Uffff ...
Yesterday I got a chance to drive Peugeot 307 WRC (ex. Marcus Gronholm) for a few laps on a nice gravel circuit. Amazing, that's all I can say. First I was driven by Nicolas Voullioz (ex. mountain bike champion and now semi-works driver), then I had to wait for mechanics to fix the car (he jumped waaay to fast so sumpguard broke), then I had my chance ... It's very easy to drive fast, I was a bit suprised at that ... Slides rally nice, and the piower of the engine is just crazy. I'm not so impressed with 4-speed gearbox, though. I would prefer 5-speed.
It eas a bit tight behin steering wheel (the seat was not set for Gronholm, who is tall, but for Voullioz, who is short, so i bumped my hed on the roof on every bump), but not too much. Steering wheel gearchange is extremely fast (I have driven some kicars and ST cars, but this is completely different), you can shift from 3 to 4 while slidnig the car through a corner without breaking the slide. And steering whell has just over 1 turn lock to lock ...
Some pics (me driving):
WRC drive
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