DEMONSTRATION : IGNITION GP 90S F1
DEMONSTRATIONS
Friday 14:45 - 15:00 Saturday 14:35-14:50 Sunday 15:40-15:55
The Silverstone Grand Prix circuit will once again reverberate to the awesome shrill of F1 ’ s bestever sounding engines at The Classic .
The high-revving V8 , V10 and V12 powertrains introduced at the end of the 1980s to supersede their turbocharged predecessors are widely hailed as the most dramatic and exciting engines in the sport ’ s long and glorious history . Around a dozen F1 icons ( dating from 1989 through to 1997 ) will be reviving their magic with fabulous daily demonstrations on the track where they raced so memorably in period .
During that era British Grands Prix at Silverstone were won by legends such as Nigel Mansell , Alain Prost , Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher racing high-pitched McLarens , Williams ’ and Ferraris propelled by extreme engines ultimately revving to a howling 20,000rpm and producing close to 1000bhp ! All those F1 icons together with Benettons , Lotuses , Jordans , Tyrrells and Minardis will be part of these not-to-be-missed track demos , which are being organised by the recently launched Ignition GP .
In recent years visitors to The Classic have been treated to the wonderful sights and sounds of the occasional V10 F1 car to mark a major sporting milestone – most recently last summer when Damon Hill was reunited with his 1996 title winning Williams FW18 .
This , however , will be the very first time a collection of these motoring charttoppers have all been unleashed onto the Silverstone GP circuit since their halcyon heydays .
“ We have brought back the terrific noise , energy and thrill of these wonderful cars for people to experience once more – or perhaps for the very first time – and we couldn ’ t be more excited about it ,” said Jonathan Kennard , the ex-F1 test driver who is one of the founders of Ignition GP .
“ Back then drivers like Senna , Prost , Berger , Hill , Schumacher and Mansell really were powerful athletes , wrestling with their cars with minimal or no driver aids , wheel-to-wheel , sparks flying from their floors . And then , above all , there is the utterly compelling noise – utter bliss for any true race fan .
“ For me you can forget opera singers when you have growling Cosworth V8s , screaming Renault V10s and wailing V12s from Honda and Ferrari ,” continued Kennard . “ It is this emotion that we have worked so hard to reintroduce at Ignition GP and we can ’ t wait to bring these wonderful machines back to
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