Ferrari LaFerrari vs Mclaren P1 vs Porsche 918

No wrecked ones then. My money then on Mr Bean.
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It's okay - McLaren has a talented team to put them back together.

And then he goes and drives it in the rain again.

...in fact the morning he collected it from the factory after its repairs were complete it was raining. Probably has more miles in the rain than any other F1 by a big stretch.

>8^)
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His car probably runs better than the rest too. Plus fun per mile he wins hands down!
Pete

 

If Rowan gets a P1 and Nick Mason a LaFerrari, they will probably lend them to top gear as they did for the F1 and Enzo. With 918 918s no big problems there, so we'll probably have some unofficial lap times pretty soon. I say next year. Although top gear is too Anglophile...

 

Top gear is too Anglophile? They adore Ferraris and Paganis...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQCLd2jWLlc]LAFERRARI on the road meets Pagani HUAYRA - LOVECARS.COM EXCLUSIVE - YouTube[/ame]

 

what a shame that Horacio decide to use turbo

 

I'll still take the Huayra over the LaFa

 

Actually AMG decided for him...

 

LaFerrari seems to be a bit lower at the roofline than the Pagani. Too bad the two didn't ride together for a stretch. THAT would have been some interesting video.

 

Wow, what a tease! :-(

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrjlXs4yEp0]Alonso drives the LaFerrari - YouTube[/ame]

 

Listen to that engine note! Incredible...

 

He doesn't look happy...

 

Looking at about the 1:17 mark in that video it looks like his line of sight is through the steering wheel and he has to tilt his head up. I'm guessing a taller person would fair better but too tall and you wouldn't fit. At 6' 7" I'm way too tall to sit in a supercar so I don't know what the view is like. Do they normally have some degree of an obstructed view?

 

Stunning, zero understeer from what I saw. Really something this thing is

 

Its acceleration is awesome. However, I think the P1will walk it through those corners. I believe the only thing this car has on the p1 is that sound. It really is... sweet!

 

How do you reach this conclusion about the P1 being better in corners? Based on?

 

+1

 

Actually when you think about it from his perspective, it's probably a chore and undoubtably a slow thing compared to what he would rather be driving.

I mean why would he give a rats about it? ... he's at Ferrari to win F1 races, not develop their road cars.
Pete

 

So you are a human V-Box!!! I'd love to have you as my co-pilot.
On a more serious note, Alonso was just having some fun. The good thing is that the LaFerrari has no understeer whatsoever. Also, he didn't even approach the rev limiter; he had some power in reserve. This was a mule by the way, not the finished article.

 

Given this year's Ferrari F1 car, I bet he has more fun behind the wheel of the LaFerrari...

 

All cars will understeer if the driver is an idiot. Yes I watched the video, I'd say Alonso knows how to drive and lifted at the right moment to get the tail to come around hence the opposite lock required as they turned in to the corner.
Pete

 

You can force a car to understeer but Ferraris in particular are set up neutral to oversteery. The rear end will go first most of the times either under throttle or braking.

 

...and that was BEFORE the Hungarian GP!