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Originally Posted by TOMS1SS
To give you an idea about how fast that 1.7 seconds is ESPN did a race between an F1 car a fighter jet. The fighter jet isn't even close to the car until it hits the afterburners.
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That's actually an indy car in the video, which are just a touch slower than an F1. Not by much though, In fact I'd maybe venture that the straight line performance would be very similar. Indy's are a bit heavier though.
EDIT: just looked it up, similar power numbers between Indy/F1. Indy = 3.5L V8 ~700 hp, limited to 10,500 rpm, F1 = 2.4L V8, ~800+hp limited to 18,000 rpm. The weight is the big difference though. Indy = 691 kg ovals/ 725 kg road tracks. F1 = 640 kg