RE: McMurty Automotive targets Goodwood hill record
Discussion
CubanPete said:
Olivera said:
Horrendous thing to have as the lap record holder. Here's hoping they let some properly fast ICE hillclimb stuff run next year to get the record back.
Might as well try and beat the record riding a horse.Times have moved on.
If you like your motorsport fossil fuel powered circuit racing will be staying that way for a fair few years yet.
HorneyMX5 said:
CubanPete said:
Olivera said:
Horrendous thing to have as the lap record holder. Here's hoping they let some properly fast ICE hillclimb stuff run next year to get the record back.
Might as well try and beat the record riding a horse.Times have moved on.
If you like your motorsport fossil fuel powered circuit racing will be staying that way for a fair few years yet.
Portofino said:
Disagree. An F1 car would be faster, just they are banned from trying which is odd as this EV has broken the previous F1 car record.
No F1 car will be faster now - the McMurty has more power (1000hp), pretty much the same weight (they claim sub-1000kg) and a massive fan to generate downforce from 0mph. It's also tiny, so quicker up a narrow course compared to the massive modern F1 car.Could an ICE car be built to be faster? Probably.
HorneyMX5 said:
Agreed. The hills and sprints belong to EVs now, there’s just no getting near them with ICEs.
If you like your motorsport fossil fuel powered circuit racing will be staying that way for a fair few years yet.
It's like with the World Land Speed Record. When jet-powered cars were mooted they were not eligible, and many felt they should never be. But that is Luddite thinking. Once they were allowed it was clear that wheel-driven cars were over for the absolute record. If you like your motorsport fossil fuel powered circuit racing will be staying that way for a fair few years yet.
You can still contest the Land Speed Record for wheel-driven cars but nobody cares.
So, in the same way, you can't halt progress and you can't just ignore EVs. They exist and one now holds the absolute record for the Goodwood Hill Climb.
Portofino said:
Disagree. An F1 car would be faster, just they are banned from trying which is odd as this EV has broken the previous F1 car record.
Not a chance. The track is too narrow and too bumpy for a F1 car, and too slow to generate proper downforce, and too short to get proper heat into the tyres.The Goodwood course is wholly unsuitable for a F1 car.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Portofino said:
Disagree. An F1 car would be faster, just they are banned from trying which is odd as this EV has broken the previous F1 car record.
Not a chance. The track is too narrow and too bumpy for a F1 car, and too slow to generate proper downforce, and too short to get proper heat into the tyres.The Goodwood course is wholly unsuitable for a F1 car.
Was very impressive by Max & borderline insane regardless.
ColdoRS said:
I was at the FOS yesterday and sat in the grandstand opposite the house when this car went up the hill.
There was almost a stunned silence and laughs of disbelief in the grandstand as it passed - no one could believe how quick it looked on the straight. The sensation of speed is probably heightened by the fact that it followed a load of noisy ICE cars that were fast… but nothing like this.
I was there yesterday too and concur. The F1 cars, bikes, group c cars etc looked and sounded spectacular, but this thing was on another level. As soon as it had gone past there was a collective muttering of "what the fThere was almost a stunned silence and laughs of disbelief in the grandstand as it passed - no one could believe how quick it looked on the straight. The sensation of speed is probably heightened by the fact that it followed a load of noisy ICE cars that were fast… but nothing like this.
k, did you SEE that thing go?"It was almost cartoonishly fast
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