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Originally Posted by alocky
My westie does have a windscreen, but that caterham has considerably more HP than I've got. But I sure recognise the handling, and getting hard on the power much much earlier than anything else can. You can see that the Ferrari never really gets a chance to stretch its legs on that track though. It would be a very different story at the Nurburgring.
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Here's one on the limit around the Nurburgring. It has a 2L Ford engine, all be it a very finely tuned one. It is up against a Porsche 996 GT2 '
Widow Maker' with the 3.6L twin turbo - essentially the same unit used in the company's Le Mans-winning GT1. The 996 is a 320km/h car if it is in standard trim.
As raw as the Porsche is, the Caterham is something else entirely.
Whilst there is nothing in it as far as lap times, the Caterham will leave you with a day long smile.
The contrast between the driving experience might be glimpsed from these videos:
Two laps of the ring from inside the Caterham:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P8pURqBAVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk
And the same two laps as seen from inside the Porsche:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCIrmqj_tII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI5Zdtqe8U
If you only watch one of these, I'd recommend the second lap in the Caterham. The guy behind the wheel has impressive and equal measure of skill and testicular fortitude. The gentleman in the 996 is no mug on a Sunday drive either. It starts with the Caterham flat out in top gear on the straight and the 996 blows past it like it is standing still.... then come the corners.
enjoy,
c