1991 Lola T91/50 F3000 - LOUD 9000 RPM 3.0 Ford-Cosworth V8 Sound!

According to an ad I saw a while ago and the event organizers social media page, this is a 1991 T91/50 Formula 3000 car. One source claimed the car has a Gianni Morbidelli past and given that his name is on the car with a bunch of sponsors he ran on his own car, this seems quite plausible. Curiously however, Morbidelli only drove F3000 in 1990 with a much different livery (albeit similar sponsors). This makes me wonder if perhaps this T91/50 used to be his T90/50 which was then converted to the next year's spec (if that was even a thing they did) or if the Morbidelli link is false. Or perhaps they simply got the model wrong and this was meant to be advertised as a T90/50 all along. A rather interesting mystery and it would be awesome if anyone knew more!
Both cars were running a 3.0L Ford-Cosworth engine though so at least we know for sure that is what it's powered by. Whether it's the DFV or DFY I don't know. It should be good for 450 horsepower and the car was said to weigh 540kg (1190lbs) including the driver. That makes for quite an impressive horsepower to weight ratio. Whoever was driving this car during the demos at the Classic GP Assen was clearly still getting to know the track but even at a somewhat diminished pace, the V8 sounded incredible.
Thank you for watching!
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Sounds pretty good to me!