The Supercars version was actually based on the looks of the old Lola T332 - T430 series Formula 5000 cars, not an old F1 car of the 1980s.
Personally I like what they have come up with for S5000. A high powered open wheel racer with minimal aero grip that relies on driver skill and being able to set up the car. On some tracks around Australia, the lack of downforce that's been deliberately engineered into the car (e.g. the smaller rear wing than the F3 version of the Ligier) will see the car's actually slower than the F3's despite the S5000's having upwards of 560 bhp from the Ford V8. Tracks like Winton, Sydney Motorsport Park, Mallala, Barbagallo etc ... tracks with either a short lap or a lot of corners will see them on occasions being slower. Even The Bend with its 290 km/h, 1 km long straight has seen F3's lap quicker (so far). But at others where horsepower comes into play, places like Sandown, Bathurst, Phillip Island, Queensland Raceway, Symmons Plains, those tracks should see the S5000's taking outright lap records. In fact, that's already happened at Sandown where the S5000 (and outright) lap record is now 2.9 seconds faster than any F3 time there.
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I did not know that Wilson Security sponsored car racing.
The Supercars version was actually based on the looks of the old Lola T332 - T430 series Formula 5000 cars, not an old F1 car of the 1980s.
Personally I like what they have come up with for S5000. A high powered open wheel racer with minimal aero grip that relies on driver skill and being able to set up the car. On some tracks around Australia, the lack of downforce that's been deliberately engineered into the car (e.g. the smaller rear wing than the F3 version of the Ligier) will see the car's actually slower than the F3's despite the S5000's having upwards of 560 bhp from the Ford V8. Tracks like Winton, Sydney Motorsport Park, Mallala, Barbagallo etc ... tracks with either a short lap or a lot of corners will see them on occasions being slower. Even The Bend with its 290 km/h, 1 km long straight has seen F3's lap quicker (so far). But at others where horsepower comes into play, places like Sandown, Bathurst, Phillip Island, Queensland Raceway, Symmons Plains, those tracks should see the S5000's taking outright lap records. In fact, that's already happened at Sandown where the S5000 (and outright) lap record is now 2.9 seconds faster than any F3 time there.
This looks good. Very excited about this