Evil_Capri

http://jalopnik.com/watching-an-audi...-you-484658031

2k7gtcs

Holy ****ing ****!

Evil_Capri

Yeah . . . I think I said the same thing when I watched the video!!

stangfoeva

I'll be the judge of that....

stangfoeva

&^%@#*&()@#*%#&@*&!!!

future9er24

tom281

So corners at 212 what's next straights at 300?

houtex

Guys, I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm unimpressed, but... yeah, not so much. Indy cars do that all the time at Indianapolis, if not faster. And the curve is *tighter*.
EDIT: Indeed they do: http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway...39-s-turn-one/

Observe:
http://goo.gl/maps/QLiKX
vs
http://goo.gl/maps/cgLDT

Now, I'll admit the Indycar is lighter, but the power's similar, and the bodywork probably is made to help the R18 stick. I do bet that the Indycar, if not an F1, would eat this thing's lunch on that track in terms of MPH on that curve.

You wanna impress me? Tell me when it corners Indy's four corners at 250. Then I'll be impressed as hell.

/It does sound fantastic though.

Moosetang

Amazing technical achievement, but dear god is that car ugly.

Evil_Capri

I doubt an IndyCar could approach 205-212mph because it would be decked out in road/street course bodywork (and not oval bodywork) as Monza is a road course. And the F1 V10s of the early 2000s could brush up against 225-230mph , but today are about the same speed in Curva Grande. (And who knows about next year when the 1.5L Turbo V6 era begins . . . )

topbliss

I agree. *yawn* on the Audi

houtex

So again. Tell me when the Audi does Indy at 250. Impressive it will be.

Heck, I'll go ahead and grant you that, and just ask that the Audi do it at 200 on all four corners, k? K.

I also bet that since that straight before the turn at Monza is so long, that if you took an Indy-set-up Indy car and ran it down that track after getting around to that straight, you'd be doing 150 or so, I imagine. Run the Indycar up to 225 or whatever, then take that corner, and then brake to a reasonable 170 or so before the chicane at the end of that short straight, you will not run that Indy car off the road. In looking at that map, the straight before the lazy turn is easily double the straight of Indy, and the exit straight of that curve is easily longer than the short chutes. It WOULD take that corner with ease, I would bet on it.

So. The thing to do is get someone to do both. Audi at Indy, Indycar Indy format at Monza.

/FIGHT! - dude from Mortal Kombat

Evil_Capri

Indycars don't hit 250 at the Speedway, but will keep you posted. I like all racing and don't need to be impressed to garner enjoyment from the different forms . . . but that's just me.

Fight all you want with those willing I suppose . . .

2k7gtcs

I thought the car looked badass and sounded even better. I enjoyed it just for the sound alone. But 212 around a long corner when I can't even go over 85 legally is cool to me.

1999Pony

That was wicked. Regardless of how you look at it, its impressive.

Oh how I would love to do that.......

houtex

No, no... it was more like this:

"Indycar vs Audi... Round One... FIGHT!"

And then they'd do Jujitsu and Karate and Kung Fu and Special Moves and such until one rips the other's head off and is declared the winner. If they didn't take any damage, it'd be a Flawless Victory.

/But it would look weird, as cars doing Kung Fu..? Dunno how that'd work...
//Point is... apples to oranges. Need to have both cars do both tracks and then we'll see what's what.

1999Pony

What would be their finishing moves? Ripping the engine out and it exploding perhaps?

cntchds

Monza without the chicane does not look like Monza...