DanicaFreak
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on a oval, F1 faster than an Indycar?
Does being a pack improve F1 or Indycar's speed more?
Does being a pack improve F1 or Indycar's speed more?
I'll work on itYou’re welcome and your spelling remains abysmal.
Just use Indy. I expect it would be an F1 cake walk.Time to get the Monza oval back in shape and do a second edition...
Perez once reached 370 kph at Mexico in 2016 so I guess it could be doable with current F1 cars. And since they're only allowed 3 engines a year I'd guess at least some of them would last 500 consecutive miles at speed.Indy. F1 would stand a better chance at Gateway. They have too much drag to come close in top speed at a place like IMS. I’m not sure they’d last 500 consecutive miles at speed either.
Top speeds are a little shy of 350 kph now that the cars have gotten a bit draggier over the last couple of regs cycles, and that’s with DRS enabled. You could be right about the engines but they also don’t have to run sustained revs/speeds for anywhere close to 500 miles (305 km) in any one outing so I think it could be a challenge in a way.Perez once reached 370 kph at Mexico in 2016 so I guess it could be doable with current F1 cars. And since they're only allowed 3 engines a year I'd guess at least some of them would last 500 consecutive miles at speed.
Excellent point, assuming this theoretical race was 500 miles. No reason it has to be. Actually, it would have to be relatively short, since the F1's don't refuel. To be fair, each side would have to make changes to their pit crews. Maybe give more people to the IRL teams and the F1ers would have to adjust to having less fancy pit stalls and garages. Or run a minimal distance with no pitting at all.they also don’t have to run sustained revs/speeds for anywhere close to 500 miles (305 km) in any one outing
It is quite amazing regardless to hold on to a car going 14 seconds a lap quicker than an IndyCar. Still you're 100% right, IndyCar is a much better product but I think a lot of that as well are the tracks they run. America has a lot of cool road coursesF1 may be the top of auto racing tech but the racing isn't as good as Indycar.
America has many more raw/unrefined road courses but an Indy car is also just a much less refined car than a Formula 1 car. Power steering versus no power steering, spec chassis and aero, worse brakes. Guys like Grosjean and Ericsson who can make direct comparisons note they’re very wildly different cars to drive.It is quite amazing regardless to hold on to a car going 14 seconds a lap quicker than an IndyCar. Still you're 100% right, IndyCar is a much better product but I think a lot of that as well are the tracks they run. America has a lot of cool road courses
The way I see it, F1 races typically have a higher ceiling and a much lower floor as far as entertainment than an IndyCar road race. You just don't reach that ceiling very often, but when you do it’s incredible.Formula 1 is really boring. One driver wins 90% of the races. You're lucky if there is more than one lead change per race. I guess the main reason I watch is that it's cool to see them race in different countries and the announcers do a good job of somehow making a boring race seem interesting. The announcers are great, and zero commercials is a big plus.
They have been using turbo engines since 2014.I miss the days of turbo f1 cars.
Donthave - thanks in my mind I meant the old days when the driver could adjust the boost on the turbo.They have been using turbo engines since 2014.
as long as Indy doesnt do DHS ...they kinda already have it with push to passThe problem with the cars in both series is that they are too heavy. It's going to get even worse for Indycar because they will be adding a hybrid unit.
as long as Indy doesnt do DHS ...they kinda already have it with push to pass
Motorsport aktuell had an interesting piece on the new F1 engine regulations weeks ago. If they actually want to use 500 electric hp the cars will have to "go sailing" before they reach the middle of the straightaway. That could necessitate the re-introduction of the active suspension and also an adjustable front wing.What will be interesting is come 2026 when F1 hybrid power units will depend much more upon electric energy than they do now. The IndyCar 2024 ICE (~ 800 HP) will be much more powerful than the F1 2026 ICE (~535 HP) and F1 manufacturers will seemingly have a big task ahead to generate and deploy ~ 470 HP from the MGU-K throughout a whole lap, let alone a full Grand Prix.