{"id":43648,"date":"2023-10-10T15:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43648"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:39:05","slug":"mysterious-abandoned-f1-car-graveyard-with-michael-schumachers-benetton-and-legendary-lotus-but-not-all-is-as-it-seems-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/mysterious-abandoned-f1-car-graveyard-with-michael-schumachers-benetton-and-legendary-lotus-but-not-all-is-as-it-seems-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious abandoned F1 car graveyard with Michael Schumacher\u2019s Benetton and legendary Lotus \u2026but not all is as it seems | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A FACEBOOK user discovered an abandoned F1 car graveyard with Michael Schumacher\u2019s Benetton and the legendary Lotus 79 &#8211; but there is a twist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The user, who lives in France,\u00a0 posted pictures of the cars online and said he 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real\u00a0 &#8211; especially the all-black Lotus 79 and the Michael Schumacher\u2019s B195 finished in blue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They even had original decals and brand sponsors on their bodies that made them look even more genuine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the picture is not what it seems like.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These are not real F1 cars and were never used for an official race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Motors<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/average-speed-cameras-installed-uk-815622705.jpg\"><\/picture><span>TURNED OFF <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Nearly half of speed cameras don&#8217;t work &#8211; is local cam in your area broken?<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/gm_09-10_fox-car_comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>PARKED OFF <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Our cars kept mysteriously getting sabotaged &#8211; we were stunned to find culprit<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tp-composite-Noel-Willcox.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ULEZ &#8216;ILLEGAL&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I won a landmark legal ruling against London&#8217;s hated ULEZ charges<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24343746-1696867316100.jpg\"><\/picture><span>E-FURIOUS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I bought an EV and regret it &#8211; I&#8217;ve lost so much money&#8230; no one will insure it<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A French company called Team Les Galapaits built these F1 replicas for teenagers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of an actual F1 engine like a V10, these were installed with 2CV motorbike engines and were used in Circuit Pierre Monnier in Grenoble, France &#8211; according to a user online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 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