Not the same track but it IS topgear, i really liked the accent, loked cool, also where those tarmac tires on gravel? haha nice sideways action from AlisterQuote:
Originally Posted by koko0703
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Not the same track but it IS topgear, i really liked the accent, loked cool, also where those tarmac tires on gravel? haha nice sideways action from AlisterQuote:
Originally Posted by koko0703
What about getting the real "Stig" to drive as opposed to the young pretender?
The old versus new feature was an Escort Mk1 against a roadgoing Focus RS, and there was a Quattro against a roadgoing Mitsu Evo (VII I think), both rally cars lost!!!
I dont know whether a current WRC car would win against some of the current supercars, but it would be interesting to find out.
I seem to remember hearing, quite a while ago, that during the Grp B era someone took a Delta S4 in tarmac spec around a circuit (Estoril I think) and it would have qualified 5th in that years Grand Prix! (not sure how true this is)
You can read abt Grp B here: http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/index.html
Generally however you can expect a modern WRC to be faster on a tricky stage, as for example the superstage which I mentioned above. As you can see in the ranks regarding the superstage the WRC is performing very good, even though it is a somewhat outdated Focus. The WRC will, as many supercharged(turbo) cars, loose time when it comes to faster circuits. Using a compressor is better...
Tarmac tyres on gravel? HrmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by koko0703
It's just a tv feature......Quote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
I can't see any of the teams/Manufacturers agreeing to this, mainly because I don't think the WRCars would be that competitive against some of the supercars. Then the watching public wouldn't think that Rally cars are that impressive, and we can't have that. If they were to do a test though, it would have to be a Tarmac car; i.e Xsara.
I heard that group b cars had faster acceleration on gravel than f1 on tarmac at that time from 0 to 100km/h
Yes, I agree that rallycars are in their elements on gravel, but not on tarmac. I'm sure that such supercars as Enzo are faster on the circuit than the Focus or the C4. But I doubt Ferrari or Lamborghini can be anywhere close to rally cars on gravel stages.
If you take a WRC and put it on a normal gravelstage, NO other car built tilīthis day will be faster.
On tarmac it is another deal, of course, there are some cars the will outshine them, and as you can se on http://rejsa.nu/superstage/ there are two M3s and one porsche 911. These are however modified vehicles.
The superstage is rather slow though. On a proper F1 cicuit, the WRC would be left far behiond. Topspeeds at the superstage aproaches around 200 k for the fastest cars as far as i remeber.
The fastest original car on this circuit is the Lamborghini Gallardo @ 520hp/510nm and 2,8kg/hp. Its time was 1,23,57 (cars owner driving), the ford had 1,22,9 (cod...)
Just behind the Ford in the standings is the Audi A2 from 1981 with 475hp/???nm. Itīs time 1,23,2