2022 Formula 1 Compared to Other Race Cars

there are many racing disciplines out there light and grippy formula cars le mans prototypes gt cars stock cars and super bikes and each discipline goes about racing in very different ways each with their own strengths and weaknesses but which is quicker well i've compared them all using a series of tests to figure this out and the answers may surprise you now we did this a couple of years ago but since then formula one and nascar have had enormous rule changes affecting how they all stack up against the pack so we've ripped up the phone book and started again the tests being used are not to 60 miles an hour top speed and lap time around a track quick disclaimer since not all of these cars have raced at the same tracks or done speed runs in the same conditions there is no way to be 100 accurate with this well unless someone wants to lend us one of each vehicle but we can compare lap times at several tracks to give it the best go possible firstly let's run through the cars we start with our benchmark formula one since the last time we did this test f1 has gone through one of the largest aerodynamic changes in 25 years this new era of cars have just over 1 000 horsepower and weigh over 900 kilograms in race trim but as we know they are built to be as fast as possible around a track so this will affect their top speeds but their cornering speed will make up for it around a lap we now move to formula 2 the feeder series to f1 they have very similar weights 755 kilograms with driver but less aero and less power with around 620 horsepower they also don't have the clever electrical tools at their disposal but f1 cars have then we have f3 the lowest category in the f1 umbrella these have even less power 380 horsepower but weighs nearly 100 kilograms less than the f2 car 673 kilograms with driver let's jump across the atlantic now to america's indycar series indy cars are a similar weight to f1 cars 739 kilograms without driver but less power estimated between 550 and 700 horsepower this large range is down to the different types of track they race on ovals traditional circuits and street circuits all with different power requirements so they are required to change their turbo mapping based on the circuit however indie cards are built to have less downforce so this should help them challenge f1 cars in a straight line especially at the top end then we have formula e who are transferring to their third generation of electric racing cars for the 2022 season this new generation of machines will have a top speed of 200 miles an hour up from 174 miles an hour from the previous generation they will have more power than their previous iteration giving at 350 kilowatts which is 470 horsepower however it's an ev so it's heavy at 903 kilograms now we have covered all the open-world cars so let's move on to the lemon prototypes and gts these are the cars that we'll be racing in the lemon 24 hour next year they are hypercar lmp2 and gte these cars drive on traditional road circuits across europe so need a good balance of power and downforce especially over the many hours that they race to maintain performance and ease tire degradation the hypercar class introduced in 2021 to the wec has a front and rear axle hybrid system that helps power the four wheel drive system and produces around 670 horsepower or 500 kilowatts lmp2 is very close behind with 560 horsepower and slightly less weight then there are the gte cars which have 550 horsepower and around 1200 kilograms of weight but are made to be extremely slippery for the long straights of le mans unfortunately the gte class will stop after the 2022 weck season to be replaced by the next class gt3 there's not enough manufacturers have signed up for it it's all down to the cost of developing these cars from scratch the last gt class that we'll look at is gt3 these have a little less power than the gtes but have much more aero and where they look similar to the gte these gt3s are based on a road car chassis whereas the gte cars are purpose-built as race cars let's head back across the atlantic for nascar which are primarily designed for ovals but have now been adapted to race on road circuits as well since our last video nascar has released its new generation of cars known as gen 7. the cars have had a massive aerodynamic and mechanical overhaul want to rival f1 changes these changes have been introduced to minimize the reliance on aero to hopefully make them more raceable but will they be quicker the first time in nascar history the cars feature a rear diffuser to help minimize the dirty air effects f1 fans know all too well this should really help them have more stability through the corners and improve their lap time in this challenge other key changes are moving from a four-speed manual gearbox to a five-speed sequential shift transmission and replacing 50-inch wheels with 18-inch all of these changes should theoretically help decrease their lap time but we'll get into that in a little while and finally motogp they have the best power to weight ratio but with less rubber making contact with the track and minimal downfall that could hinder them in the corners let's start with the naught 260 test this test combines some pretty important metrics there are attraction power torque and weight however most race cars don't do standing styles so tend to have very small and light clutches that aren't particularly good at launching [Music] the fastest is actually the hypercar it may weigh more and have less power than the f1 car but their four-wheel drive system gets them incredible grip and acceleration off the line another key factor is power to weight ratio and that's