video of F1 car vs street cars?

ChrisUSA · 28 Mar 2005, 20:41 (Ref:1263779)

does anyone have a link to that video of an F1 car racing a mercedes E55 and a minivan on a track? the F1 car gives the others car like 2 minutes head start and still smokes 'em. thanks!

ASCII Man · 28 Mar 2005, 21:10 (Ref:1263786)

Ah yeah, David in the McLaren mp4-17 against the Merc streetcars...
I had that once, think i got it here...

Try a search here...

Mr V · 28 Mar 2005, 22:24 (Ref:1263839)

Iirc, that was done at Silverstone, in time for the 1997 British GP.

Ferrari have also done one at Imola, can't remember what other cars they used.

And Ford did one, again at Silverstone (for a Jeremy Clarkson video) of Johnny Herbert in a Stewart GP, Colin McRae in a WRC Ford Focus and poor old Jezza in a Ford Cougar

ttc · 28 Mar 2005, 23:45 (Ref:1263865)

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/27561/

Enjoy!

ttc · 29 Mar 2005, 00:06 (Ref:1263870)

That was the Mercedes'.

Here's one of Jordan (I think) vs Ferrari F40

http://xfer.gofastvideo.com/gallery/...arif40vsf1.mpg

Marbot · 29 Mar 2005, 00:11 (Ref:1263872)

Really good,gives excellent insight into how fast an F1 car is,and also what a complete waste of money big powerful cars like the AMG 50 are against much smaller engined cars in the real world.

Mekola · 2 Apr 2005, 15:46 (Ref:1267936)

In 2004, Brazilian oil company Petrobras sponsored a competition between a Williams FW25, driven by Marc Gené, and a TC2000 Honda Civic of the official Honda team, driven by Juan Manuel Silva, on the autodrome of Buenos Aires.
The Williams and the Civic did two one-lap heats: on the first one Gené clearly took the lead and disappeared easily from Silva's view, finally the Williams crossed the finish line several seconds before the Civic; on the second heat, Gené gave Silva a 20 secs. of advantage and that lap became a chase of the Civic made by the Spaniard, but at the end Gené overtook Silva on the same finish line.
That happened on Sunday, October 30th, 2004, at Buenos Aires circuit.

Red · 2 Apr 2005, 16:58 (Ref:1267988)

Off topic:

And I apologize for that.. mr Ascii man, can you please shorten that signature, or at least insert a 'space' somewhere in the middle?

Your posts kinda mess up the entire thread. Thank you in advance.

429CJ · 2 Apr 2005, 16:59 (Ref:1267989)

There's also race between BAR Honda, MotoGP bike and powerboat.

Dani Filth · 2 Apr 2005, 17:03 (Ref:1267992)

wasnt that superbike ??

maximus · 2 Apr 2005, 18:38 (Ref:1268073)

Yeah because the Moto GP bike would have obliterated the F1 car.

Mr V · 2 Apr 2005, 21:20 (Ref:1268189)

Quote:

Originally Posted by maximus

Yeah because the Moto GP bike would have obliterated the F1 car.

In a straight line maybe, not around a lap!

Mr V · 2 Apr 2005, 21:37 (Ref:1268207)

Quote:

Originally Posted by maximus

Yeah because the Moto GP bike would have obliterated the F1 car.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr V

In a straight line maybe, not around a lap!

The proof is in the pudding as they say, so i thought i'd do a comparison! All times are set in final quali during the 2004 season.

Notes to take in consideration....

The GP bike qualified on low fuel
The F1 car qualified on race fuel

Malaysia

Rossi's pole time 2:01.833 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:33.074

Spain - (Catalunya)

Gibernau's pole time 1:42.596 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:15.022

I don't see how the GP bike obliterates the F1 car, do you?

MRJUCY · 3 Apr 2005, 07:59 (Ref:1268462)

A car will always own a bike in corners with more tyre grip & downforce

kdr · 3 Apr 2005, 08:11 (Ref:1268466)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr V

The proof is in the pudding as they say, so i thought i'd do a comparison! All times are set in final quali during the 2004 season.

Notes to take in consideration....

The GP bike qualified on low fuel
The F1 car qualified on race fuel

Malaysia

Rossi's pole time 2:01.833 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:33.074

Spain - (Catalunya)

Gibernau's pole time 1:42.596 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:15.022

I don't see how the GP bike obliterates the F1 car, do you?

oops.

maximus · 3 Apr 2005, 09:43 (Ref:1268518)

I was on about a straight line drag when the BAR was racing the bike and the boat but thanks for that anyway.

(Maybe I should have made that clear though)

Of course an F1 car is faster on the corners! I'm not stupid!

Andrew2001 · 3 Apr 2005, 10:09 (Ref:1268534)

heh heh, wow, amazing times. silly crotch rockets...Great to watch, but.....

429CJ · 3 Apr 2005, 18:51 (Ref:1269052)

But from the start it seemed, that boat was fastest, BAR slowest (the first 10 meters or so). The water and screw creates surprising amount of grip,

ASCII Man · 3 Apr 2005, 19:18 (Ref:1269085)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr V

The proof is in the pudding as they say, so i thought i'd do a comparison! All times are set in final quali during the 2004 season.

Notes to take in consideration....

The GP bike qualified on low fuel
The F1 car qualified on race fuel

Malaysia

Rossi's pole time 2:01.833 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:33.074

Spain - (Catalunya)

Gibernau's pole time 1:42.596 M.Schumacher's pole time 1:15.022

I don't see how the GP bike obliterates the F1 car, do you?

Nobody said anything about a laptime...

Your attempt at being smart has failed.
You are the weakest link, goodbye!

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