F1 Prelude Safety car ??

Strangerover · Post by **Strangerover** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:36 pm

Having had my love of prelude re-energised (Have had Gen 2&3) just bought a Gen 4, still to collect...

However I picked up that Honda used the 1994 Prelude as a Safety car in the 1994 Japanese F1 Grand Prix

However I can only find one very poor photo....

Has anyone got any more info as I think having a car that's been used in F1 adds extra kudos !

eddie_squidd · Post by **eddie_squidd** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:37 pm

An NSX sounds more likely.

Strangerover · Post by **Strangerover** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 7:44 pm

No, seriously, they used a Prelude !
I have done some research and keep finding the same front end photo, it was a wet race and they used a Prelude

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.redd ... ar_part_1/

eddie_squidd · Post by **eddie_squidd** » Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:18 pm

Fair do’s!

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Sep 18, 2018 5:56 pm

Yep they used a 3rd Gen, definitely. Hadn't picked up on them using a 4th Gen, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Strangerover · Post by **Strangerover** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:42 am

When was the 3rd gen used ???? Can't find anything on that, have had a couple of them

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:48 pm

Oops, I did actually edit my last post with more info, but it was on the train while coming up to my stop, so looks like I didn't save it

Can't find the 3rd gen footage right now, but skip to 1:13 and 2:19 on here and you'll see the sexiest safety car ever

[youtube]UAApJAcbjvs[/youtube]

Post by **Vtecmec** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:57 pm

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:10 pm

I heard they had to stop using the 4g as safety car because it was actually too fast - the f1 cars couldn't keep up, so that made it rubbish as a safety car

Post by **Vtecmec** » Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:12 pm

Sounds about right.