Such a shame you got held up by the slower car. For what these experiences cost I'd expect to be sent out one at a time or with similarly matched drivers so my laps aren't wasted in traffic.
@SCD-BOY2 жыл бұрын
You were straight out the blocks😆 Brilliant drive,I must do this!
@biaritzsiroko61172 жыл бұрын
Where is the full video that he also gets mad at the reporter who just wants to get in to this car....
@CrazyforAuto2 жыл бұрын
How hard is brake pedal:
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn2 жыл бұрын
About the same as a road car. Quite a lot of travel in both throttle and brake pedals too
@CrazyforAuto2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn left foot brake?
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn2 жыл бұрын
@@CrazyforAuto yes, you have to use your left foot
@este_marco3 жыл бұрын
your better lap is around 20sec slower than a f1 driver pace, not bad
@yesssigotmail3 жыл бұрын
hey kevin. I commented on one of your other videos a while back. I have this driving experience at the top of my to-do/wish list right now. Will hopefully go early or mid 2022, since i can't make it to the november one. Must be quite the experience to be on your mind all the time, even 4 years later! I may opt to do the Jaguar R2 first, then do the williams another year. Will you be going again? The car appears to be painted differently now. Perhaps the Paul-ricard experience would be a good supplement since you've already done the spain one.
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn3 жыл бұрын
It's definitely a to-do again Keith. In fact the Jag was my first choice and I changed it to the Williams because it had blown its engine. The big issue is the weather- I didn't want bad weather spoiling a hyper-expensive day. Plus, and I didn't appreciate this before, when it's nice and warm you don't need to stress about keeping temperature in your tyres. To be honest, I'd do Barcelona again. In a heartbeat.
@yesssigotmail3 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn Cool kevin. Question- is this the footage they sell as an add-on? or did you hire an external videographer? I was thinking of bringing a friend because some of the footage i saw from LRS looked to be a few years behind the times in terms of quality of the cameras.. But if this is the footage they sell, i may as well buy it from them.
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn3 жыл бұрын
@@yesssigotmail I took 3 friends out with me and it's still difficult to cover the circuit- some of the footage was with static cameras.. I bought the in car footage from LRS, but the cars need to be heard from the outside. What you hear in the car is what you hear on the in car footage. It's so damn expensive to do I was determined to extract all the goodness from it..
@yesssigotmail3 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn I agree completely. I may hire someone to bring a drone quadcopter out to film when i go.. I'll send you a DM with the footage afterwards if it goes well. Hehe..
@espaudio3 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to seeing Johnny's video on this if he got to drive it , as hinted in his video! Thanks for introducing me to a new obsession... LB STRs! Thanks for giving the internet access for the tour, it was amazing!
@AshrafonCars3 жыл бұрын
What a noise. The LB Stratos is a bucket list car - is yours a Stradale body or a wide arch?
@gbgiorgos3 жыл бұрын
yes man Excellent job...
@MarcoZucchi814 жыл бұрын
You can drive it, man! If you would practice for a month or two you'd be almost a pro!
@rallyfreakburak4 жыл бұрын
Sounds beautiful!! Can you please give me some information about the system. Off mode and on mode stages ? Any resonation on highway ? I’ve been thinking of buying one. Thanks
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn4 жыл бұрын
Not a huge amount of experience with it yet mate, but no issue whatsoever on highway runs, no resonance. It's a beautiful sound, and I'll almost certainly leave it on loud for everything apart from early morning starts. But that's the kicker, you can turn it off, and then the car is quieter than it' ever been. We took it off the truck early in the morning, and despite it being parked right outside our bedroom window, my wife was convinced we'd pushed it off.
@rallyfreakburak4 жыл бұрын
Kevin Johnson thank you so much for the detailed answer.. 🙏 enjoy it to the fullest !
@IvanIvanov-cx9hj4 жыл бұрын
Nice engine sound, as if thre was no rev. limitation... What was the lap times?
