Other than Nick Mason and Rowan Atkinson, who else owns an F1?
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Not likely a serious question, but that's the clear bra guy's car with rolls of product.
Yes, most definitely the same car. Because the factory are doing the work in almost every case, there doesn't seem to be any stigma associated with a lack of originality. A new owner can simply have what they want as their ideal F1.
This is another example of a transformation where you'd never recognize it as the original car:
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I think if I were to buy one and it wasn't exactly what I want I would probably do the same.Not likely a serious question, but that's the clear bra guy's car with rolls of product.
Yes, most definitely the same car. Because the factory are doing the work in almost every case, there doesn't seem to be any stigma associated with a lack of originality. A new owner can simply have what they want as their ideal F1.
This is another example of a transformation where you'd never recognize it as the original car:
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They'll do LM conversions?Not likely a serious question, but that's the clear bra guy's car with rolls of product.
Yes, most definitely the same car. Because the factory are doing the work in almost every case, there doesn't seem to be any stigma associated with a lack of originality. A new owner can simply have what they want as their ideal F1.
This is another example of a transformation where you'd never recognize it as the original car:
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A high downforce kit (HDF) is offered by the factory (usually includes front splitter/rear wing and 18 wheels) but there are others better placed to answer this than me!
The UK index F1GTR is available for sale...enquiries to sales@dashmount.co.uk
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The grey ones are always easiest to identify (kidding). 
The only connection to a famous person of Formula One that I am aware of with an F1 would have been chassis 023 which for a period of time in the beginning of the last decade was owned by Paul Stewart, son of racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart. This car was in the UK on British plates at the time though.
The other possibility is a slightly more obvious one and that would be chassis 'XP3', the third prototype, owned by the car's creator Gordon Murray who has an obvious connection to Formula One as well. He has a summer home in Dordogne, France and (perhaps) on occasion he may bring the F1 there. It's another UK registered car, but does fit your description.
Other than that - can't help you with anything more specific.
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The only connection to a famous person of Formula One that I am aware of with an F1 would have been chassis 023 which for a period of time in the beginning of the last decade was owned by Paul Stewart, son of racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart. This car was in the UK on British plates at the time though.
The other possibility is a slightly more obvious one and that would be chassis 'XP3', the third prototype, owned by the car's creator Gordon Murray who has an obvious connection to Formula One as well. He has a summer home in Dordogne, France and (perhaps) on occasion he may bring the F1 there. It's another UK registered car, but does fit your description.
Other than that - can't help you with anything more specific.
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now that's not right is it E, how about the one that was owned by a Night Club owner in 98 that got sold to a F1 driver? don't tell me you don't know.....The grey ones are always easiest to identify (kidding).
The only connection to a famous person of Formula One that I am aware of with an F1 would have been chassis 023 which for a period of time in the beginning of the last decade was owned by Paul Stewart, son of racing legend Sir Jackie Stewart. This car was in the UK on British plates at the time though.
The other possibility is a slightly more obvious one and that would be chassis 'XP3', the third prototype, owned by the car's creator Gordon Murray who has an obvious connection to Formula One as well. He has a summer home in Dordogne, France and (perhaps) on occasion he may bring the F1 there. It's another UK registered car, but does fit your description.
Other than that - can't help you with anything more specific.
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Is chassis #014 still in New York? There is a car show outside of Philadelphia in little over a week and it is rumored that an F1 will be attending. Everyone that I know who is going is skeptical if that is true or not. Do you know anything about other F1s currently in the Northeast?
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I am certain a few F1s are in the Northeast and I would strongly suspect 014 would be one of them. I don't prowl any owner's garages, but I have not heard of any potential ownership change with that one.
As for whether it will come out for that show - or whether any F1 will come out for that show, you'd have to ask the people who have the cars. Very rarely does an F1 owner broadcast where they plan to be with their car for obvious reasons.
If you are referring to the CF Charities show, the same promise/suggestion of an F1 in attendance was made in advance of the event last year and for whatever reason there was not one at the show. Could have been an unfortunate last-minute cancellation or maybe just be a great way to sell tickets?
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As for whether it will come out for that show - or whether any F1 will come out for that show, you'd have to ask the people who have the cars. Very rarely does an F1 owner broadcast where they plan to be with their car for obvious reasons.
If you are referring to the CF Charities show, the same promise/suggestion of an F1 in attendance was made in advance of the event last year and for whatever reason there was not one at the show. Could have been an unfortunate last-minute cancellation or maybe just be a great way to sell tickets?
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CF Charities event in Warminster? There is an orange F1 that does some of the Driving Force Club events in the area, so that could be. I'm wondering if any F1s will be at the Greenwich Concours this weekend.
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I can add that there are sightly more than a handful of F1s that are probably in North America but which have slipped from the radar in the past 9-12 months too so there could be a number of not-so-obvious possibilities. Three of them are new comers to the USA and another three have been sold and have gone to locations unknown, perhaps in one or two cases even out of the country. The quest never truly ends with these things.
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I know Day 1 was posted in the F1 crash thread but I thought I'd bring both of the videos to this thread regardless.
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