Would an F1 car beat an IndyCar?

IndyCar can hit a top speed of around 236 mph in a race, on low downforce setups at the end of straights and on oval tracks. Basically, an F1 car will cook an IndyCar in Monza. But an IndyCar will outpace a an F1 car in Indianapolis.
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Would 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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Can Indy cars beat F1 cars?

Formula 1 has been using 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged hybrid engines ranging from 800 to 1,000 horsepower for a few years, while IndyCar uses 2.2-liter V6 biturbo engines between 550 and 750 horsepower, which is why they do not accelerate as fast. fast, but can achieve higher top speed.
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Is Formula 1 harder than IndyCar?

IndyCar has a mixed history and is the offspring of various iterations of top-level American single-seater racing. F1's is more concrete and stable (though not without its dramas). In terms of prestige, both can lay testament to being right at the top of open-wheeled racing.
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Who would win F1 vs Indy?

So with these key differences are the two cars suited to race across tracks of the two formats? An F1 car will outpace an IndyCar on an F1 track time and time again. An F1 car has much more acceleration than an IndyCar and will easily gain a lead on the IndyCar at the start.
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How Fast Would Formula 1 Go at the Indy 500?



Are Formula 1 cars faster than 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 Formula E faster than F1?

Are Formula 1 cars faster than Formula E cars? Yes, Formula 1 cars are faster — although thanks to constant technological innovation, Formula E cars are making big strides.
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Is IndyCar safer than F1?

There is no obvious difference in danger between F1, IndyCar and NASCAR, with all three sports having many accidents every single year, with some of them proving to be fatal. If you look at it by total and most recent deaths, IndyCar is the most dangerous.
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What's bigger F1 or Indy?

Although an IndyCar is around 70cm shorter than an F1 car and significantly lighter, the simpler aero means they're much slower around a typical track.
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Do F1 drivers go to IndyCar?

Among the drivers who regularly participate in the 2022 IndyCar Series, Callum Ilott (Chevrolet) is under a contract with the F1 team, and it is possible not to participate in the IndyCar race due to circumstances on the F1 side like Ericsson. In 2021, Romain Grosjean, who raced 10 seasons in F1, switched to IndyCar.
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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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Which is faster IndyCar or NASCAR?

At the Indy 500, cars can exceed 240 mph entering Turn 1 or Turn 3. Because the race is on an oval, there is more sustained speed, especially on the ⅝-mile straightaways. Scott Dixon won the pole position with a four-lap qualifying run averaging 234.046 mph. NASCAR Cup cars can top 220 mph on a straightaway.
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Is F1 the fastest motorsport?

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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Can any car beat F1?

None. Even the top speed thing is really not something a supercar (those are now actually called hypercars) can do better than a F1. The reason is that a F1 isn't limited to its top speed by the fact that that is the best the car can do. A F1 car isn't a fixed object that gets designed one way and then kept as such.
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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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How many horsepower is a Formula 1 car?

With its power unit, the V6 turbocharged engine of a Formula 1 car can produce roughly 1050 horsepower. When this power is combined with the architecture and other characteristics of a Formula 1 car, you get a machine that can reach speeds around 400 km/h.
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How much does an IndyCar cost?

IndyCar is not as expensive as Formula 1, but it is still in the millions of dollars each year to run a team. The car costs around $2-3 million, and the drivers themselves may demand a salary of this or more.
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What is the top speed of a Formula 1 car?

Formula 1 cars have a top speed of 360KPH (223MPH) but have been known to reach speeds closer to 400KPH (248MPH). These cars accelerate from 0 – 100KPH (62MPH) in 2.4 seconds and have cornering speeds of 300KPH (186MPH). There are no cars faster around a racetrack than F1 cars.
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When was the last F1 death?

Jules Bianchi is the most recent driver to have been fatally injured during a World Championship Grand Prix. He died in July 2015, nine months after sustaining severe head injuries during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
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What is the top speed of an IndyCar?

IndyCar machinery reaches top speeds of approximately 235mph from twin-turbocharged 2.2-litre V6 engines, whereas F1 cars reach top speeds of approximately 205mph from turbocharged 1.6-litre V6 hybrid engines - although in 2019, both Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez managed to hit 223.5mph at Monza and Mexico City, ...
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How much do IndyCar drivers get paid?

The middle-income rung of drivers will earn about $1,000,000 to $500,000 a year. A couple of dull seasons could mean an end to their driving career. The number of drivers in that bracket could be about 10 to 12. The lower rung of drivers is mostly those that have to get a lot of budget to their teams.
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Is MotoGP faster than F1?

Formula 1 cars are much faster than MotoGP bikes, and thus the lap times for F1 cars are much shorter than those of MotoGP. F1 cars lap much faster than MotoGP bikes because they have much more downforce, which allows them to corner much faster.
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Do F1 drivers pee in their suits?

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. They will feel discomfort for a short time when their suit becomes wet.
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Why are F1 cars not electric?

The amount of energy it takes to complete a Grand Prix that long is just not something an electric-powered battery can manage to produce. Per race, Formula 1 cars are given 242.5 pounds of fuel. At gasoline's usual energy density of 12,889 Wh/kg, a full tank's potential energy is brought up to a hair over 1,400 kWh.
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