@yesssigotmail4 жыл бұрын
Hi kevin, I am thinking about doing this drive. I have not driven any other race cars to date (closes thing would be a Ferrari f430 scuderia). How are the G forces? Are they tolerable for the untrained?
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn4 жыл бұрын
Hi Keith, you'll have no problem. I don't race anything or do track days even, so pretty green. Physically it was easy, I think you really need to be pushing it to have trouble with your neck etc. I wasn't confident enough to do that. The biggest physical problem was the airstream trying to lift the helmet off my head, taking my head with it...
@yesssigotmail4 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn thanks Kevin. Have you done any of the other drives through LRS?
@yesssigotmail4 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn also, one more question- did you train on any simulators? Or play a f1 game before this?
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn4 жыл бұрын
@@yesssigotmail No Keith, no other drives, with anyone! And yes I did a few sessions on a sim at Mark Blundell's place in Royston. This was mainly to learn the circuit, I didn't want to spend expensive laps getting familiar. I wrote up a full description on Pistonheads. www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1682942
@salvatorep.16855 жыл бұрын
Busso engine?
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn5 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@milfsporch5 жыл бұрын
Excellent job! THE best experience posted on KZread so far!
@MatejKopina5 жыл бұрын
what is the price and where can you book?
@fasthracing5 жыл бұрын
Decent enough that
@arthurperes33996 жыл бұрын
How can I drive an F1 car ? Can I pay for this type of experience?
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn6 жыл бұрын
adren-a-line.com/
@eamonnsheil40636 жыл бұрын
Brilliant drive Kevin. I was in the Benetton in this video. Yeah the slow poke with the rev restricted engine. For those not familiar with this driving school. They have a bronze, silver and gold package with each one allowing higher RPM and more powerful engines. Sorry I messed up your lap there Kevin. I was having problems on the downshift as it didn't always register every time you hit it which isn't exactly confidence building at 160-170mph at those braking points. I did lift coming onto the main straight once I saw the blue flags but I floored it as soon as you came along side and you left me for dead! Well done I tip my hat to you for getting the extra performance out of that car. You are a racer!
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn6 жыл бұрын
Hi Eamonn! That was just an amazing day, and I could see that the Benetton was a handful. The Williams is no doubt the faster, more well sorted car. I started a thread on pistonheads, but KZread doesn't like you posting links. Username is 456MGT. If it wasn't so much money to do it, I'd make it an annual pilgrimage. Let me know if you're going again!
@janjay6666 жыл бұрын
Hi Eamonn, I know the cars. Generally they don’t restrict anything but problems in downshifting it’s something different that’s right you had a good line, the Benetton car doesn’t have a chance to follow the Williams at all. It is 13 years younger and its more powerful. Good job man
@chumleyk2 жыл бұрын
@@janjay666 The website says the Benetton is limited to 650 bhp. It was nearer 800 in race spec. The Williams is limited too - rev limit down to 16000, and of course, without the KERS. They use the same car for bronze and silver packages increasing the BHP limit each time. The packages are formatted similar to the long-standing and quite successful NASCAR driving experience in the US, where they unlock more BHP as you go up the packages. They shouldn't have released the Bronze package Beneton so close in front of the Gold package Williams.
@bopperda Жыл бұрын
Eamonn - I can relate. I drove the Benetton two weeks ago at Magny-Cours and it did not downshift properly for me either. Still a rocket, though.
@juangurris61836 жыл бұрын
10:37 SAD
@dangibbs53906 жыл бұрын
Was this car restricted? I thought that was the case with experience days but you seem almost flat out at 3:11 on the straight!!!! awesome!
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn6 жыл бұрын
They wind them back to around 16K (from 18) I think Dan, but that's it. They were pretty cool about you wringing it out, everything except putting it in the gravel actaully
@iqwan98502 жыл бұрын
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn 2013
@BigElijah7 жыл бұрын
This was with lrs right? I was on the track on the 5th driving an F3 car.
