Need for Speed: Interview with Alan van der Merwe
Reaching 400km/h in a Formula One car in the middle of the desert doesn't sound like a big challenge, does it? Well, there is a lot more to it than it seems, and spinning at 380km/h is not something you want to do often. Dieter Rencken talked to Bonneville 400 driver Alan van der Merwe about the record-breaking project
When BAR-Honda and primary sponsor Lucky Strike announced at Monza a year ago their Bonneville 400 project, which aimed to set an outright top-end benchmark for a Formula One car running within contemporary regulations save for mandatory safety equipment as required by the FIA and Bonneville's officials, more than a few cynics sneered.
Some even denounced it as a cheap publicity stunt which would divert the then-winless team's vital human and technical resources.
Share Or Save This Story
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.