Whats the Merc used as SC in F1 ?

gurusan · 11 Jun 2007 at 08:49

Kol said:
They should have got the Type R-R out. 260BHP... though the distinct lack of roofscoop immediately showed it wasn't the RR. That would get the medics there in quick time.

That car is not released and I've only seen 2 articles regarding it so I'm not sure how official it is....also it won't be released in the US or Canada so it wouldn't be shown on the Canadian GP. (it's based off of the weirdass euro spaceship civic model)

[TW]Fox · 11 Jun 2007 at 09:38

Kol said:
They should have got the Type R-R out. 260BHP... though the distinct lack of roofscoop immediately showed it wasn't the RR. That would get the medics there in quick time.

Wow, a whole 260bhp. Positively pedestrian compared to the current medical car

Vita · 11 Jun 2007 at 10:41

Yeah the SC's are the following I think:

CLK63AMG
C55AMG Wagon
SLK55AMG

Kol · 11 Jun 2007 at 12:32

[TW]Fox said:
Wow, a whole 260bhp. Positively pedestrian compared to the current medical car

Well, isn't the main medical car usually a Merc too? So yes, no doubt it's some 400bhp+ fire breathing beast like the safety car, though yesterday the Civic Si made an appearance, surely that miniscule 260 in the non-released R-R is higher than in the Si? I dunno, can't be arsed to check but certainly better looking and more suited.

gurusan · 11 Jun 2007 at 14:57

[TW]Fox said:
Wow, a whole 260bhp. Positively pedestrian compared to the current medical car

The Civic is FWD....ever tried driving a 300hp fwd vehicle? it's not easy.

Kol said:
Well, isn't the main medical car usually a Merc too? So yes, no doubt it's some 400bhp+ fire breathing beast like the safety car, though yesterday the Civic Si made an appearance, surely that miniscule 260 in the non-released R-R is higher than in the Si? I dunno, can't be arsed to check but certainly better looking and more suited.

Yes the USDM civic Si is rated at 197hp....but getting a k20z to 260+bhp is not very hard at all.

Bennah · 11 Jun 2007 at 19:34

Kol said:
Some info about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6646383.stm

He's on the ragged edge (as I assumed).

Good read

Griffyn · 11 Jun 2007 at 19:59

gurusan said:
The Civic is FWD....ever tried driving a 300hp fwd vehicle? it's not easy.

Yes the USDM civic Si is rated at 197hp....but getting a k20z to 260+bhp is not very hard at all.

As he said, I can confirm it was the US/Canadian Civic SI running 197bhp.

However no such thing as a Civic Type-RR. This was Auto Cars (i think it was that mag) name for the JAS motorsport Civic Type-R which is like £65k as its race legal (what racing I do not know). But is very light so 270bhp in a light car = fast. Bit like a motor bike engine in a kit car which can embarass lot of cars