DaveEllis Schreef:
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> F2 cars are 12-15 seconds slower around Spa than
> GP2, I *seriously* doubt that IndyCars are that
> slow. Letting Radio Le Mans do a comparison of any
> motorsport is a bad plan anyway.
>
> If you want a comparison then look at it this way.
> The Dallara is a couple of seconds slower than the
> Panoz DP01, which beat the Toyota "lap record" of
> Laguna Seca in an F1 car. Of course the Toyota was
> capable of much more as it was just a
> demonstration run, so for arguments sake, lets say
> the F1 record would have been 3 seconds faster
> than the Toyota did, which to me sounds
> reasonable. So lets make the Dallara 5 seconds off
> an F1 car. Sounds like a lot until you take into
> account that the Dallara is now 7 (!) years old
> and has only undergone minor updates in that time,
> and the road course package was a bodge job since
> the chassis was dedicated to ovals.
Figure out how fast the old Champcar was around Montreal compared to f1 car, figure out how fast the old champcar is compared to the Panoz, and you've got your numbers, looking at a demostration lap doesn't say alot, wasn't even the best car, best driver, best tyres combo and then there's the thing how hard did he push, could be well over 3 seconds I'd say.