Guy Martin and his Tyco BMW Superbike take on David Coulthard and a Red Bull RB8 Formula 1 car in a series of head-to-head challenges including a drag race, a brake test, a slalom and a circuit race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tlxG1-aWtI&feature=player_embedded
...and Marc Marquez.
Cost of Moto Gp bike, $2M. Cost of Red Bull F1 car, $171M. I'm no math major but.....
True but I doubt even a billion dollars is going to overcome 2 tiny contact patches vs 4 very large contact patches. That said, I don't even go to F1 at COTA any more. Totally boring compared to moto GP
Absolutely. My point was, at 80 times the cost, 20 seconds is very expensive.
Absolutely. My point was, at 80 times the cost, 20 seconds is very expensive.
True dat! And now with the hybrid cars the exhaust is muffled and it doesn't even sound like an F1 race anymore. Sure they go faster but the spectacle and soul of F1 racing is gone.
Fast *should* be quiet. People need to get over this whole noise = fast crud.
Just wait until fully electric... OMG fast and virtually no sound at all. All we need are vastly more powerful batteries. But even with limited batteries- Tesla vehicles haul ass!
Electric is good but there is NOTHING like the sound of a screaming internal combustion engine.
Yeah, with the fedgov shoveling taxpayer money at Musk.
If it's such a wonderful idea let it stand on it's own.