Benni

As above, The top ones like what button,Schumacer etc drivers.

Cheers ben

TheBishMan

BTTT for Ben!

Not sure about the quarter-mile but the current field accelerate to 100mph in 3.5-4.0 seconds

zaki

Good question i would of thought with the last of the v10's should be around 9 secs give or take a couple on tenths

Benni

Cheers,

EIL132

5th gear did this with Jenson Button and his BAR a couple of years back and if I remember it wasn't as fast as people thought

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

I know its not the same, but the McLaren F1 road car does the 1/4 in around 11 seconds, so 9 seconds for the proper F1 car sounds feasible.

BM08

Getting it off the line correctly would be the deciding factor as to whether its a good time or a bad time.

Stavros

well if they can do 0-100 in 3.5-4seconds, i dont think thats a problem

My guess, from that time, would be an 8, at 170mph+

Snowy_Astra

If i recall correctly it was:

0mph - 125mph then back to 0mph took 7.4 seconds.

I'd love to meet the people who don't think thats fast

EIL132

Yes, but that wasn't the 1/4 mile time I might be wrong, but everyone thought it was going to be 6 second mark and it was nowhere near.

Rick

pmsl, when big time dragsters do it in 5 at over 300mph.... I'd say 8's.

EIL132

There was someone claimed they would do it in 4, I wont shame them I "think" it was 9 something.

Terry Tibbs

Thin Jensen did it in 8.6 or something? I dare say if they were pushed they could do it in a quicker time, he was barely launching it.. but I don't think its very easy to launch a 700hp RWD lightweight car lol.

THEYGOTMETOO

`97 Stewart F1 Car will do 8.60 @ 147MPH quarters ( 0-60 = 3seconds, 0-100 = 4.6 seconds)

I would expect newer F1 cars (or at least the last of the V10's) would be quicker, especially the better funded teams with more powerful engines, the Zytec-R used in the Stewart car was only about 700BHP.


There's also a ex-F3000 (Lola T90/50) car with a Cossie DFR motor in it which is used as a sprint car which does 0-60 in 2.2, 0-100 in 4.21 and the quarter in 8.44 @ 148mph. Thats with only 600BHP

Jayen4

I saw this test,against the bike and boat....... If I remember correctly,buttons time was 9.3 sec,for the quarter mile.

The problem is that up to about 100mph,the F1 car couldn't put down full power,until the aerodynamics started to work properly.

I suppose on sticky slicks,on a drag strip,it would do much better!

leecavturbo

copy and pasted :
Formula 1 Grand Prix Car: Williams/BMW 2000, 3 litre V10, 800 BHP, 0-100 in 1.2 second, Formula 1 speed record: 386 kph
i'm sure i heard/read before that F1's do 100mph under 2secs

Benni

100mph in under 2 seconds seems quick You sure that's not kmh ?

THEYGOTMETOO

0-100 in 1.2 is quicker / as quick as a 7000bhp nitro-methane burning top fuel dragster.. those figures must be wrong!

Benni

Must be, So we are talking between 8 and 9 seconds then?

THEYGOTMETOO

The 8.6@147mph is a 100% factual figure - not something I heard somewhere or something I vaguely remember but I would expect the last of the V10's with near on 200+ BHP more than the old Zytec-R powered Stewart car would be a little quicker over a 1/4 of a mile but I have no certain figures for them... would guess at low to mid 8's though

Matt

thier launch control might help this unforseen problem should it become a problem

jezRS

u gotta take gearing in to consideration, if u altered it then maybe u cud break 8.5

dojj

iTrader: (3)

kph, not mph me thinks

Jokeri

hmmm, drag racing with F1´s.

That would be a cool extra to the season, it has my vote