@winnersmentality51415 жыл бұрын
, have u driven the fw29 already in sweden
@F-Man7 жыл бұрын
Man you are so lucky! I drove a Formula 2000 car and I thought that was cool! :P
@Dbil3607 жыл бұрын
I was there that beautiful day. Nice drive Kevin. I drove the Prost V10 that day. Awesome!
@KevinJohnson-gs6xn7 жыл бұрын
How amazing is that??!! There's some footage of you driving it- those guys who were running around filming go under the name of Tigerstripe and they're putting stuff out on Instagram and Facebook
@Dbil3607 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Happy to share my experience with someone who did it!
@moreflowfalls24044 жыл бұрын
I envy you guys. One day I hope to do this.....
@oaga71625e7 жыл бұрын
Nice cock! Good drive!
@FTBBCRedline7 жыл бұрын
Nice work sir.
@IceFish.7 жыл бұрын
This is awesome well done!
@thetrash65147 жыл бұрын
That looks fucking amazing! Well done for keeping it on the black 👍
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Such a shame you got held up by the slower car. For what these experiences cost I'd expect to be sent out one at a time or with similarly matched drivers so my laps aren't wasted in traffic.
You were straight out the blocks😆 Brilliant drive,I must do this!
Where is the full video that he also gets mad at the reporter who just wants to get in to this car....
How hard is brake pedal:
About the same as a road car. Quite a lot of travel in both throttle and brake pedals too
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn left foot brake?
@@CrazyforAuto yes, you have to use your left foot
your better lap is around 20sec slower than a f1 driver pace, not bad
hey kevin. I commented on one of your other videos a while back. I have this driving experience at the top of my to-do/wish list right now. Will hopefully go early or mid 2022, since i can't make it to the november one. Must be quite the experience to be on your mind all the time, even 4 years later! I may opt to do the Jaguar R2 first, then do the williams another year. Will you be going again? The car appears to be painted differently now. Perhaps the Paul-ricard experience would be a good supplement since you've already done the spain one.
It's definitely a to-do again Keith. In fact the Jag was my first choice and I changed it to the Williams because it had blown its engine. The big issue is the weather- I didn't want bad weather spoiling a hyper-expensive day. Plus, and I didn't appreciate this before, when it's nice and warm you don't need to stress about keeping temperature in your tyres. To be honest, I'd do Barcelona again. In a heartbeat.
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn Cool kevin. Question- is this the footage they sell as an add-on? or did you hire an external videographer? I was thinking of bringing a friend because some of the footage i saw from LRS looked to be a few years behind the times in terms of quality of the cameras.. But if this is the footage they sell, i may as well buy it from them.
@@yesssigotmail I took 3 friends out with me and it's still difficult to cover the circuit- some of the footage was with static cameras.. I bought the in car footage from LRS, but the cars need to be heard from the outside. What you hear in the car is what you hear on the in car footage. It's so damn expensive to do I was determined to extract all the goodness from it..
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn I agree completely. I may hire someone to bring a drone quadcopter out to film when i go.. I'll send you a DM with the footage afterwards if it goes well. Hehe..
Looking forward to seeing Johnny's video on this if he got to drive it , as hinted in his video! Thanks for introducing me to a new obsession... LB STRs! Thanks for giving the internet access for the tour, it was amazing!
What a noise. The LB Stratos is a bucket list car - is yours a Stradale body or a wide arch?
yes man Excellent job...
You can drive it, man! If you would practice for a month or two you'd be almost a pro!
Sounds beautiful!! Can you please give me some information about the system. Off mode and on mode stages ? Any resonation on highway ? I’ve been thinking of buying one. Thanks
Not a huge amount of experience with it yet mate, but no issue whatsoever on highway runs, no resonance. It's a beautiful sound, and I'll almost certainly leave it on loud for everything apart from early morning starts. But that's the kicker, you can turn it off, and then the car is quieter than it' ever been. We took it off the truck early in the morning, and despite it being parked right outside our bedroom window, my wife was convinced we'd pushed it off.
