You Can Actually Buy And Race On This Repurposed Formula 1 Car

A Formula 1 car is the wish of lots of racing enthusiasts and Tour-de-Force has recently introduced TDF-1, which will not help you win any professional racing tournaments but give you the feeling of being a Formula 1 pilot.

What the company does is to repurpose real old Formula 1 cars and put them within reach of the general public.

Tour-de-Force acquired 2011 and 2012 Sauber and Marussia racing cars and gives them an easier to control engine. The 1.7-liter turbo-four-cylinder will go into the place of the usual 2.4-liter V8 racing engine. In simpler terms, the Formula 1 car after the alteration is half as fast as it used to be.

While the engine sounds like a degrade from the original, the engineers of Tour-de-Force said that the car is able to speed up to 100 km in just two seconds. The maximum rate of the vehicle is 320km/hour. The repurposed Formula 1 car is 5200 mm long, 1800 mm across, and 950 mm high.

Controlling a Formula 1 race car is never easy as the pilot has to adjust several systems. That is why Tour-de-Force came up with the idea of a simplified vehicle so that the pilot can focus more on their pleasure of driving.

Formula 1 car price is around $12.2 million so not many people can afford one. So what Tour-de-Force does actually gives enthusiasts an opportunity to get the feeling.

The settings of the repurposed car are also adjusted to increase its durability and reliability.

Tour-de-Force provides more than just the Formula 1 car to its customers. What comes in the package is maintenance support, professional instructors, as well as rides on selected European racing circuits.

Formula 1 car price in India is Rs. 87 crore.

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