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Originally posted by blippo
I have always wanted to know which is faster ... and by how much (assuming a race between the two is on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over say 5 laps):
F1 vs 250c.c. MotoGP bike
F1 vs 500c.c.
F1 vs CART
F1 vs Indy
F1 vs NASCAR
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In order of lap times, starting with the slowest, I expect it would go something like this:
250 bike
500 bike
NASCAR
F1
Indy
Cart
Bikes are a lot slower than cars around corners as they only have 2 wheels and no wings. They are also much less aerodynamically efficient for a lower top speed down the
straightaways.
NASCARs are slow, wingless and generally pretty lardy, I believe.
I'm not too sure of the differences between Indy and Cart, but they would probably both beat F1 due to the turbo engines and odd-sized wheels. On any circuit featuring corners in more than one direction, meanwhile, neither would see which way the Formula 1 went. F1 (Lotus) came to Indy in the '60's and won without too much trouble, so if any of the GP teams were to design something specific, there would be your lap record holder.
Please note that I'm highly biased
