F1 in NOLA racing Days

F2003 belonging to my friend; he set a new NOLA track record! Super awesome car!!!

 

Hopefully F1/FIA learns and these wonderful V10 engines return one day...

 

Have the glorious V12's ever returned to F1? - That should give you a clue about the V10's chances of returning.

V8's could possibly stand a chance of a comeback one day to improve the show, but they'd still be lower capacity turbo V8's rather than the old 2.4 litre N/A V8's.

 

Cool! What was the record lap time? How does it compare to the IndyCars?

 

1:15.9 by Marc Gene. nearly 3 seconds faster then Tony Kanaan.

 

I don't think the V12's where absolutely necessary to return because the V10's sounded absolutely awesome.

The vast majority of fans all say the engine noise sucks, as do various drivers, people of the team and Bernie. The only ''positive'' I've heard of it is that people say that you can now walk around without earplugs on and hear others talk. I can see this as a positive for team members, but not for the fans.

I sure as hell don't go to a rock concert or dance festival and say it's so nice because they didn't play the music very loud so I could have a chat with my friends and other people.

 

So a 12 1/2 year old GP car piloted by a retired test driver was 3 seconds faster that a contemporary Indycar driven by a front-running recent Indy 500 winner? Forgive me for being a little skeptical. When did TK set this track record? I know he wasn't the fastest qualifier for the one-and-only NOLA Indycar race. In fact, Scott Dixon was fastest at the time qualifying was rained out, but I suppose Tony could have set the NOLA record during pre-season testing.
Do you have any actual lap times for us? Thanks!

 

After a little F'Chat research I was able to learn that the F-1 car did not run the same course configuration as the Indycars. Gene bypassed the esses and merely ran a straight line instead. So while fast and spectacular, the track record reference is accurate but the lap time comparison is flawed, it would seem.

 

The track was modified for the Indy race to straight line from turn 8 to turn 4.

 

Also, the F1 car ran a slightly quicker Turn 1 configuration. Still pretty cool!

 

The F1 cars of the V10 era are much faster than the current cars. In fact many of the F1 track records are still held by V10 era cars, the 2004 Ferrari in particular. I'd be surprised if that 2003 car driven by a current top F1 pilot is only 3 seconds faster than a current Indycar.

 

He recently did an AMA on reddit. Very interesting read.

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/3h4qhq/iama_racer_and_owner_of_several_f1_cars_including/

 

How Cool! NOLA is a fun track in a fun location. Great Food!!