And theres a tantalizing one about to re enter the f1 vernacular.

F1 jet car. The car featured several radical design elements one of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil radiators. In 1965 the car was no longer running as experimental classified with the 20 l cars. He was having loads of fun and raced against a yamaha r1m.

Upon seeing pictures of the car consultant engineer david cox calculated that the bt46 had only around 30 of the cooling surface area required. Daniel ricciardo compares his incredible day job to that of a royal australian air force pilot with a runaround at a regional air force base in australia. Also included a few road legal cars in.

In 1964 a new coupe body was fitted but the car was damaged in transport and did not compete that year. Drive an f1 style race racing car under the supervision and instruction of professional racing driver instructors. Formula 1 loves a big number whether thats the 8bn liberty media paid for control of the sport last year 6g cornering forces or 230mph top speeds.

The brabham bt46 is a formula one racing car designed by gordon murray for the brabham team owned by bernie ecclestone for the 1978 formula one season. This includes f1 car from redbull racing formula one team kawasaki ninja h2r an f 16 from the turkish air force and the challenger 605 private jet. If you wanted to drive a jet car a real jet powered car one of these would be the perfect starting vehicle.

Three and a half years after making its debut the mercedes amg formula one power unit has now achieved a conversion efficiency of more than 50 during dyno. Not since the heady days of the turbo charged 1980s have power figures of quite this level been produced by f1 engines not even by the highly developed 3 liter v10s that were last used in 2005. The flagship day of the barbados festival of speed welcomed lewis hamilton and his 2013 v8 f1 car.

The 4wd concept was also used in the 1969 lotus 63 f1 car and the wedge shape became a prominent feature of the world championships winning lotus 72.