MODERN F1 AT 1960s TRACKS!? If Formula One Continued to Race at the Classic Death Tracks

"Bring back the classic circuits" they say. Alright. I'll bite- Caesar's Palace, Rouen, 8 mile Spa?

8 Mile Spa you say?

Join me in rfactor2 as I take a 1966 Brabham, 1992 Ferrari and 2017 Williams to the historic Spa to see what it would be like to race the modern super safe super fast hybrids on a track notorious for death and destruction.

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[ultrahenk]

Approximate lap times:
'66 Brabham: 3:42 (average 228.65 km/h)
'92 Ferrari: 2:56 (average 288.41 km/h)
'17 Williams: 2:37 (average 323.31 km/h)

[cucumber_]

ERS management at old spa would be a nightmare with only TWO braking points

[azarisLP]

"What if Hockenheim was twice as long and had no barriers or run-off areas of any kind and was also completely insane?"

Historic Spa: "Hold my beer."

[legosupremo]

Adds a new perspective when people say modern cars are too fast for old circuits, never imagined that old spa would would be entirely flat out, and as a result rather boring (to drive)

[its_only_karma]

LMAO imagine a corner on modern SPA beeing called "some guy's driveway"

[zrspangle]

"Pray to whoever your god is that you've got enough grip."


"And Liam Neeson has let me live!"

[Hesitatedeye]

I'm kinda shocked that the Ferrari's engine managed to last a lap with all those bumps.

[ThomasNing]

I just wanted to say, you drove that historic formula 1 car I wouldn't say masterfully, but you clearly know well the car's driving dynamics with diving to get the nose down to turn in, turning the car with the throttle, etc. A very impressive drive.

[AidanMillward]

Obviously, as I'm now a super massive YouTube celebrity, I have to use red arrows to generate clicks. (Sarcasm, obviously. I'm taking the piss)

Now, as for the Williams lap, bear in mind that I was at full throttle equivalent to:

3 and a bit laps of Indianapolis in a car not designed for it
2 trips down Mulsanne without the chicanes
6 trips down the Dottinger Hohe Straight at Nords.
Downtown San Francisco to the other side of the Bay Bridge.

All fun and games until someone stacks it!

[fartvaderyearsago]

4:05 "down to 4th for... Eh... Whatever that is..." OMG!!!! the disrespect towards... Eh... That famous curve... That goes right...

[chris]

Just look at the Isle of Man tt to see what happens when old tracks meet new racing machines.

[ultrahenk]

Talking about classic circuits, I wonder what F1 cars from different eras would be capable of at Charade/Clermont-Ferrand. For those who don't know the place, it's basically a French Nordschleife at 1/3 scale which hosted the French GP a couple of times between 1965 and 1972. It's also absolutely bonkers.
The track includes a lot of turns which may or may not be taken at full throttle in more modern cars, much more than at classic Spa.

[GoD_Quake]

Spa was absolutely mental. Absolutely no run offs, stone houses and stone walls built right up to the course edge, massive curbs some places, no curbs other places, spectators excessively close to the track edges with almost no barrier.

[DunedainAkkarin]

Possibly a different perspective. I did work experience at Ilmor Engineering back in '97, for the 2 weeks leading up to the European Grand Prix. I was working in the same building as the dyno, so whenever they had the new G block engines on test, we got to hear them. They never ran them at max revs for more than about a minute. I suspect that both the '92 Ferrari, and the '17 Williams would have suffered catastrophic engine failure (engine decides it would rather be a very expensive grenade rather than an engine) if you tried to run them like that for race distance.

[wingerplayz]

How bout old spa with modern GT cars and LMP1 cars??

[masonsparkle]

Aiden, you reckon you could do a story time on the 2002 WRC Rally Argentina? The final day of rallying threw up so many different unexpected twists that on the very last stage, the person in 4th was eventually declared the winner.

[edgarsantiago_]

Never realized how flat out this entire retro track is. Love it!

[aymanlyoubi]

You're lucky that v12 ferrari didnt get caught on fire after revving it that much :D

[PHILMKD]

Those folks in the 60's would think the 1990s and the 2010s cars are spaceships or something out of star trek.

[bruh-xmuk]

Do the old Monza. That track is insanely dangerous