Plato's legendary Caterham track test | Fifth Gear
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- First broadcast in 2014, in this episode of Fifth Gear Jason hits the track in a Caterham. For access to exclusive Fifth Gear content and all FULL episodes, join our channel / @fifthgearuk
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It makes a massive difference when you include the date it was first shown - thank you!!!!
2014
If you guys aren't listening to Plato and his mate Dave Vitty on the Fuelling Around podcast, you're missing out.
Fast forward some years and they’re now back to making their own version of the Lotus 7
Yes 😂
And i will still take his 1997 laguna super tourer any day!
When I hear his last name I always think about "the baked potato" from good old Top Gear news...😆
i think of my friend alex from secondary school
That news segment had me dying for a couple minutes lolll
Why is this ‘legendary’?
Agreed, No sword from the stone here.
Because you are here, consuming. That is how it works, words make us all flock to then be pissed off by normal stuff.
Lol
That Jason knows his stuff !
What ever happened to this car? Did Caterham actually sell any? After reading about it many years ago I’ve not seen anything else about it until this old video.
They made a handful but IIRC and some customers cancelled orders so the final numbers were much lower than planned.
This gives us an idea of progress over the last 7 years. 2.0l turbo hatchbacks now produce 400bhp. And sprint to 60 in less than 4 seconds.
But this is a third of the weight of the average hatchback. Also 2 litre engines have produced over 400hp for well over the last 10 years.
you're missing the fact that weight on a car is the single biggest factor affecting performance
This would be tens of seconds faster around a lap though. Racing cars are built to lap tracks quickly, which needs braking and cornering.
What was legendary in this? The level of clickbait?
Pretty cool, nice looking car
Buy a 320R save some money and drive to the track. You won't have the downforce but you will have the fun of hanging the back end out and the same acceleration. What do I know? My Caterham only had 135BPH but that was the second most fun you could have with your clothes on and a third of the money.
That’s the real problem with this thing. Cheaper thrills that are just as good
What is the lap difference between this and an Atom though?
I’m almost certain it’d be much, much, much faster. Lower CofG, 450kg of downforce, presumably running on slicks; it would be single seater or Radical fast.
@@RobManser77 well I'd expect it to be quicker yes, but I wanna know how much.
"radical fast" isn't much of a statement though, Atom's normally beat those.
@@BuzzaB77 I suppose if you pick a road legal Radical at a high ride height and compare it with a very quick Atom like the 500 V8 then yes, the Atom might be a bit quicker (as it was at the ring I think). I was referring to a normal/typical SR3, SR8 etc on slicks down at proper racing ride height, which is obviously in a different league to a normal/typical Atom like the 3.5R. Evo got the 3.5R at 1:12 around Anglesey, and that's quite a lot slower than a racing Radical or single seater (F3 Cup is 1:02, Monoposto at 40mm ride height is 1:04, etc).
Anyway, back to your question. Autocar said this Caterham was "three to four seconds a lap quicker than a BTCC car around Brands", which is pretty quick (www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/caterham/sp300r). The BTCC lap record is 48s around Brands Indy, so that would mean the Caterham 300R would be about 44-45s, which, exactly as I said, is down in quick single seater (e.g. FR/F3) territory. I've found some Atom Cup qualifying times in the dry and the pole lap was a 51.659 (www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=MSVR/2013/132351ato.pdf). So to answer your question, that's about 7-8 seconds faster for every minute. Edited to add: If it’s the GP circuit it’s obviously a bit less.
@@RobManser77 I’d think one of the only road legal cars that would be close to the SP300R would be a BAC Mono performance wise.
@@gam88a No downforce and road tyres though, along with a road ride height. Each of those factors is 1-3 seconds a lap.
Bring Tiff back…
SALUTI🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Ive got a cockpit surround from one of these I'm trying to sell
Not gonna sell it on YT comments.
@@Showmetheevidence- Yeah it's on the caterham forums. Most went to America though
If I was Caterham, I wouldn't even mention F1
Nice
Back when flashing from frame to frame was popular with film people, so you could hardly see a bloody thing!
Believe me us editors weren't too keen on them.
Shame about the F1 Team though!
You get a thumbs down for the clickbait
I thought he was going to write it off or something. Clickbait
Legendary???...
"It's illegal to drive on the road"
Like that's some sort of feat in Europe lmao
Not exactly legendary was it.
I'd say that thing was OK but 2nd best to Radicals. So Caterham focussed on what they do best, the 7
I'm am with you a street legal track is optimal and for me Mustang GT Performance Pack with the Magneride Suspension, and you can drive along the (at least for me ) California Mountains or Coastline... Need the Proper 6 Speed Manual Transmission to send it. I thought in 2015 that if Paddle Shifters are good enough for F1 drivers. It would be cool and I was so wrong. Within a month I was bored, and the the 6 Speed Manual Transmission. Thanks for sharing a cool race car 🏎🏁🙋👍
F1 team ?
In the past yes. Not anymore.
Former F1 team.
No one cares if you’re first.
But the first time you're first you have to post "first!".
These comments are schit. They’re the worst types of comments in the world.
Looks very unsafe, like something could fly off another car before you and chop off the driver's head.
"legendary"
Plato no potato
wtf was lengendary about that mediocre review ?
No, you buy the Dauer 962
Also made/ modified by Lola
Except Lola and Caterham are some of the worst F1 teams ever…
hmm 2.8sec 0-60 huh...yeah, like a Model X, 6 times the weight and faster 0-60...oh, and its comfy
yeah but slower around a corner by a significant margin, sure top speed and 0-60 is one thing but its all about minimum corner speed with prototypes, I work with cars similar to this and they'll go flat out around corners that road cars need to brake pretty heavy for.
@@raptormonkey253Jason brought up the 0-60 time, but sure, cornering is good, as you would expect with a car that weighs in close to a cup of coffee.
You have to appreciate the achievement, a vehicle that weighs close to 3 ton, has a 0-60 speed that rivals all super cars and most-multi million dollar hyper cars.
@@canadiankrispybacon1450 oh 100%, EV's bring a lot to the table. I mean look at the VW IDR, EV and aero is an absolutely insane combo
This is a rip off of Top Gear