Quite the camera mount...

[Tommo99]

Picture from Pistonheads.  Their caption: 

 

We’re at the Nurburgring where Volkswagen is attempting to set the EV Nordschleife record with the ID.R. How best to keep up with such a beast?

The high-speed tracking car caught our attention, a former Westfield racer wearing a serious camera rig. It’s got a Honda CBR engine making around 160hp and the guys operating it say it’s far better suited to the ‘Ring than anything more exotic...

[Andrew]

That scaffolding must dull the car's performance a little.. 😉

[CraigHew]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

That scaffolding must dull the car's performance a little.. 😉

 

Handy for when you come to lift the engine out tho....😀

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

Looks very interesting, but that looks like a Caterham and not a Westfield. see link

[SootySport]

Unusual cage😯

[Tommo99]

1 hour ago, Rhett - Joint Black Country AO said:

Looks very interesting, but that looks like a Caterham and not a Westfield. see link

 

It is indeed! Took the post at face value and didn't even look closely.  Bit of free press for Westfield from PistonHeads there!

[JamesT]

This Article hints that it might be a prelit westfield

 

[GaryD1971]

I had to look twice as the way the light is shining off the bonnet and scuttle makes it look like the swage lines only found on the westfields. 

[NigelO]

That's not gonna help the already-poor aerodynamics....

 

Good publicity for Sevens and their derivatives, but I'm slightly surprised that this is the best solution - I would have thought something a bit more modern would have done better, but I suppose this is a great balance between performance and cost

[Rhett Turner - Black Country AO]

4 minutes ago, NigelO said:

I would have thought something a bit more modern would have done better

The only more modern car I can think that would do better would be an Arial Atom unless you go real silly money. Then how much better for how much more money.

[NigelO]

The film company describe it as a “Lotus Super Seven”, with a weight of 400kg and a CBR1000 engine.

 

theres a brief article and video about it on their website

[Blatman]

I think it's a pre-lit. Caterhams all have narrow tunnels with rounded tops. Some pre-lits may have too but the vast majority of Westfields have that sort of tunnel between driver and passenger. Also Caterham dash panels don't usually turn down towards the "door".