Only if it does 186-200mph in just over 1s. It should also be noted that the Weissach 918 measured on the same day took just under 30s and we've seen faster times for that. Conditions etc.
Thanks. The 918 is truly impressive, if I had a 918 or a P1 I'd be very happy.
I fully expect the 918 to be quicker there, just as it was on the Autocar Dry Handling track. There's simply no physical way a RWD car can put down 900hp better than an AWD car out of slow corners. What I'd like to see is a comparison on a GP track like Monza, Spa, Suzuka or Fuji etc.
See second column first paragraph.
I totally disagree with the figure Autocar achieved to 200mph with this 918 test car as it is the same test car AM und Sport/Autozeitung and Auto Sport used and they all achieved 19.1/19.5sec to 300km/h. If you look at the Auto Sport video on YT of the same 918 acceleration up to 333km/h, you will notice it takes about 25-26sec to achieve 330km/h. If you watch Autocars video where the P1 and 918 race the Ducatti bike only after about 21sec will the P1 then overtake the 918 which would translate into a speed of about 300 to 310km/h (look at my comments on Autocar website about the video although it was edited and replied by Steve Sutcliff).See second column first paragraph.
Two things to note are different day, different place equals different conditions, head wind etc. To overtake you need to be going faster. The race starts at 3:56, at 3:16 the P1 clock says 198mph, so the P1 is going maybe 10mph faster than the 918 at this point (assuming no editing and accurate speedometer for the P1 - I suspect the 918 clock is over-reading at 3:14 otherwise it wouldn't be getting overtaken).
Come now, you can't judge a car designed for GP tracks based on its performance on club tracks relative to an AWD car.
