Bucketslash11
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Many people were completely shocked with the 918 beating the p1 on this test. Suddenly its like the 918 is the king and the p1 was a flop, that seems to me the result of a very poor analysis.
First I'll expose some facts:
-Apparently in acceleration the 918 keeps well with the p1 up to 270kph (170 mph) or so...
-The 918 is heavier but has awd which will benefit it on slower circuits with tight corners...
-This evo test circuit was in deed very small an slow.
-Michelin sport cup 2 are certainly a bit more grippy than the pzero corsa.
-The times of the evo test, when the p1 was wearing pzero corsas, are very similar, their difference hasn't much meaning.
Having all these into consideration this performance test circumstances were quite favorable for the 918, there's no way the result of the p1 was a big letdown.
These cars aren't made for tiny tracks, they should be put on a decent size circuit.
Put them on a dry f1 circuit and i suspect the 918 will struggle to be anywhere near the p1.
i disagree
the autocar dry circuit (MIRA test center) is a very flat and fast circuit where downforce would play a role in the laptime, the 918 was 1,1 seconds faster than the P1
we can also take the nürburgring into account, how do we know they beat the 918 if they didn't publish a laptime? we don't, and some info i've gotten from a user on Fchat: the front electric engine on the record car cut out at 200kph, the normal one it goes all the way to 265kph
the MPSC2 maybe stickier than the trofeo, but they're definatly not as sticky as the P1 supporters will have you believe (refrence: jethros twitter)