Street cars vs. F1 car

[IPD]

nothing can quite match that power/weight ratio.

[mb7050]

how about porsche 917 # 30
1,720 bhp and 750 kg unofficial but done
1,580 bhp and 816 kg official race trim

[reallyxxxxxxloud]

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....

[DG]

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

[Macky]

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

[onebadmollafolla]

how about porsche 917 # 30
1,720 bhp and 750 kg unofficial but done
1,580 bhp and 816 kg official race trim

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.

[EthanS]

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

[Macky]

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.

[DocWalt]

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.

[Macky]

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:



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.