Bucketslash11
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does anybody know it they used the roof on the 918 when setting its laptime (improves airflow compared to having the roof off)
Comparison tests Porsche 918 vs McLaren P1 vs LaFerrari
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Why didn't retest the Porsche too ?
http://www.evo.co.uk/mclaren/p1/146...-918-spyder-which-is-fastest-evo-track-battle
1:11.2 with Trofeo R tyres (11:50 in video onwards).
1:11.2 with Trofeo R tyres (11:50 in video onwards).
It was more of a tongue-in-cheek comment that somebody who owns 7 Porsche's, has a 918 on order, and who obviously has a full and rich life, is wasting his time arguing with strangers on the internet.
I doubt Sir Richard Branson would bother himself with such trivialities.
I openly admit 50% of my time is spent arguing on here, and you could argue I have better things to distract me, but I'm a stubborn bar steward.
also why run the 918 with the roof off?
Nothing to say they did.
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That doesn't really make any sense though. You could also argue that on a track with such short straights the drag would be negligible for a 900hp car and counteracted by the weight reduction and lower centre of gravity. They don't actually show the timed lap for either car apart from the 1:11.2 at the end.
Well we don't know about similar tyres. Ferrari, even as an Italian automaker, ditched their countrymen at Pirelli to change to Michelin and it saved them a second with the 458 at Bedford Autodrome (1:20.3 -> 1:19.3). McLaren only have themselves to blame for flogging the dead horse that is Pirelli.
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Before long EVO will get hold of a customer's car, and if they're on a track they can remove the registration plates so Ferrari can't identify which owner it was. As long as it's not Jay Kay's lime green one!
Then Ferrari will stop giving them previews and deliver a horse's head probably.
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Edited: Even though the 918 may be faster than the P1, lets all not forget the most important thing, and that is that they're both flame-throwing fighter jets in a cars skin.
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Not necessarily. 918's Michelin tires are much more aggressive than P1's Corsas, so it will not gain as much.
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..and TrofeoR are race tyres... The homologation for the street is just a surplus!
Some mnfrs use TrofeoR as a "refugium peccatorum "
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..and TrofeoR are race tyres... The homologation for the street is just a surplus!
Some mnfrs use TrofeoR as a "refugium peccatorum "
Well, they are road tires and those on the P1 are specifically designed for it. I know of three owners so far who have tracked their P1's on Trofeo's.
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I'm sorry for going off topic monster. Go ahead and delete my last post.
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