[eschaider]

F1 cars are the pinnacle of automotive engineering. They simply do it all both in terms of vehicle performance and also engine performance. 19,000 rpm is real and they live there.

The F1 acceleration is impressive. If you take about 620HP in a 2485lb car the 0 to 60 (96.5km) performance interestingly compares very favorably assuming you get hooked up. The F1 car's problem is getting hooked up at low speed. It can easily overpower the tires. Something Cobra owners are only too familiar with.

The 620HP 2485lb car can actually produce a 1.4 second 60 foot time in drag racing trim. This compares very favorably to a 1.9 second F1 time to 100 km/h (62 mph). The F1 is traction limited. Our bragging rights end right about here. Virtually any other dimension of performance you want to choose will find the F1 car margin of performance so great it would appear as if there were two different races being observed.

But if you would like to experience the spectacle of speed an F1 driver feels each time he stands on the loud pedal get a good set of tires for the back of the car and hang on. You're in for a thrill.

Pretty neat when you consider we can just drag these cars out of our garages and experience this kind of performance.

Ed