Next years safety car?

[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]

Originally Posted by 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

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]

Originally Posted by X-ale 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]

Originally Posted by Apac102 how bout the new M5? Im not sure if its going to be out next year though

Nice suggestion (already mentioned, never mind ) 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 ) 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/D...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