Yea F1 is crazy, but to be fair they would need to put the F1 up against a GP bike - the F1 would still slaughter it tho.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:53 am
by DemonDuck
This is easy to see by lap records in both. Take COTA. The F1 lap record is 1.39.347 while the MotoGP lap record is 2.02.135. That is a large difference. There are other tracks that might favor the MotoGP bike a little more. I was reading an article that says that the GP bikes are on average 20 seconds behind F1.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 12:17 pm
by JTChiTown
It all comes down to cornering and braking G forces. No way a motorcycle can match that.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 12:25 pm
by fixxervi6
DemonDuck wrote:This is easy to see by lap records in both. Take COTA. The F1 lap record is 1.39.347 while the MotoGP lap record is 2.02.135. That is a large difference. There are other tracks that might favor the MotoGP bike a little more. I was reading an article that says that the GP bikes are on average 20 seconds behind F1.
MotoGP hits higher speeds in the straights but they can't hold the pace through the corners. MotoGP is still the king of acceleration.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 3:54 pm
by dufremle
F1 cars can't put full power down until they hit around 100 mph, then they can take off. You can see in this video how the F1 car and motorcycle are right next to each other until the F1 car gets the downforce it needs, then it just takes off like a rocket. The boat is useless. All Hondas.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 7:51 pm
by LonestarCBR
That's got to be such a blast to try to drive.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:25 am
by DarcShadow
Ever see the Top Gear episode where Hammond tried to drive a F1 car? It handled so differently from any other normal car he was not able to drive it fast/hard enough to keep the tires warm and couldn't maintain traction through the turns.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 7:51 pm
by Stardog
DemonDuck wrote:The F1 lap record is 1.39.347 while the MotoGP lap record is 2.02.135. That is a large difference.
The Grand Canyon is a large hole.
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:49 am
by LonestarCBR
Stardog wrote:
DemonDuck wrote:The F1 lap record is 1.39.347 while the MotoGP lap record is 2.02.135. That is a large difference.
The Grand Canyon is a large hole.
U-Turn, is that you?
Re: F1 car vs. S1000RR race bike
Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 6:13 am
by DemonDuck
LonestarCBR wrote:
Stardog wrote:
DemonDuck wrote:The F1 lap record is 1.39.347 while the MotoGP lap record is 2.02.135. That is a large difference.