Want to know the difference between a fast car and F1? Wow..
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SamPet said:
magnus911 said:
RobM77 said:
Even a wingless Formula Ford with a Fiesta engine will outrun a supercar around a race track. Add massive slicks, downforce and times the power by five to get to F1 and the results are very dramatic!
So...educate me here. How many seconds a lap difference around the top gear test track do you think you'd get if you fitted racing slicks to the Kia C'eed? I ask because I'm always told that the tyres are the one component to make the most difference to a car's performance but i'm wondering how night and day the difference is.very enlightening, and there is no doubt that F1 cars are significantly faster than even track cars, but that side by side video is misleading as to the scale of the difference insofar as the 2 video locations are not identical, the F1 coverage is quite a bit closer to the corner (use the end of the rumble strips as a datum to see by how much)
Greg
Greg
mr_spock said:
"This ford 1.6 sierra is amongst the most advanced in volume production"Really? It was?
Regardless, seeing Hunt v Watson v Lauda is definitely entertaining.
EVO mag have recently put semi slicks onto their Skoda Yeti and recorded some hilarious times around Bedford. I think it's probably underestimated exactly how quick a Formula One car is. Rob gives the Brands Indy lap as an example. There aren't even too many fast corners on the Indy Circuit. I suspect that the GP Loop with its fast corners would allow an F1 car's phenomenal downforce to really come into play.
john_p said:
3.18 is heaven!john_p said:
Considering the BMW brakes / tyres have just delt with what must be at least twice the KE of the F1 car, that actually aint too bad by the M3!!trackdemon said:
Just for once, I'd like to see one of these 'comparison/race' vids where all the cars launch at the same time - maybe the F1 car could lap twice vs the road cars once? To me, they always look ridiculously contrived otherwise.... fun though!
You'd also get to see the phenomenal acceleration of an F1 car. There's nothing quite like seeing a really quick road car being maxed whilst an F1 car just breezes past Incidentally, this is at a totally different scale of course, but I was in a single seater race last year where we had a pace car out for a few laps and the pace was unbelievably slow. I was in danger of falling asleep! I was quite a few cars back at the time (different class, same race), and couldn't see the pace car, but I joked with my Dad after the race about the pace car being driven by a pensioner, and apparently the pace car was absolutely caning it round The difference in performance of a single seater, in fact any single seater (even my slow one) is really quite shocking!
Max_Torque said:
john_p said:
Considering the BMW brakes / tyres have just delt with what must be at least twice the KE of the F1 car, that actually aint too bad by the M3!!RobM77 said:
Incidentally, this is at a totally different scale of course, but I was in a single seater race last year where we had a pace car out for a few laps and the pace was unbelievably slow. I was in danger of falling asleep! I was quite a few cars back at the time (different class, same race), and couldn't see the pace car, but I joked with my Dad after the race about the pace car being driven by a pensioner, and apparently the pace car was absolutely caning it round The difference in performance of a single seater, in fact any single seater (even my slow one) is really quite shocking!
magnus911 said:
TonyHetherington said:
Magnus, do you recall they did exactly that with the Renault Avantime on Top Gear? Put track day rubber on, then re-run, then suspension, then re-run etc.
The thing with fitting slicks to a Kia Cee'd is that the suspension isn't set up to take them.
Yes I do actually, it didn't make all that much difference IIRC.The thing with fitting slicks to a Kia Cee'd is that the suspension isn't set up to take them.
Then Clarkson was moaning because he just wanted to increase power.
Pints said:
magnus911 said:
minimatt1967 said:
Bloody hell.
My thoughts precisely. I suppose those drivers do earn their money.hi
This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
ajf said:
hi
This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
At first I was like, 'dude, what's with the 7 minute video?' This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
Then i was all, 'dude, that's awesome'.
Now i want an F1 car.
ajf said:
hi
This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
Wow!! I really didn't expect that! Oh, hang on.... This ones not bad and the f1 has a pit stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awtqcTVgmpo&fea...
Adrian
Best vid of its type though
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