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[welshie]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

[KyrosV]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

what are the comparisons of speed between an f1 car and a le mans car? Le mans are V12s right?

[welshie]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

what are the comparisons of speed between an f1 car and a le mans car? Le mans are V12s right?

If you use Laguna Seca as a comparison track, you'll find that Zonta owns the lap record from the demo laps he turned at the Monterey Historics in 2006 (using a 2006 spec Toyota F1). Laptime was 1:06.5. The same year, the Zytec had the P1 pole for the ALMS race with a 1:13.7 laptime.

[KyrosV]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

what are the comparisons of speed between an f1 car and a le mans car? Le mans are V12s right?

If you use Laguna Seca as a comparison track, you'll find that Zonta owns the lap record from the demo laps he turned at the Monterey Historics in 2006 (using a 2006 spec Toyota F1). Laptime was 1:06.5. The same year, the Zytec had the P1 pole for the ALMS race with a 1:13.7 laptime.

so if you had to tone down an f1 engine to make it last the 24 hours, its going to be slower

[bud]

brakes cornering acceleration etc etc F1 car would own Le man cars, even with a detuned engine!

remember the Le Mans engines would already be tuned to last 24 hours

[welshie]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

what are the comparisons of speed between an f1 car and a le mans car? Le mans are V12s right?

If you use Laguna Seca as a comparison track, you'll find that Zonta owns the lap record from the demo laps he turned at the Monterey Historics in 2006 (using a 2006 spec Toyota F1). Laptime was 1:06.5. The same year, the Zytec had the P1 pole for the ALMS race with a 1:13.7 laptime.

so if you had to tone down an f1 engine to make it last the 24 hours, its going to be slower

It doesn't quite work like that. A small de-tuning a small amount leads to much higher lifespan.

[headless]

Safety would NEVER pass, but it would be terrific stuff to watch.

It is terrific to watch - it's called RALLYING!!!

Rally cars dont have wings????

But rally is great to watch. My Uncle who is 60+ does rallying.

[scotty]

It's not necessarily a bad idea, but my mentality is really 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'

[big ron]

Come to think of it, a point to point race could work if it were bridge to gantry - Nurburgring

[Gaz]

well the winner last year did 381 laps.

so that times 13km is 4953km I guess. so to sum up, an F1 car would be buggered

Although you could turn an F1 engine right down and it would still be faster than a LeMans car!! So god knows how many miles the engine would last!

what are the comparisons of speed between an f1 car and a le mans car? Le mans are V12s right?

If you use Laguna Seca as a comparison track, you'll find that Zonta owns the lap record from the demo laps he turned at the Monterey Historics in 2006 (using a 2006 spec Toyota F1). Laptime was 1:06.5. The same year, the Zytec had the P1 pole for the ALMS race with a 1:13.7 laptime.

so if you had to tone down an f1 engine to make it last the 24 hours, its going to be slower

It doesn't quite work like that. A small de-tuning a small amount leads to much higher lifespan.

With the efficiancy of an F1 team you could set 200 full race speed laps and when the readouts pit-side showed the engine was in trouble pull it in change the engine and continue.

i bet it would still win if they did that.

[KyrosV]

With the efficiancy of an F1 team you could set 200 full race speed laps and when the readouts pit-side showed the engine was in trouble pull it in change the engine and continue.

i bet it would still win if they did that.

ok ok... but lets not let DC, Wurz and webber drive it beacause they might break it

[headless]

They might?

Will is probably a safer bet.