The lake Lovozero in the Murmansk region on a modified race car series GP2 pilot SMP Racing Mikhail Aleshin set two records.
The film tells the story of the first in Russia and the world for a unique sports event: the high-speed race car formular in the harsh northern climate, 150 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle.
Speed record on the car GP2 Series on the ice of a frozen lake — 225.98 km / h.
This is the highest value for this class of car. And the speed, and the fact that the first race circuits in the Arctic, the exact coordinates of 67.98, 35.07 — all noted representatives of the Russian Book of Records as two separate records.
The most important part of the project was the process of preparing the expedition. Under the conditions of the Far North team of specialists for several months to plan and prepare for an unusual route of arrival, and technicians upgraded and adapted racing car that is not designed for operation in extremely cold climates. In preparing the machines use a special engine oil and oil for gearboxes, custom cooling and brake fluids. control strip has been installed under the bottom for driving on snow and ice, was considerably softened the suspension and maximize downforce
During races on the Lovozero there were two major problems of the technical plan. Firstly, due to the oil leakage in the engine and the lack of appropriate spare parts, it was decided to temporarily change the layout of the oil system. Secondly, in the harsh conditions of the Arctic Failure of an external starter several times, and the team found a special solution: the shaft fixing has been used part of the steering column.
Despite all the obstacles and unforeseen circumstances, the protagonist of the «first polar Formula» Mikhail Aleshin managed to conquer the Arctic and put two records.
The most important part of the project was the process of preparing the expedition. Under the conditions of the Far North team of specialists for several months to plan and prepare for an unusual route of arrival, and technicians upgraded and adapted racing car that is not designed for operation in extremely cold climates. In preparing the machines use a special engine oil and oil for gearboxes, custom cooling and brake fluids. control strip has been installed under the bottom for driving on snow and ice, was considerably softened the suspension and maximize downforce
Although the venue for the races carefully chosen for several months, the thaw, nagryanuvshaya eve of shooting has led to the fact that out of a thick layer of ice in some places escaped jets of water. I had to quickly look for another place. For delivery of the machine from the boxes to the track resourceful local experts cooked a huge steel sheet, which is placed on the car and dragged her for about three kilometers to the site of the shooting...
Alexander Torovtsev, sports agency «Manuscript»:
Despite all the obstacles and unforeseen circumstances, the protagonist of the «first polar Formula» Mikhail Aleshin managed to conquer the Arctic and put two records.
Adrenaline Rush project was for me and the technical team «invitation to a duel» with the climate, the weather, the track, in general, any circumstances that we met in February in the Arctic. Of course, the racing car has never found himself on the ice of a frozen lake at such northern latitudes, and all my experience of piloting here has been subjected to a severe test. But for me there is no word «impossible», there is only the word «easy»...
SMP Racing Pilot Mikhail Aleshin:
