Little observations

I was very fortunate to assist with the install of some of the Formula One cars – some little facts occured to me as we moving them into place:

The BRM P160 was the heaviest beastie:

The BRM P160. © Te Papa, 2009.

The Williams FW14B was the widest – very thoughtful moments as to which path to take it from the lift to the gallery…

The Williams wideboy.© Te Papa, 2009.

The lovely Lotus 16 is the most elderly – 1958, with the 2006 McLaren MP4-21 being the youngest whippersnapper

Unloading the Lotus 16. © Te Papa, 2009.

And the car that required the least amount of manoeuvring around was another of my favs – the Cooper T51. In fact it went around the corner past Inspiration Station in one go – a treat!

The Cooper T51 cornering nicely.© Te Papa, 2009.

Go to our Formula One™ – The Great Design Race website for the full list and basic specs of the cars

This entry was written by emmab, posted on 28 June 2009 at 1.50pm, filed under Exhibitions and tagged BRM P160, Cooper T51, F1, Formula One, Lotus 16, McLaren MP4-21, Williams FW14B. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

Sam Robinson

Posted 29 June 2009 at 10.15pm | Permalink

Im getting a bit too excited now after seeing all these photos!!!!!!!!!!
emmab

Posted 2 July 2009 at 10.34am | Permalink

Well then Sam – you’ll absolutely love seeing them for real
Diana-Grace

Posted 7 July 2009 at 9.52pm | Permalink

Love the photo of Cooper T51 moving past Inspiration Station! Great piks!
emmab

Posted 8 July 2009 at 9.29am | Permalink

Hey Diana-Grace

great shot eh! The Cooper was the second-last to be moved and it was a welcome relief to be able to simply push it around the Inspiration Station corner without stopping