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The Cheapest Way to Own an F1 Car
Written by: Autocar staff   http://www.autocar.co.uk
12/17/2007
London, UK
 
Full PF1 membership costs circa $600k. (LAT Photo) » More Photos

If you thought supercar clubs were expensive, the PF1 club puts them into perspective with a joining fee of £302,500, or around $610k.

Mind you, it's still the cheapest way to own an F1 car, which is exactly what's on offer.

The initial fee will buy you a post-2000 F1 racing car from PF1's pool of Super Aguris, Jaguars and Jordans, which is then your own car to do with as you please – whether you want to sell it on, or displaying it in your living room.

More importantly, being
a PF1 member means you get tuition from Marc Hynes, trainer to Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen, and the car will be fully maintained by ex-Williams engineer, Tim Preston.

Unfortunately, you only get to use the car with PF1 support for four events per year, all of which are held at full Formula 1 circuits.

The concept of PF1 is to offer members an F1 car for the price of a supercar, which makes $600k seem almost reasonable, but a Carrera GT on your driveway all year round still seems better value.