Indycar specs:

Engine Size: 3.5 liters
Maximum Number of Cylinders: 8
Maximum RPM: 10,700 (with rev limiter)
Horsepower: Approximately 650
Turbocharging: Forbidden

Minimum Car Weight: 1,550 pounds
Forward Gears: 6

F1 car specs:

Engine Size: 3.0 liters
Maximum Number of Cylinders: 10
Maximum RPM: 20,000
Horsepower: > 770
Turbocharging: Forbidden

Minimum Car Weight: 1,322 pounds
Forward Gears: 7

Now which do you think is faster?

 

Was there any question that F1 was the fastest?

 

Turbocharing forbidden? Which one is it where they have FI? It's supercharging I'm thinking of.

 

i like indy car car it has far more driver control. F1 has way too much computer control as far as engine, traction, braking etc.

just my .02 $

 

So you are saying a monkey could drive a F1 car... sure a 1322 lb 800 hp car is easy to drive in a track like Monaco or Suzuka. I mean its all computer controlled. :slap:

 

no i'm just saying that. f1 takes alot of the finesse of driving something that powerfull out of the driver's control & puts it into the computer's

look @ michael andretti who was arguably the best indy driver @ the time....when he went to f1 he sucked cause he didn't have the control he was use to :dunno:

apples w/ oranges to me

 

F1 and Indy cars are worlds apart... one is designed primarily for super speedways and the other lives on road courses. Most Indy drivers don't do too well because they aren't used to turning right. It took Jaques Villeneuve a while before he won a championship when he came over from Indy.

 

you compare IRL cars? to F1? that's not fair.

take a real indy car say from 1990s

 

Well if we did 90s then Indycars would smack the F1 cars... F1s gone a long ways since the 90s. IRL cars on the other hand have gone backwards a little bit.

 

at least use Champ cars instead of IRL cars.