi was on cold tires during the saftey lab and kimi went into the pits for some new warm ones, if kimi came out infront of the cars that he was stuck behind, he could of passed schumi easy

[schnell318]

As someone said a GT3 RS would be a super cool safety car but I don´t think it will happen since Porsche is not involved in F1. So an M3 CSL, M5, next M6, next Ferrari 420 would be the best choices but as I´ve said before, I´m almost sure the next one will be the CLS 55 AMG :(

[TopGearNL]

As someone said a GT3 RS would be a super cool safety car but I don´t think it will happen since Porsche is not involved in F1. So an M3 CSL, M5, next M6, next Ferrari 420 would be the best choices but as I´ve said before, I´m almost sure the next one will be the CLS 55 AMG :(

I think youre right there mate, what could it be else, a chance of a different brand is small, and it will be a merc thats for sure, come to of it by the way, they could use the C-Class 55 AMG again, like they did with the CLK (2x) :roll:

[schnell318]

Now that you say it, it could well be the C55 but do you have any idea when all this MB safety car craziness is going to end??

[TopGearNL]

Mate, I don't have a clue :)
I wonder who contracted Mercedes, or does mercedes agreed to Bernie Eccelstone that he can have the Safety car at the end of every F1 season :wink:

[schnell318]

I don´t think Bernie needs a used $50,000 car :wink:

Do you know which brand suplied the safety cars before MB did?

[TopGearNL]

I don´t think Bernie needs a used $50,000 car :wink:

Do you know which brand suplied the safety cars before MB did?

Don't get me wrong here but I once saw a opel (yes a opel or vauxhall) as an safety car and of course that lambo from Canada

But Ill have a look around for you and myself to give an answer to you question :wink:

[X-ale]

Does some1 know if the MB safety car is actually stock? I hope not... :|

[dons5]

ya we jus need somethin with the performance of like Ferraris and stuff like that, cause ya even though the point is to slow the cars down, u still need to be goin a bit faster then they currently are, and second even if they are goin a bit faster they will still be goin super slow compared to what they actually do, and third how awesome would that be seeing a Ferrari on he limit leading a pack of F1 cars waiting to burst

[szumszer]

SLR would be much better at keeping a quicker pace ... but what about having Zonda or Carrera GT, that would be cool ... or perhaps the most appropriate tool: McLaren F1 driven by ex-F1 drivers like Prost for example or by WRC drivers like Solberg or ex-WRC drivers like Rohrl

[TopGearNL]

SLR would be much better at keeping a quicker pace ... but what about having Zonda or Carrera GT, that would be cool ... or perhaps the most appropriate tool: McLaren F1 driven by ex-F1 drivers like Prost for example or by WRC drivers like Solberg or ex-WRC drivers like Rohrl

The whole point of a safety car is to slow the field down and make it safe :?

I like youre idea of the drivers though :)

[schnell318]

Does some1 know if the MB safety car is actually stock? I hope not... :|

I really don´t think it is stock...maybe the engine, I mean I don´t think it is any stronger than the normal one but it does have bigger radiators to cope with the added heat and the brakes are carbon-ceramic. Normal brakes would never be able to handle those speeds and even if they did you can´t risk loosing your brakes on an F1 lap when you have all the F1 cars following you and your on live TV.

Ohh..plus safety lights, 4 or 5 point seatbelts and radio communication

[X-ale]

/\/\ thanks, would be ridiculous to see a safety car crashing cuz of brake failure :)

[Apac102]

how bout the new M5? Im not sure if its going to be out next year though

[TopGearNL]

how bout the new M5? Im not sure if its going to be out next year though
Nice suggestion (already mentioned, never mind :wink: ) but they will still heve to get the contract from Mercedes which they have with the FIA for safety and medical cars :?

[schnell318]

Well...someday that contract will have to expire, I just hope they don´t re negotiate it :)

[spd]

I would prefer any touring cars DTM ETCC or BTCC, since the normal road cars are just too slow for the F1 cars and in a way endanger their lifes. e.g. Senna

[DjPtsatsot]

What if in honor of Ferrari's winning streak (and not merc's loosing streak :lol: ) they'd let Ferrari set forth any car they choose? Maybe the new F430? Lets keep wishing... :-/

[Josh]

If it was another brand I think they should have The Aston Martin DB9
But for Next year I wish they could bring out the SLR

[possessed_beaver]

personaly im with the merc SLR

what a perfect car, and next to the enzo its the closest looking production car to a F1 car!

[SPEEDCORE]

I was going to say that there is always 2 safety cars at GP's, like this year in Melb they had a BMW 645Ci as a safety car for the support races and only used the Merc for the F1 events, but a quick google gave me this, I just dont recall seeing it(lambo diablo), I must of fell asleep during that race that year haha.

http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Diablo/DiabloVT/SafetyCar.html

Just for the record, Jean Alesi won that year(in a Ferrari) it was his B'Day and his 1st win in 91 starts :) Martin Brundle was racing back then as well.

[Caps8419]

they should use a tvr speed 12 lol....i dunno if they could call it a safety car though! lol

[dons5]

even a production car goin full out will be still wayyy to slow for an F1 car even if its an Enzo goin full out