The Golden Age GP will host atmospheric F1 cars

Formula 1 cars built between 1987 and 1994 will be demonstrated in Dijon-Prenois.

Published on 08/02/2022 à 11:06

Medhi Casaurang

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The Golden Age GP will host atmospheric F1 cars

The Formula 1 cars from the turn of the 1990s will arrive in Dijon-Prenois (here at Silverstone in 1990). © DPPI

The Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or is one of the major events on the calendar peter car. Returning in force in 2021 after a one-year absence linked to the coronavirus, the historic meeting based on the Dijon-Prenois circuit (Côte-d'Or) will receive from June 3 to 5, 2022 a field reserved for Formula 1 old.

Old, certainly, but quite recent, since these single-seaters will be brought together in the Formula Legends 3.5 field, which concerns models with 3.5 liter naturally aspirated engines from the years 1987 to 1994.

This program is unique since the Dijon track served as the French Formula 1 Grand Prix between 1974 and 1984. Spectators present at the Grand Prix de l'Âge d'Or will therefore see for the first time the McLaren, Ferrari, Williams and other independent teams ride in demonstrations.

Le plaisir visuel s’accompagnera d’un plaisir auditif ! C’est en effet au tournant des années 1990 que les motoristes s’en sont donnés à coeur joie. Cette règlementation relativement libérale des « 3.5 atmosphériques », en vigueur pendant huit saisons (les deux premières en cohabitation avec les 1.5 turbo), permettent de confronter des architectures moteurs différentes avec, d’un côté, les V8 des adeptes du light is right* (Ford, Judd, Yamaha, etc.) ; de l’autre les V12 des partisans de la puissance « quoi qu’il en coûte » (Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, etc.) ; et au milieu les V10 des plus pragmatiques (Renault, honda, Peugeot , etc.). Without forgetting the illuminated Flat-12 (Subaru) or W12 (Rocchi). In short, unique mechanics with powerful sounds, among the most melodious in history, capable of exceeding 14.000 rpm.

Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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