Martin Brundle - Lotus 98T

[Luchingador]

1.6 lt turbo v6 is back B)

[togalogs]

Real race cars! not the fart boxes that we have today...

[Molo9000]

two (yes, 2) Lotus Renault teams in F1 next year, both with those gorgeous black and gold colours.

Awesome!

[racingeurope]

only 4 piece where built, 3 went to senna....

[jonathan102]

In a straight line, would these 1200hp monster be quicker then current spec F1 car?

[MeBest777]

I think the setup in this video for the car is not having 1200bhp when Brundle drives it.

[man710r]

@MeBest777 More than likely not.... these engines will probably be run at fairly low boost levels these days to make them last. Also Brundle was driving fairly gently.... it's a piece of history after all, and a beautiful one at that.

[PerformanceRentals]

@man710r If you watch the boost gauge (right hand large gauge) you can see the car is making about 50 psi when he's on it. That's not far off race boost. In qualifying they used up to 65-70 psi.

Boost doesn't necessarily kill the engines. High RPM for long periods is what wears them.

[hmdwgf]

What's the song from 3:53-4:37?

[STEFAZON500]

@hmdwgf Prince: Purple Rain the last 4minutes

[maclachj1]

@hmdwgf Purple Rain Prince

[racingeurope]

Senna's car.......

[dimabodyul1]

#

bodieofci5 thank you!

[dimabodyul1]

what's the name of song from 0:30 to 0:50 please?

[bodieofci5]

@dimabodyul1 Two Tribes - Duran Duran

[toasting]

frankie goes to hollywood.

not duran duran

[togalogs]

Now that's a real F1 car!

[katanad1984]

Sennas the best we miss u lotus souch a phenomenal power enormous...........great sound

[morganroate]

they need to bring turbos back into formula one, seeing as that is what most car manufacturers are starting to use

[bubi8894]

could somebody tell me the title of that song by frankie goes to hollywood in the beginning?

[Kurosawa57]

Notorious and that's Duran Duran not Frankie goes to Hollywood

[bubi8894]

I know that the second song is notorious, but I mean the song right at the beginning, when you see senna driving the 98T

[bubi8894]

ok I already found it out myself its "two tribes" by frankie goes to hollywood..

[NewYankee01]

2 tribes

[jb355]

It most definitely is Frankie goes to Hollywood. The song is called "Two Tribes"

And wouldn't Martn Brundle have killed someone to get into that car in 86 instead of his Tyrrell

[bubi8894]

so, lotus will finally return to f1 this year. lets hope JPS will be their main sponsor again ;)

[STEFAZON500]

Naah the EU would probably ban it for being to cool but one can allways dream ;)

[DAH210774]

They don't get much better than that. Beautiful machine..

[TheHoustonRocket]

Beautiful Car

[daljeet2]

What an incredible era in Formula one, 1200hp. Wow my god. I started watching F1 in 1998 and have watched every GP since, sadly i wasn't able to watch this era, great cars though, beautiful machines.

[buttonisbest]

You could push 1,400BHP out, but that's a massive push

[TheThing516]

@daljeet2 I started watching in 1990 and Im impressed also at the turbo cars etc.

[rodhavji]

@daljeet2 you can find torrents of lots of old races. you should invest!

[buttonisbest]

beautiful car! miss them so much!

What's the song over Ayton? "Notorious"

[BrotherGlade]

Notorious by Duran Duran

[DnylF1]

He didn't use the turbo?

[Capriracer28V6]

Brundle raced the Tyrrell Renault Turbo 1985-86 & the Zakspeed Turbo in 1987.

[Diswanio]

Dude, serious? How does it move otherwise

[craigio1806]

Martin Brundle is a driver from the turbo era, which is why he knows how to control one of these beasts!

[fl74]

Yes, but this time he was not able to drive and speak fluently as he did while driving others era's F1 cars..

[claudiosgs1]

só faltou ele dizer: " Como o Ayrton não foi campeão nesse carro !? " ....rs

[STEFAZON500]

Coolest cigarette ad on 4 wheels

[cocacolaholic]

if u was to put put this lotus up against the new cars of today in a drag race, which car would reach 200mph first?

[dombou70]

Probably nowadays cars with there semi-auto gearboxes and larger wheels. Would be interesting however.

[terga1]

They don't have larger wheels

[andriusssska]

@cocacolaholic '> Of course 1986 car would win. Today cars would go faster till around 150 mph, because has better gearbox and better traction. But later, POWER IS POWER. For example in 1986 Hungary, in qualifing speed trap sometimes was over 320 km/h (200 mph) .. Today cars doing around 290 km/h (180 mph). The Speed trap in Poul Ricard circuit in 1986 was over 215 MPH !!! .. LAst years in Testing modern F1 cars was just going at 190 mph .

[cocacolaholic]

@andriusssska thank you for replying

[wks1978]

@andriusssska Paul Ricard has an enormous straight, that was shortened in 1986 after Elio de Angelis died.

The modern tracks don't have straights long enough to reach speeds like that, but I think 215 mph is probably within range of many modern F1 cars.

The modern F1 cars have more downforce and are much faster in the corners.It is this which largely determines the lap times of compared cars.

Power is no good if the wheels spin and the car slides off the track when the driver tries to use it.

[topski100]

spot on

[Keldenbutton]

BRING THE LOTUS BACK!!

[TLTBoy]

same here.....see in this era, race cars were beautiful, everything about them, now they are just.......blah...

[theeviltwaz]

I agree - that Lotus is a thing of beauty.  Gorgeous sounding engine! The drivers were much better managers of their cars and the races back then.

Now, a grand prix is decided by how well a team's pit wall coordinates a series of sprint races (interspersed with fuel stops of course).

[mixxmexx]

@Keldenbutton duh

[joao790]

@Keldenbutton they brought,actually 2 lotus are back !!