Getting the car off the line hasn’t got any easier, though. Imagine trying to tread on an ant attached to the clutch pedal without squashing it and you get the idea of how delicate you need to be with your left foot. In order not to stall, you need to do a granny start then feed in 550bhp without lighting up the rear Avons. Circumstances beyond our control mean I only get one go at this, and the result is a yawning 0-30mph time of 2.9sec, although the T1 was no startled rabbit, taking 2.2sec. The fiddle to deploy the Caterham’s power means another three tenths have been eked out by the Caparo by 60mph, but the best indication of the two car’s capabilities are the 60-100mph times. The Caterham takes just 3.4sec to cover the 40mph gap (some 1.2sec quicker than the LP640), but the Caparo is simply mind-blowing, taking just 2.4sec. From there on up, aerodynamic drag starts to sink its invisible claws into the cars’ profiles and the Caterham suffers as the Caparo storms to 140mph in 10.1sec.
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