You must do the Lightning at Cape Town as well then. That's on my list of MUST do's at ~£4k. I think you get an aircraft filled to the brim and can opt for what kind of flight you want to do, but there is only one way to fly a Lightning, and that's straight up.

I have no doubt that the Mig experience would be the better all round package, but the Lightning has a nostalgic value over and above anything else I can think of.

 

Dave,

any chance of PM'ing me the details for this?

do they limit the revs at all?

thanks
Ed

 

Fair play to you, sooo jealous

 

Nice one Dave

http://www.treatme.net/experience.php?experienceID=52

£1299

 

Thanks, but Dave's version sounded more up my street

Dave what kind of insurance waivers etc did they make you sign?

 

You are insured for all damage except the first 4-6K Euros( I think).
I paid an extra £100 to cover me with a liability reduced to 1000Euros.

 

NO rev limit at all.
Details below: Look for Monaco F1 Drive:

www.adren-a-line.com

 

Super, thanks.

 

There's no point being the richest man in the graveyard!

 

out of service F3 cars are actually pretty cheap - you can pick up a full carbon fibre F3 car - the whole wings and slicks deal from £ 5000 +

You can then go sprinting which is one of the cheapest forms of motorsport.

The cars are based upon production engine units - in my case a Reynard chassis - full carbon fibre, with a Toyota 3S-GE engine, as found in an MR2 or Camry saloon, but dry sumped, trick cams, an ultra high compression ratio and, gas flowed head, slide throttles and so on. And because they're based upon common engines are pretty easy to work on unless something drastic goes wrong.

Whilst its not the full F1 experience, these are two steps down from F1, and would have been driven by all the top drivers on their climb up the ladder.

Its still jolly quick, and to date has been the best way to spend Christmas morning - haring up and down the local air field whilst everyone is cooking turkey.

 

I'm trying to persuade MrsD of that, on the off chance that one will appear in my Christmas stocking sometime

 

there's a camera mounted on that F1 car?

did you gat any in car footage?

 

There was definitely no "in car camera" either mentioned or when I was there. There is a professional photographer who scoots around on a mini motor bike taking your picture at various points on the circiut.

 

ah, in one of thepics there is something attached to the car, thought it might be a camera.

 

I'd think I would sell my soul for a day like that. Well done Dave.

Les

 

I have done this experience at Wigan - Three sisters circuit. I was in the final of the scholarship for the Formula Ford and each of the 12 finalists could have a go in their F3 cars and then their F1 car (as a prize for getting that far).

The circuit is not really big enough although the experience is great. To be honest though I dont think I would pay the price tag for the day but to me £1299 is a hell of a lot of money which I couldnt justify spending on a one day experience.

Also on the day it was wet so getting the power down was an issue. It had a crude traction control system which shut cylinders down and it was not the most comfortable thing when it kicked in.