A 23-Year-Old F1 Car Is Still Way Faster Than A Current IndyCar
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Gregster
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And that was without full revs… I don’t think people understand how seriously fast that era of car is. Even something from the 70s is still unbelievably fast. ChampCars from that era are wicked fast as well. Making comparisons is pointless though. Stop reading Jalopnik junk
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android25ua
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Corkscrew looks like so much fun in an open wheel.
What I respect about that era is the speed the cars could do the laps in, with a MUCH wider operating window than the cars of today.
Sure the cars of today are ballistic when they're in the window of tire temp and aero set-up with respect to wind direction etc.
When they're not, take 10-15% out of that time.
Not so much with the old cars.
What I respect about that era is the speed the cars could do the laps in, with a MUCH wider operating window than the cars of today.
Sure the cars of today are ballistic when they're in the window of tire temp and aero set-up with respect to wind direction etc.
When they're not, take 10-15% out of that time.
Not so much with the old cars.
Gregster
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Engines would blow up as well. Regularly… the cars are wayyy to reliable now. The cars of that era had less downforce and were 200-220kg lighter compared to cars now. I remember times MSC or Mika or MON had to do 15 qualifying laps to open a gap…
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oldschoolZ
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Lol no
15% lap time is 15s on a 1m:40 lap
Time difference form Quali/Race is 7-8s. But also 70kg more fuel, which just on it's own will make most of that difference.
android25ua
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That's why there's also a number 10 in my post, which accounts for 10s on a 1:40 lap which is 2s off from you 8s claim lol.
When you order pizza, and you get 7 tomato slices on it, do you also call the manager because on the menu image there are 8 slices?
Asking for a friend.
Rejjy
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Pi en plus les anciens F1 était boite manuelle.
Gregster
Legacy Member
Pas pour les dernières 30ans…. Senna 91 dernière auto championnat avec boîte manual. Dernière auto avec une boîte Manual 1995/96 si je me souviens.
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Rejjy
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J'parlais pas spécifiquement de 30 ans ou moins, j'ai écris les anciens F1 ....
Gregster
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But the wild 919 EVO wasn’t a homologation car and IndyCar is essentially a spec series
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driftking88
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ctai quel series deja qui pognait des vitesses de fou sur les ovals ?
Spaceman Spiff
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CART. Les gars faisaient des blackouts dans les superovales.
