Forti FG03-96 - Motorsports Almanac

off the 107% time. Badoer then went on to finish in 10th, 4 laps down. The promise continued at Monaco,
where both cars qualified, but in the wet acclimatisation period on race day, Montermini crashed coming out
of the tunnel and did not start. Badoer then took out Jacques Villeneuve in the race. Things then took a
backward step in Spain where neither made it, but Badoer was only 0.3s away from the cut. But here's where
the story took a dramatic turn for the worse. In stepped the Shannon Group, offering much-needed finance,
which Forti accepted with open arms. The cars were repainted red, green and white, and the group took over
the running of the team. For a time, things looked OK, despite Montermini retiring with loose ballast, and
Badoer with a gearbox problem in Montreal.
SHANNON GROUP DELIVERS THE FINAL BLOW
Yet come France it was clear that Shannon wasn't actually delivering any money, and the debts, especially to
Cosworth, were accumulating rapidly. At Magny-Cours, both cars pulled out during the race, apparently
because they had used up their engine mileage. Things got even worse at Silverstone, where Cosworth
wouldn't give the team any new engines because they were owed so much money. As a result, in practice the
team filled both cars up with as much fuel as necessary to use up what mileage was left on their last two
engines, and both cars stopped out on the track after two laps and did not qualify. Guido Forti tried to wrest
control of his team away from the Shannon Group, but found his hands tied. The cars went to Hockenheim,
but with no engines and no prospects of money, neither car ventured out onto the track, and right there and
then Forti closed its doors. In hindsight it was an almighty shame; when they had the money, they had an
awful car, but it was when they had a good car, that the money eventually ran out. © 2000 Formula One Rejects
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The opportunity for you, a friend or a relative to participate in this ultimate Motorsports Driving Day. Each
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from the relatively inexperienced to the more experienced driver. The year 1995 saw the birth of a new
Formula 1 team - Forti Corse. Under the guidance of their founder Guido Forti, the original race team had
enjoyed many years of successful racing in the International F3000 Championship. With the combined driving
talents of young driver Pedro Diniz and the more experienced Roberto Moreno, the future of the new Formula
1 team was promising. Sponsorship problems however, kept the team from developing its true potential, and
the Forti Formula 1 team closed at the end of the 1996 F1 season. The last of the Forti Formula 1 cars, driven
during the 1996 by Luca Badoer - Ferrari’s F1 current test driver, is now owned by Aintree Racing School and
used for Aintree’s Formula 1 Driving Experience! Like any modern age F1 car, the Forti FG03 is truly a
masterpiece of automotive technology, and provides an incredible race car driving experience for any fan or
race driver who always dreamed of experiencing the power and handling of a Formula 1 car. During the
course of the program, drivers will be prepped by driving race ready MG ZR saloon cars, Formula 1600 cars,
F3 cars, and finally the Forti FG03. Climb to the top of the racing ladder in 1 single day! In January 2000 at the
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unveiled their unique 'F1 Driving Experience' day - where you can drive their modern F1 car. The Forti FG03 is
little changed since 1996, a more reliable 600 bhp Nicholson Mclaren V8 Cosworth AC powerplant has
replaced the EC engine. The gearbox is now a ’95 Forti Corse 6-speed manual sequential unit with Race Logic
traction control and launch control. The car runs on Avon rubber. Program prices Prices (including VAT) - F1
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FORTI FG03-96 – RACE SUMMARY
Date Race # Driver Chassis Qual Qual time + PP Result Points
05/05/96 San Marino 22 Badoer FG03/1 21 1'32.037 5.147 10 TH – 4 laps -
19/05/96 Monaco 22 Badoer FG03/1 21 1'25.059 4.703 60 laps – collision -
19/05/96 Monaco 23 Montermini FG03/2 22 1'25.393 5.037 DNS – warm-up crash -
02/06/96 Spain 22 Badoer FG03/1 21 1'26.615 5.965 DNQ – over 107% -
02/06/96 Spain 23 Montermini FG03/2 22 1'27.358 6.708 DNQ – over 107% -
16/06/96 Canada 22 Badoer FG03/1 20 1'25.012 3.953 44 laps – gearbox -
16/06/96 Canada 23 Montermini FG03/2 22 1'26.109 5.050 22 laps – electrical -
30/06/96 France 22 Badoer FG03/1 20 1'20.562 4.573 29 laps – fuel system -
30/06/96 France 23 Montermini FG03/2 21 1'20.647 4.658 2 laps – electrical -
14/07/96 Great Britain 22 Badoer FG03/1 22 1'35.304 8.429 DNQ – over 107% -
14/07/96 Great Britain 23 Montermini FG03/2 21 1'35.206 8.331 DNQ – over 107% -
28/07/96 Germany 22 Badoer FG03/1 - no time - Never took to the track -
28/07/96 Germany 23 Montermini FG03/2 - no time - Never took to the track -