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Formula 1 Benetton B190
At Prescott Hill Climb near Cheltenham The Bugatti Owners Club celebrated, for the seventh time, La Vie en Bleu (Life is Blue). This is celebration of French motoring culture. This is Nelson Piquet's Benetton B190 that was driven to victory at Suzuka and Adelaide. It is ownd and driven by John Reaks. It is maintained by Michael (Jakey) Jakeman who was the grarbox race team engineer for Piquet and then Michael Schumacher. For all the petrol heads the car is powered by a Ford F1 V8 3.5l normally aspirated engine producing 650 bhp at 11,500 rpm. Transmission is a 6 speed manual H pattern with a 5.5" triple plate carbon fibre clutch.
Oh yes and it's VERY LOUD
Formula 1 Benetton B190
At Prescott Hill Climb near Cheltenham The Bugatti Owners Club celebrated, for the seventh time, La Vie en Bleu (Life is Blue). This is celebration of French motoring culture. This is Nelson Piquet's Benetton B190 that was driven to victory at Suzuka and Adelaide. It is ownd and driven by John Reaks. It is maintained by Michael (Jakey) Jakeman who was the grarbox race team engineer for Piquet and then Michael Schumacher. For all the petrol heads the car is powered by a Ford F1 V8 3.5l normally aspirated engine producing 650 bhp at 11,500 rpm. Transmission is a 6 speed manual H pattern with a 5.5" triple plate carbon fibre clutch.
Oh yes and it's VERY LOUD