Top 10 Fastest F1 Cars

[Gary Ludlum]

Fantastic video and good old days... Soon F1 will have cars maximum 250 mph speeds

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Fastest Q laps
Australia - RB7(2011) - 1 23 .5
Japan - RB7(2011) - 1 30.4
China - RB7(2011) - 1 33 .7
Monaco - RB7(2011) - 1 13.5
Hungary - RB6(2010) - 1 18.6
Italy - F2004(2004) - 1 20.0
Brazil - F2004(2004) - 1 10 6
Malasya - R25(2005) - 1 32 5

How many years did you count back?
Are those the only tracks that have been around since 03-04-05?

Great stats thanks.

 

[Ivan Mills]

How many years did you count back?
Are those the only tracks that have been around since 03-04-05?

Great stats thanks.

i counted from 2004 onwards,if u see any discrepancy ,do correct

SPA had a bus stop in 04 ,now its a chicane
Bahrain wasnt on the calendar in 2011,so DQ
Spain had the last mega fast double right combo removed and a chicane was added
Silverstone was changed for the 2010
Turkey wasnt on the calendar in 2004
There is some mystery with Hockenheim that i cant figure out so ive left it out- ?
Im assuming Canada is what u looking for ..i didnt add it because the last chicane has been altered over the years ,(the tips of the apex curbing and hight of the chicane),but if we were to include it, then the

FW26 holds it at 1 12 2 - BMW engine 940+HP

 

[Dmitry Zaharov]

Didn't they qualyfied with race fuel back in 2004? Which means F2004 still could be fastest overall.

Fastest Q laps
Japan - RB7(2011) - 1 30.4

I think Massa set 1.29.6 (Schumacher even 1.28.9 in Q2) in 2006

 

[Ivan Mills]

very true indeed..fixed

edit: Dmitry u have a keen eye M8....i hand picked those ,so if u see anymore mistakes please correct

 

[Rhys Gardiner]

If you look at it in terms of raw speed and pace, there's no question about it, the 2003-2004 F1 cars were just about the quickest we've ever seen as of 2012. The fact speaks for itself that, on tracks that haven't been modified since that era, they are still quicker or pretty equal pace over a lap with race fuel than most of today's cars are with only a few laps in the tank. The only cars from the last 3 years that can really match them are the 2010 and 2011 Red Bulls.

 

[Shane Butler]

If you look at it in terms of raw speed and pace, there's no question about it, the 2003-2004 F1 cars were just about the quickest we've ever seen as of 2012. The fact speaks for itself that, on tracks that haven't been modified since that era, they are still quicker or pretty equal pace over a lap with race fuel than most of today's cars are with only a few laps in the tank. The only cars from the last 3 years that can really match them are the 2010 and 2011 Red Bulls.

I found this video the other day which suits the discussion in this thread nicely. No doubt F2004 was an absolute beast. From the video, maybe 1.5 to 2 seconds faster? And thats with a heavy fuel load and without slick tyres, kers or DRS.. just incredible.

 

[Ivan Mills]

Added Germany time to chart

edit:No question the V10 900+HP 19000+RPM 2004 models were the fastest on tracks that had long straits...also they werent heavy on fuel..they had 1 stint worth of fuel..thats not heavy,the bridgestone tyre was also a very good tyre ,able to be punished for many laps

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I found this video the other day which suits the discussion in this thread nicely. No doubt F2004 was an absolute beast. From the video, maybe 1.5 to 2 seconds faster? And thats with a heavy fuel load and without slick tyres, kers or DRS.. just incredible.

Keep in mind you had about 240 horses more.
Makes a huge difference.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

Guys, SebbyHaughtonF1 (maker of the video) was saying the overall speed of the cars. Meaning how fast they can go on a lap. Obviously, more modern cars are quicker.

He was not talking about the most dominate or best for their time. If so, then the MP4/4 would of been there and such.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

And in the fourth post of this thread his thoughts on how he counted has been posted.

 

[TheHemps]

It's not a bad rundown. I'd even go so far as to say the F2004 was a worthy number 1. Although the tyres were made for it, would like to have seen how it would have done on a level playing field. But 2004 was, for me at least, and incredible year for the machinery, and Ferrari were the best of the lot.

But if it's a case of just fastest on raw straight line speed, Give me that FW-26 anyday

Dunno, why the MP-25 is on the list, that was a dog of a car (Still faster than all but 1 or 2 teams though) I would replace it with the Brawn.