http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJ6OZGF-fc
Printable View
that is absolutely amazing..I wanna drive a f1 car..lol
This year (2010) was the first year without an extensively modded safety car for F1... It was an AMG SLS being driven fully balls out (screeching tires, WOT, etc) by an ex DTM driver. Driving the SLS balls out was still so slow, that the F1 cars could barely keep heat in their tires and brakes. That's just damn impressive, IMO. Take a supercar flat out versus an F1 car, and it's like trying to compare a golf cart with a VR4.
Plus, the engine note of the SLS bellowed over the howls of the F1 cars. I get all tingly just thinking about it :D
I would love to drive an F1 on the road.
Bah, put a decent sportscar up against it to see how much better they fare. Corvette Z06, Viper, Ferrari, etc. That would have been more interesting to see IMO.
Did you see the medical safety wagon romping around Korea during the rain? Sounds just as bad ass as the safety car and was also being pushed hard by a pro. Normally Benz wagon ain't my cup of tea, but sounding like that I may have to reconsider:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
Man, everything to do with F1 is badass, hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by deemo99
I guess you didn't read past the first post.Quote:
Originally Posted by UTRacerX9
no road car can touch the performance that F1 car offers but there are few race cars that I think could do it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by FeaRpb
i would assume it would go something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZbqWwiwjA&feature=related
not quite f1 but still pretty cool.
its really terrifying how fast those cars are
nothing can quite match that power/weight ratio.
how about porsche 917 # 30
1,720 bhp and 750 kg unofficial but done
1,580 bhp and 816 kg official race trim
Yeah but its much more than weight vs power. Aerodynamics is a major part of the F1's speed... Even to the point if you go to slow in some turns they spin out where going faster the down-force keeps it in place. I think I'd shit myself driving a F1....
The announcer in that first video is Murray Walker; he was the "voice of F1" for something like 30 years. I met him at an F1 race in Indy - cool dude.
I've driven downforce cars; they take a completely different driving style because the downforce lets you do things that no sports car can do. First time I ever took a wing car out (it was an Atlantic) I was all over the place - sliding around, corner entry understeer, corner exit oversteer, just undriveable. When I pitted the owner told me to speed up on corner entry, to carry more speed through the corners and let the wings do their job. The first corner scared the hell out of me (I though for sure I was going WAY too fast and was going to stuff it) but it just hooked and went through the corner without so much as a squeak.
And braking was crazy. You got massive initial bite - you could smash the brakes as hard as you possibly could and they wouldn't lock - but as the speed fell off the downforce went away and so did the braking. If you kept the brakes pinned, they'd lock. So you had to smash the brakes, then back WAY off and modulate. It felt like smashing into a wall, then punching through it and braking "normally" after that.
And that car was nowhere near as capable as an F1 car.
I have driven all sorts of race cars, including heavily modified Corvettes, Porsches, and Vipers, and NOTHING came close to that Atlantic for sheer speed.
DG
this thread reminds me of this other video:
Old School Ferrari F1 w/ Ferrari 575M Maranello and a Fiat Video by The Spaztastic One - Myspace Video
:)
Those have gobs of power but would still struggle greatly in the tighter areas. An F1 car weighs about 550KG and has a much wider wheel base. It's not just weight and power but the ergonomics of the car as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mb7050
It would be cool to see an F1 car go up against a race bike... the F1 car would still win I'm sure but it would still be wicked to watch
here you go.Quote:
Originally Posted by EthanS
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/51275/fifth_gear_boat_vs_f1_vs_bike/
I've been playing a lot of Forza lately... Hopped on F1 2010 on the PC with wheel and all. Holy balls, I forgot how fast they are, lol. The grip is extraordinary, and the acceleration is mind-bogglingly fast.
Id go nuts if I got to drive or even get seat time in a 2-seater F1 car. these things are nuts. Ive seen a 2-seat Minardi F1 car at the Long Beach GP four years ago. It was so worth seeing and hearing it - I even put a vid clip on youtube from that day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGMw59eNro
these things are just sick. even if you detune an F1 car to maybe 265-300 hp, on average you are still talking about a car with a power to weight ration of a bugatti veyron.
I think the experience would totally ruin "regular" driving though. Listening to F1 drivers talk about their normal cars is funny, cars that are impressive to me are "meh" to them, lol.
sure . F1 would do circles around that porsche in the tight areas but loong straights its a different story.Quote:
Originally Posted by onebadmollafolla
^ Actually, a while back someone did a big line up at the texas mile, ranging from a moderately priced car to various sports cars all the way up to to an F1 car. The F1 car, with unmodified aerodynamics (so still tons of downforce -> brick), still decimated all of them.
EDIT: actually it was a champ car
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...-standing-mile
i think champ car is faster than F1 car on the straights might be wrong tho. F1 cars are designed to acceleratie from corner to corner but champ cars are designed to top speed and high speed corners...
funny my favorite champ car in that test too god I love the engine .
2.65-liter turbo V-8
12,300 rpms
http://www.gurneyflap.com/Resources/REM0768.jpg
http://www.lolachampcar.com/images/X...ctures/PCI.jpg
Veyron Sang Noir
1/4 mile
9.8 s
lola XB Champ Car
1/4 mile
9.9 s
0-200 mph 20 s
the porsche 917/30 would teach that champ car a history lesson
you know some facts about the porsche
0-62 mph 1.9 seconds
0-100 mph 3.9 seconds
0-200 mph 10.9 seconds
top speed over 270 mph
the thing is no joke