Kevin Johnson thank you so much for the detailed answer.. 🙏 enjoy it to the fullest !
Nice engine sound, as if thre was no rev. limitation... What was the lap times?
Hi kevin, I am thinking about doing this drive. I have not driven any other race cars to date (closes thing would be a Ferrari f430 scuderia). How are the G forces? Are they tolerable for the untrained?
Hi Keith, you'll have no problem. I don't race anything or do track days even, so pretty green. Physically it was easy, I think you really need to be pushing it to have trouble with your neck etc. I wasn't confident enough to do that. The biggest physical problem was the airstream trying to lift the helmet off my head, taking my head with it...
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn thanks Kevin. Have you done any of the other drives through LRS?
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn also, one more question- did you train on any simulators? Or play a f1 game before this?
@@yesssigotmail No Keith, no other drives, with anyone! And yes I did a few sessions on a sim at Mark Blundell's place in Royston. This was mainly to learn the circuit, I didn't want to spend expensive laps getting familiar. I wrote up a full description on Pistonheads. www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1682942
Busso engine?
Yes!
Excellent job! THE best experience posted on KZread so far!
what is the price and where can you book?
Decent enough that
How can I drive an F1 car ? Can I pay for this type of experience?
adren-a-line.com/
Brilliant drive Kevin. I was in the Benetton in this video. Yeah the slow poke with the rev restricted engine. For those not familiar with this driving school. They have a bronze, silver and gold package with each one allowing higher RPM and more powerful engines. Sorry I messed up your lap there Kevin. I was having problems on the downshift as it didn't always register every time you hit it which isn't exactly confidence building at 160-170mph at those braking points. I did lift coming onto the main straight once I saw the blue flags but I floored it as soon as you came along side and you left me for dead! Well done I tip my hat to you for getting the extra performance out of that car. You are a racer!
Hi Eamonn! That was just an amazing day, and I could see that the Benetton was a handful. The Williams is no doubt the faster, more well sorted car. I started a thread on pistonheads, but KZread doesn't like you posting links. Username is 456MGT. If it wasn't so much money to do it, I'd make it an annual pilgrimage. Let me know if you're going again!
Hi Eamonn, I know the cars. Generally they don’t restrict anything but problems in downshifting it’s something different that’s right you had a good line, the Benetton car doesn’t have a chance to follow the Williams at all. It is 13 years younger and its more powerful. Good job man
@@janjay666 The website says the Benetton is limited to 650 bhp. It was nearer 800 in race spec. The Williams is limited too - rev limit down to 16000, and of course, without the KERS. They use the same car for bronze and silver packages increasing the BHP limit each time. The packages are formatted similar to the long-standing and quite successful NASCAR driving experience in the US, where they unlock more BHP as you go up the packages. They shouldn't have released the Bronze package Beneton so close in front of the Gold package Williams.
Eamonn - I can relate. I drove the Benetton two weeks ago at Magny-Cours and it did not downshift properly for me either. Still a rocket, though.
10:37 SAD
Was this car restricted? I thought that was the case with experience days but you seem almost flat out at 3:11 on the straight!!!! awesome!
They wind them back to around 16K (from 18) I think Dan, but that's it. They were pretty cool about you wringing it out, everything except putting it in the gravel actaully
@@KevinJohnson-gs6xn 2013
This was with lrs right? I was on the track on the 5th driving an F3 car.
, have u driven the fw29 already in sweden
Man you are so lucky! I drove a Formula 2000 car and I thought that was cool! :P
I was there that beautiful day. Nice drive Kevin. I drove the Prost V10 that day. Awesome!
How amazing is that??!! There's some footage of you driving it- those guys who were running around filming go under the name of Tigerstripe and they're putting stuff out on Instagram and Facebook
Thanks! Happy to share my experience with someone who did it!
I envy you guys. One day I hope to do this.....
Nice cock! Good drive!
Nice work sir.
This is awesome well done!
That looks fucking amazing! Well done for keeping it on the black 👍
Brilliant