Monaco comes to Sandton – earplugs required
Speed freaks and F1 fans will no doubt be chomping at the bit for Sunday the 29 July when the streets of Sandton will be turned into a mini Grand Prix track by the Renault F1 cars. If you’re on Facebook you can also read all about it on the Facebook group ‘F1 at our doorsteps’ that describes the event as: Word is out! The streets of Sandton are going to be alive with engine screaming when the Renault F1 team comes to Jozi! Come join the rest of us street freaks and see Fisichella and Nelson Piquet Junior get behind the wheel of the Renault F1 race car and rip up the Sandton tar at over 270km/h. Awesome ! Time and Place Date: Sunday, July 29, 2007 Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm Location: The heart of Sandton Street: West Road and Friedman Drive City/Town: Jozi Country: South Africa Thanks to Minesh Bhagaloo from Motoring.co.za for the heads up – read the full article: Businesses in central Sandton can rest easy. Colin Hale, a senior member of the international ING Renault F1 Road Show Team, has assured us that his F1 cars are unlikely, despite their screaming decibels, to shatter any office windows when they blast through the streets of Sandton, in Gauteng, on July 29. If anything, he reckons the buildings will amplify the 19 000rpm and give spectators a taste of Monaco-style F1 street racing Five months will have elapsed between the proposal being made and the lights going green . The office blocks are probably the least of Hale’s worries. After all, five months will have elapsed between the proposal being made and the lights going green. It’s a time frame that apparently involved Renault SA suggesting three venues and the logistics team coming here to choose the right one based on, among other things, the route, public access, road surface and general safety. Then the city had to give permission and the local organisers meet the many international requirements. Hale and his team run these road shows full-time; they’re not part of the core Renault F1 team we see on TV on Sundays but do have the F1 background and training and a full understanding of what makes not only the road show, but also real F1, tick. They also have the same pressures. Like the Renault F1 race team, Hale must oversee the dismantling of his very real brace of F1 cars Only the front and rear wings are detached for travel . Only the front and rear wings are detached for travel then the cars are put into an aluminium box and accompany 5000kg of...
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