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Originally Posted by justinsain
Thanks for the links. I really liked the video 
When it was said above that F1 cars were the fastest I got to thinking how fast could they go due to the limitations of a road course. As it turns out they are actually the slowest of the three racing series, F1, Indy and NASCAR when it comes to actual race speeds. I would've guessed it to be the other way around but I learned something today  |
f1 cars have better handling, braking and acceleration. there's no point having a top speed of 240mph if you've braked for a corner before you can reach that speed, unlike indy cars on an oval. though f1 engines with the right gearing could do those speeds.
f1 also brings in regulations every year to slow the cars down, to make it safer (and to reduce costs).
and of course the drivers in f1 are the elite drivers, f1 drivers move over to indy when they retire. ;)