There are three routes into a Formula 1 car for most people: be very quick, very lucky or very rich. However, thanks to Cars International Kensington, there’s now a fourth – and you’ve only got to be pretty rich to qualify. It’s called PF1, our man Chris Harris has tried it out, and you can watch his video reports on it by clicking the links below.PF1 is a scheme that offers anyone with the cash the chance to buy their own post-year-2000 Formula 1 car. The company will maintain it for you, and bring it to several track events every year. Membership of the scheme costs £2500, and running costs are likely to be around £40,000 a year. Oh, and you’ll have to buy your own car, and that’ll set you back between £300,000 and £400,000. However, even those prices, Cars International reckon, open the scheme up to ‘wealthy as well as the super-rich’.Chris Harris got two goes in a Jaguar R5 F1 car maintained in the PF1 programme at an icy Silverstone circuit last month, and he also got an indepth chat with F1 legend Martin Brundle while he was there. And the resulting videos are essential viewing for anyone who’s ever wondered if they could do what F1 drivers do 19 weekends a year.Chris Harris drives an F1 car: the build-upChris Harris drives an F1 car: the actionChris Harris drives an F1 car: Brundle debriefs
