jonovision_man
06-10-05, 07:46 AM
This is by no means scientific, the GP2 cars do have about 580 HP but are probably fairly lighter than Champ Cars. Comparing qualifying times the GP2 cars lapped about 14% slower than the F1 cars at Barcelona. Last year, the Champ Cars lapped about 10% slower than F1 at Montreal, but keep in mind that back then qualifying was with race fuel, which in my estimation was worth about maybe 2-3%. So the new Champ Cars probably can't go much lower than the current specs.
FYI, using the Barcelona qualifying times the GP2 cars were about 22% faster than the cars they replaced.
Too bad they don't race at the same circuit (GP2 and CCWS), that would answer the question in a hurry. Same ballpark anyway.
I would prefer a more F1-ish car for CCWS, but I'm an F1 fan. :D Not really appropriate for oval-wall collisions.
jono
FYI, using the Barcelona qualifying times the GP2 cars were about 22% faster than the cars they replaced.
Too bad they don't race at the same circuit (GP2 and CCWS), that would answer the question in a hurry. Same ballpark anyway.
I would prefer a more F1-ish car for CCWS, but I'm an F1 fan. :D Not really appropriate for oval-wall collisions.
jono