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29th January 2012, 23:42 #1
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Is it possible faster than Formula1?
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Is it possilbe for a smaller formula car formula 3, formula 2 or gp2 to be faster in certain types of corners than f1? Cheers
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29th January 2012, 23:51 #2
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Perhaps around a slow corner where the car is going too slow to produce any downforce then I suppose it might me possible. Such as the Monaco hairpin.
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30th January 2012, 08:36 #3
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Short answer is no. Formula 1 cars have way more grip than any of the above.
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30th January 2012, 11:14 #4
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I think that there might be a case to be made for certain corners as Mr Brown has suggested.
I wonder if at a corner like Turn 15 at Albert Park where F1 cars slow down to 85km/h whether or not a Formula Ford by virtue of it having a physically smaller footprint might be able to take a slightly wider line through the corner and go through at 90km/h?
Obviously an F1 car is going to accelerate far far far harder but if the attitude in a lesser formula is to conserve speed through a slow corner, would that warrant a different attitude to the way that a particular corner is taken?
I'd hazard a very nebulous guess that maybe ½% of all corners might be faster in the lesser formulae.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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30th January 2012, 16:42 #5
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For such possibility to arise, it means an F3, GP2, etc car must have some kind of an advantage over an F1 car. But I am personally not aware of any such factor that could make the lower formula superior in some area - tyres, engine, chassis, aerodynamics? Or even more specific - suspension, gearbox, etc?
Monaco hairpin? Still doubtful. Although one advantage a lower formula car can have in that particular corner, is that they are shorter in length. But I assume it would still be outweighed by mechanical grip an F1 car can generate.
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30th January 2012, 17:37 #6
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Originally Posted by jens
There was a rumour at one time that a top-spec kart could lap Monaco faster than an F1 car.
I don't think there's any dispute that a kart would be faster than an F1 car round a kart track. So if a kart is a car then I guess the answer to the original question must be yes.
Edit - just to add some more info... according to formula1.com. the cornering force for an F1 car in the Monaco hairpin is 2.42g. According to Wikipedia, a superkart can achieve around 3g, but I wouldn't like to guess how close it could get to that in that particular corner.
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30th January 2012, 18:03 #7
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31st January 2012, 07:40 #8
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just making a guess. there would be many corner in the world where even a 500cc bike would be faster than a f1 car if they use a wider line ?. say spa 1st hairpin?
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31st January 2012, 10:43 #9
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Originally Posted by race_director
Race bikes look pretty unwieldy in very slow corners, for example the mickey-mouse final chicane across the pit lane entry that they used to use at Silverstone. I'd guess a more likely place for a bike to have an advantage would be a chicane that's just open enough to allow a bike to more or less straight-line it, while a car has to turn. Somewhere like the old Dingle Dell at Brands Hatch perhaps?
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31st January 2012, 18:18 #10
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the cornering force for an F1 car in the Monaco hairpin is 2.42g.
According to Wikipedia, a superkart can achieve around 3g,
Well, the exact quotation from Wikipedia about Superkart is:
"A Superkart is capable of braking from 100 mph (160 km/h) to standstill in around 2 seconds, and taking corners at nearly 3 g (30 m/s²)"
Obviously a downforce is included.
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