Vettel bought himself a present

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 09/02/2020 at 15:52 • Filed to: Sebastian Vettel, Williams, F1

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I suppose it’s a good investment you can look at though too.

Sebastian Vettel has treated himself to a new Williams, buying Nigel Mansell’s ‘Red 5’ FW14B from 1992.

According to reports in German media, Sebastian Vettel is consoling himself during a dire season on-track by buying himself an off-track treat.

Vettel is a well-known F1 history buff, and has bought himself Nigel Mansell’s 1992 title winning FW14B. This features the ‘Red 5’ which Mansell used that season, and is the number Vettel himself chose to race with when race numbers were re-introduced half a decade ago.

The sale price isn’t mentioned, but Bonhams auctioned off one of the six chassises in 2019 for a price tag of £2.7 million.

The FW14B was used to dominant effect by Mansell that season, winning nine out of sixteen races in his hands, while Riccardo Patrese also picked up a victory in Japan.

The FW14B was designed by Adrian Newey and featured the innovative active suspension system that was used to such devastating effect – making it one of the most techologically advanced cars to have ever raced, even speaking from a 2020 perspective.

It’s unlikely that Vettel will have a chance to drive the car any time soon, while still under Ferrari contract, if he even wants to. He hasn’t given any indication whether it will be a garage queen, or whether Vettel could use it at a track day at some point in 2021.

Unfortunately for Vettel, he won’t be allowed to race it this weekend at Monza in place of his Ferrari SF1000, no matter how much he begs and pleads.

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boredalways > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:00

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A guaranteed podium finish...if it was allowed today.  But definitely his first win of the season!

Darkbrador > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:01

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In a parallel universe, where one can race any F1 of any brand/year/regulations, would this car be competitive against 2020 models ?

( I assume not, but you know what they say about assuming ...)

Some Formula One nerd here to compare lap times the n and now ?

ttyymmnn > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:06

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Probably still faster than his current ride. 

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:08

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Jelly

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Darkbrador 09/02/2020 at 16:12

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Well Brundle keeps calling the current Mercedes the fastest car of all time and the best to drive. This is a 2017 graph. But some of the tracks have changed too and we don’t race at others anymore. 

Nothing > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:13

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He finally caught up to me!

TheJWT > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:18

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With the money he’s making at Ferrari I would’ve thought he could do better than a 90's Renault...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Darkbrador 09/02/2020 at 16:19

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Using Fastest lap, Mansell would be 5 seconds slower than Hamilton. Though the new design monza has 2 corners with more aggressive chicanes, and new cars having   150more hp. And tires being s toss up. New cars don’t have traction control of abs or the active suspension as mentioned above. 

ClassicDatsunDebate > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:25

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Remembering how good Bull was before Red took them over.

For Sweden > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:27

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How is the spare parts availability?

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > ttyymmnn 09/02/2020 at 16:54

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Th ere it is!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 09/02/2020 at 16:56

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There’s a company that builds motors to stick in cars like this so you can drive them without risking the F1 engine!

user314 > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 17:02

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How good are you with CAD/CAM and a 3d printer?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 17:31

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Yeah it would be hard to believe they could run it much or at all, but in this new age of scanning and 3D printing they might come up with spares. They swap engines in the old racers as well I think since the lifespan was so short. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheJWT 09/02/2020 at 17:34

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He’s about to make less, but I’m sure he has plenty. His pay cut ahead will be enough for most people... to live off the interest from I’m sure.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 18:12

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if anyone has the engineering contacts to make new parts its Vettel.
Judd will still reverse engineer just about anything on a car for a price too.

For Sweden > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 09/02/2020 at 18:14

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Are his engineering contacts at Ferrari?

RallyWrench > TheJWT 09/02/2020 at 20:04

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Good Twingos are hard to find, he settled. 

zipfuel > For Sweden 09/02/2020 at 21:14

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Regrettably Infiniti , if you recall he was their “director of performance”...