why the moto gp bike does so well they have a much greater ratio than anything else here nearly 1 200 horsepower per ton while powerful bikes can be a bit tricky to get off the line once they're going the acceleration can be lightning the formula e car does surprisingly well in this test beating cars with much more horsepower and less weight but that instant torque from the electric motor really boosts its performance gap between the rest is extremely close with gt3 and nascar bringing up the rear as they have significantly more weight than the others for me the star of the show is the hypercar as you would expect the superior power and reduce weight of the f1 car to give it the win in this once past 200 kph the f1 superior power and aerodynamic efficiency takes over to get them a top speed of 360 kilometers per hour compared to the hypercars 340. however the top speed test is actually won by the indy car that despite having much less power than the formula one car has a more slippery body so it can reach speeds of up to 370 kph now it must be said that this is exactly what it's made to do top speed is everything at the super speedways like indianapolis moto gp bike surprisingly beats the hypercar for a step on the top speed podium as it punches a much smaller hole in the air and doesn't create any downforce the downforce which can help the car in the corners but also creates drag which can really hinder the car's top speed this gives it that slight edge over the more powerful vehicles the lmp2 car gets very close to beating the hypercar acada is a class above it in wec the margins between these two classes are actually really small with the performance regulations bringing them much closer together than the old lmp1 class it's going to be really interesting to see the lap time differences nascar comes next at just under 200 miles an hour with the gte just beating out formula 3. nascar has actively restricted their top speeds on safety grams so it could theoretically go even higher formula e comes next most likely due to the power deficit but they are designed for tight twisty street circuits so top speed isn't really a priority the gt3 car brings up the rear with the lowest overall top speed with its substantial error package slowing it down acceleration and top speed are one thing but lap time around a circuit is a whole different ball game the cars often take different approaches to the trade-off between straight line speed and cornering grip i've picked spa as a track for this battle as the majority of these cars have raced here and set representative times in the last couple of years max verstappen set the f1 pace and our benchmark at spa this year with a blistering time of one minute 43.6 in his red bull during qualifying luckily for us f2 and f3 also raced at spa that same weekend with felipe drugovich setting f2's fastest time with a one minute 58.2 and in f3 calculate led the way with a 2 minute 11.2 we also know all the wet times from the sixth hour of spa this year so let's add them in there too it looks like the performance regulations to bring the hypercars and lmp2s together have worked gt3s have also raced at this track in 2022 with the fastest time set by team iron links in a ferrari 488 gt3 their best time was a 2 minute 16 point it's much more difficult to predict the nascar indycar moto gp and formula e as they've never raced at spa however they have all raced to other circuits that our benchmark formula 1 has raced at so we did some calculations for example nascar raced at kota this year and the pace was set with the fastest time of 2 minutes 12.3 in the gen 7 cast comparatively the fastest time set by f1 cars when they returned to kota in 2021 was a one minute 32.9 now i realized that the f1 cars have changed quite a bit over the winter but i've done some very clever calculations to work out the difference so trust me on this my estimations of what a new generation formula one card would lap around kota is a one minute 35 dead this works out to be a 28 difference and since kota and spa are roughly the same in terms of having long straights as well as many medium speed corners they should require similar aero setups so when i apply my calculations i get a nascar time of 2 minute 12.8 at spa if we do the same with motogp which is also raised total this year we actually get a 22 difference compared to f1 meaning we would expect motogp to beat the nascar quite easily with an overall lap difference of six seconds now on to formula e they race on much shorter tracks than f1 as they brand themselves as the only series built for street circuits and so this estimation is a little harder to work out the only track both cars race on is monaco as we know there isn't a circuit more different to spa than monaco but the formula e and formula one times around monaco have a difference of 20 but this wouldn't be representative around spa where the long straights would punish the formula e card my calculations make the lap time a 2 minute 4.9 which seems too fast based on the other stats in this test especially that top speed so i would expect the real time to be somewhere around a 2 minute 10 but unfortunately it's impossible to know for sure bumble one may have beaten the indycar 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Channel: Driver61

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Keywords: Formula 1, Driving, Coaching, Motorsport, Engineering, F1, Racing, Incredible Motorsport, Driver61, Scott Mansell, Callum McIntyre, GT3, Hypercar, Le Mans, Moto GP, GTE, Formula E

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Length: 10min 52sec (652 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 10 2022