What is faster F1 or Nascar?

These cars can achieve the top speed of just over or 212mph, accelerating from 0 to 62 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds. In addition, while F1 cars reach 200mph in just 9 seconds, NASCAR vehicles will only attain 160mph in that same duration. In short, F1 cars are faster than NASCAR cars in terms of outright top speed.
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Is NASCAR faster then F1?

Comparatively, the highest speed recorded in NASCAR is 212mph (341.181km/h), and these vehicles take 1 second longer to reach 62 mph than F1 cars do. It takes 9 seconds for a NASCAR racer to reach 160mph. These statistics definitively prove that Formula 1 racing cars are the faster of the two racing machines.
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Can an F1 car beat a NASCAR?

F1 cars would beat a NASCAR around a superspeedway oval track. The open-wheel, high downforce design of the F1 car would allow it to maintain a fairly constant speed around the oval, while stock cars lose speed on the banks, leading to a faster lap time.
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Is NASCAR slower than F1?

Despite being powered by a V-8 engine, NASCAR vehicles average out at a top speed of just over 321 kmh (200 mph), which is quite a bit slower than the top speeds recorded in F1 and IndyCar vehicles.
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Are Formula 1 cars the fastest?

While this is certainly fast, F1 cars aren't quite the fastest single-seaters – that accolade goes to IndyCar. While F1 isn't as quick in a straight line, the series' focus on downforce and cornering speeds means that F1 cars are generally faster over an entire lap.
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Is NASCAR bigger than Formula 1?

With Formula 1 attendance achieving around 4 million people per year in total, and NASCAR achieving around 3.5 million people per year. According to statistics the global TV viewership's for Formula 1 in 2019 stood at 471 million. The same source claims that TV viewership for NASCAR stood at 2.92 million in 2019.
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Is Bugatti faster than F1 car?

According to ZeroTo60Times, one of the fastest Formula 1 cars recorded can reach 60 mph in 1.6 seconds. However, a modern car typically gets there between 2.1 and 2.7 seconds. As a result, the Bugatti is slower, but not by a massive difference.
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Which is harder Formula 1 or NASCAR?

The question of which requires more skill between F1 and NASCAR doesn't have an easy answer. Although F1 drivers are using much more advanced vehicles with a lot of technology, NASCAR drivers need to have the skills to beat their opponents too, all of whom are essentially racing in the same car.
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What is the fastest motorsport?

If you're looking for the ultimate in motor sports, then Air Racing is for you. There's nothing like it in the world. It beats Top Fuel drag racing, NASCAR and the Indy 500 for sheer thrills, speed and excitement on the course.
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How fast is Formula 1 mph?

F1 cars can accelerate from 0 – 60mph in just 2.6 seconds and clock up to 360kmph or 223.6mph. The formula one car reaches high speeds because of its carefully engineered aerodynamics. Also, the aerodynamics works better when the car goes fast.
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Is F1 faster than IndyCar?

F1 cars are built for speed through corners and turns, and can accelerate faster than IndyCar vehicles. IndyCar, though, may have the higher top speed. The top speed record in a Formula 1 race is 231.4 mph, set by Valtteri Bottas in 2016.
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Are F1 cars faster than supercars?

Nothing can lap faster than an F1 car. Although there are some supercars that are able to hit higher top speeds, lap time is made up in the corners. F1 cars simply produce so much downforce that they can corner at much higher speeds even than other open wheelers like IndyCars.
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Who makes more money F1 or NASCAR?

The short answer is no. Formula 1 drivers, particularly those at the top end, pull in a lot more cash than even the top end NASCAR drivers. Three F1 drivers cracked Forbes' top 60 highest paid athletes in the world in 2020, but no NASCAR driver made an appearance on the list.
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How do F1 drivers pee?

Some drivers do wear adult diapers, but wearing a wet diaper for hours would also cause discomfort. Very few drivers have admitted to using diapers. Most F1 Drivers pee in their suits when they feel the urge for it.
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Are there more crashes in NASCAR or F1?

Formula 1 drivers are much more commonly injured than NASCAR drivers. This is because Formula 1 cars have very little protection, while NASCAR has many safety features to protect the driver and the spectators. Because of this, it makes Formula 1 racing a lot more dangerous and exciting to watch.
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What makes F1 better than NASCAR?

Formula1 cars are much faster than NASCAR vehicles at their peak performance. F1 cars can reach top speeds of around 250 miles per hour. Meanwhile, the fastest car in NASCAR usually tops out at about 200 miles per hour.
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Why doesn't Lamborghini have an F1 team?

Even though Lamborghini had one decent finish at the start of the season, Lamborghini didn't want to invest in a failing team. Modena never returned to Formula 1 despite high hopes in 1992. Lamborghini returning to Formula One is unlikely at best. It costs $200 million to just get in.
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Which car can beat F1 car?

The nearest thing is the modified Porsche 919 race car, which has actually lapped some circuits faster than an F1 car, but it complies to no race series rules, whereas an F1 car must strictly comply with F1 regulations. In terms of top speed, several can probably do this, like the Hennessey Venom or Bugatti hypercars.
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Is a Koenigsegg faster than an F1?

At the time of writing, the Koenigsegg Agera RS is officially the world's fastest car with a verified top speed of 277.8 mph. What's even more impressive is that the RS will go from 0-249-0 in under 36.5 seconds.
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Is F1 losing popularity?

F1 is no longer losing popularity, with viewership of the 2021 season up on that from 2020. Formula 1 viewership had been in a steep decline ever since 2008, when 600 million viewers tuned in worldwide. This declined until 2017 when viewership was at its lowest in the past decade at 352 million.
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Is F1 more popular than NASCAR in the US?

Viewership has stabilized and even improved in some races. Think about this – the F1 race had about 2.58 million viewers for the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. While those are great numbers, they are average for NASCAR. In 2021, NASCAR averaged about 2.93 million viewers across the season.
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Is F1 the most watched sport?

Is F1 Or The NFL More Popular? F1 is more popular than the NFL, as F1 has around 430 million fans around the world while the NFL has 410 million. F1 events also see higher viewership numbers per event, with the average in 2020 being 87.4 million. The NFL sees around 15 million viewers per televised event.
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Why are F1 cars so slow?

F1 cars look slow because of the technologically advanced television cameras that capture the incredibly express action of the modern F1 cars negotiating their way around a Formula 1 race-track with remarkable precision, from a great distance, and with fast focus. This very accuracy is what makes the cars look slow.
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