Veyron slower than expected?

[Jim Campbell]

Having recently see the video from EVOmax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF2x3svjPjk&li... i thought the Veyron would be quite a bit faster than it was given it does a standing mile in 204mph and the Aventador does 189mph over the same distance.
Looking at those numbers i would have thought it's 207 at Bruntingthorpe compared with the Lambo's 204 seems a bit off. Anyone who attended know what the deal is?

[Jim Campbell]

Xpuffin said:

It could be the gearing, up to 200 it's optimised but from there to top speed is a long haul in the available gears.

Im not sure it is gearing or some other disadvantage at slow speeds. The bug's 0 to 60 time is quicker than the lambo and it's 0-300 time is about 5 seconds quicker.

The race against the F1 in dubai is a bit of a puzzle too.

[Jim Campbell]

NEFOC said:

The issue for the Veyron at Bruntingthorpe was the low drag setting. Unfortunately every time he took the first corner it cancelled and the wing popped up, adding a load of drag once on the runway. You really need to leave the corner at about 80 to get a good speed by the beam, so he couldn't get the right setup for the location.

To help compare the LaFerrari with the Veyron they ended up doing a standing start on the runway, which didn't allow either to get to their 207 max for the day, but did allow them to be compared off the line.

Hope that helps,

T

Ah i see. That makes sense. Thanks for the response.

[Jim Campbell]

I don't think the bug doing 225mph at Vmax was hotted up in terms of power. It did 200mph in the standing mile, which is actually the slowest i have heard of. The others being 201 and 204.

It just occurred to me the bug has been around for a decade and it's taken this long for someone to bring one to Vmax. Better late than never i suppose.

[Jim Campbell]

That just more confusing as a hotted up bug should be much faster than 200 in the mile. Actually seeing as it equaled the one 1, with it's much better power to weight, at 225 it terms of top speed the driver probably wasn't trying on the launch.