Legendary F1 car, tear it to the Netherlands

Posted on 27-06-2016 at 11:57 by jaapiyo – 9 Comments”

F1 fans who claim that vroegah everything betah was to be at their beck and call. The Renault RE 30 B9 that four-time champion Alain Prost in 1982 two races won is coming to this corner of the world.

This coming weekend (2 and 3 July), it is time for the Concours d’Elégance at The het Loo Palace. In honor of the occasion, take créateur d’automobiles Renault a number of sports cars from the past to the stately building. One of these cars relates to the RE 30 B9 F1 racing car from 1982 that Alain Prost the GP of South-Africa and Brazil managed to win.

Renault was the pioneer in the field of turbotechniek in the Formula 1. In the regulations, was that an atmospheric engine should build with a capacity of three litres, or a blown engine with half the content. The teams took that last possibility, however, is not serious, because they were of the opinion that it is never enough horsepower on would deliver. They continued to prefer to hold on to their old trusty Cossie DFV8 or, for example, the thick atmospheric V12 of Ferrari or Matra. Renault decided the challenge, however, and built the first turbo-F1, with the name ” Renault RS01.

The beginning was difficult, because often there was white smoke from the tail of the turbo-Renault’s. This to the amusement of the competition, which is the yellow car, nicknamed ‘the yellow teapot’ meegaven. In 1979, picked up Jean-Pierre Jabouille, however the first F1 victory with a turboblok in the race who is immortal, was created by the battle for place two, between Gilles Villeneuve and René Arnoux, the team-mate of Jabouille. Quickly tried all the customer teams that were first to grinnikken to the pot in the row with the manufacturers to make such a turbo block to get hold of. The only sour for the Fransozen was that when in 1983, ultimately, a race car driver champion with a turbo engine this is not one of the riders of Renault was, but Nelson Piquet in the Brabhham-BMW.

That fact in, it is a cool thing that RE 30 B9, with his 1.492 cm3 V6 turbocharged engine that in racetrim, about 650 hp brought in at 11.500 rpm. By weight of 595 pounds provided that when all of a hp/weight ratio of more than one horsepower per kilogram. The Competition is the car, incidentally, is assisted by a number of fast and/or old family members, such as the AK in 1906, the 40 CV 1926 and the Nervasport from 1934. Also, Gordini versions of the R8, R12, R17 of the party as well as the Clio V6, the Sport Spider and the R. S. 01.

If you are coming weekend, in addition to the look of the GP of Austria, yet what about as a car enthusiast, then you know where you need to be.