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.
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