Bit of nonsense with laptimes in Excel

[JonathanLegard]

Was having a quick browse of the rather interesting Fastest Laps website and realised that with a decent data set of laps as well as weights and power outputs of vehicles that it was possible to calculate how 'efficient' a vehicle is at using its PWR to achieve a lap time.

The AutoZeitung test track had the most cars tested, so I used that one and selected the top 20 cars. Here's the result.



Unsurprising that the Nissan GT-R tops the list but I thought it interesting that the standard Gallardo fares better than the Superleggera which seems to throw a lot more power and quite a bit less weight at very little net result.

[Scuffers]

problem with that is that the lap data is too random to make an meaningful comparison.

[thinfourth2]

So what if one car is faster then another

A 747 is faster then any car

It still fking boring

Give me a nice slow caterham any day of the week

[FloppyRaccoon]

Those lap times aren't in order.

HTH.

[caraddict]

FloppyRaccoon said:

Those lap times aren't in order.

HTH.

That's because the cars are arranged after efficiency, best top, worst bottom.

[E38Ross]

thinfourth2 said:

So what if one car is faster then another

A 747 is faster then any car

It still fking boring

Give me a nice slow caterham any day of the week

still using the aeroplane analogy despite it being totally flawed? you do understand that going 600mph with nothing but air around you feels slower than doing 100mph on a motorway, which feels slower than 60mph on a thin country road.

you also realise part of the thrill is with G forces, which you don't experience cruising at a set speed, but do with acceleration and hard cornering?

would one like the engine out of ones' caterham replacing with a battery or 2?