You can watch a dyno run with the sister car here: In back there’s an ATL Florocell 600 fuel cell. Several parts from AEM are onboard to keep it all running smoothly, including AEM Electronics Infinity 8 EMS, an AEM fuel regulator, an AEM 25-201 fuel filter, and two AEM 380 LPH fuel pumps. Speaking of fuel, the Corolla Hatch drifter runs on E85, which is sprayed through a quartet of 2,000cc Injector Dynamics fuel injectors. The valves are also larger than stock, with a Supertech Performance valvetrain and custom rockers controlling the air and fuel. Portflow Design is responsible for the cylinder headwork, while ARP studs hold it all down. The compression ratio is rated 10.5:1, with a JE piston kit included with the internal upgrades. The 2AR’s displacement is upped to 2.7 liters from the standard 2.5 liters. Then there’s the unique five-door body style, which is enhanced by a custom carbon-fiber widebody kit. Beyond the extensive rear-wheel drive conversion and complementary bespoke suspension, the Toyota also arrives to the party with half as many cylinders as most of its competitors, while still producing four-figures on the dyno thanks to mind-blowing levels of boost and a hearty shot of nitrous. Of course, breaking away from the pack has been a staple of team owner Stephan Papadakis’ career, and it shows everywhere in this latest build. Nevertheless, Papadakis Racing has transformed the modern front-wheel drive twelfth-generation 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback into a winning entry in the cutthroat Formula Drift Championship. However, in the 30-plus years since the demise of the original 86, the Corolla has been a bit of a pariah when it comes to the business of getting sideways and smoky. No racing driver likes to watch his car get raced by someone else.The Toyota Corolla nameplate has deep roots in drifting, most notably with the AE86 “Hachi-Roku” produced during the ‘80s. In any event, he will certainly be sorry to be sitting out the next race at Monza. He has an opportunity to show his maturity by returning to the grid in Singapore more composed and controlled. Grosjean will now have some time on the sidelines to reflect on the incident. There are also likely to be consequences within the team, as he caused an enormous amount of costly damage to the car and is now unable to race at the next round, which will affect his team’s efforts in the Constructors’ Championship. In any event, if he thought he was that far ahead, then why the aggressive move?Ĭonsidering the potentially disastrous consequences of his on-track conduct, Grosjean’s one-race ban is certainly appropriate. He was not, but perhaps he could not see that. He claimed that he thought he was already completely past Hamilton. In Grosjean’s defense, it must be admitted that the drivers have limited peripheral vision, due to high cockpit sides that assist in driver head and neck protection. A more gradual move across the track would have given Hamilton more time to react, and Grosjean could have made the corner in a good position. Grosjean’s aggressive move across the track was anything but cautious. Races are not generally won and lost in the first corner (except perhaps at Monaco, as David Coulthard pointed out during his BBC commentary on Sunday), and so it is fairly obvious that surviving the start should be a priority to any driver. Also in 2009, Henry Surtees was killed in a Formula Two race when a wheel from another crashed car hit him on the head.Ĭonsidering the dangers involved, a certain amount of caution is required from drivers. Massa was in critical condition for some time and spent the second half of the season recovering before returning to Formula One in 2010. In 2009, Felipe Massa suffered a near-fatal accident in which a spring from another car hit his helmet. The greatest safety risk in open-cockpit racing is the driver’s head, as it is exposed and therefore vulnerable to direct impact. But the crash highlighted the dangers involved in single-seater racing, and the potentially catastrophic consequences of irresponsible driving. Fortunately, that was not the case and everyone walked away from the crash apparently uninjured. It looked at first glance as though Alonso had taken a blow to the helmet, which would almost certainly have been fatal. The stewards handed Grosjean a one-race ban and a hefty fine, which he accepted without argument.įrom a spectator point of view, the incident was terrifying. At the start of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, Romain Grosjean veered sharply to the right-hand side of the track, pushing Lewis Hamilton onto the grass and triggering an accident that saw Grosjean’s Lotus launch over the back of Sergio Perez’s Sauber and very nearly connect with Fernando Alonso’s head.
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