Ferrari 812 Superfast drag races

As expected, AWD/4WD system leads to a parasitic drag on the system at high speed. Is Aventador full time AWD/4WD?...Or does it become a RWD above a certain speed.

 

The 4WD car has a better launch, the most powerful car eventually wins - I'm always surprised at how little unexpected information we get from these exercices

 

Permanently engaged.

 

Again showing the value of weight and aero.

 

Wow...I’m a little surprised how much quicker the McLaren is over the 812...They say the 720 is making more then the stated HP and it’s possible the 812 isn’t making the stated 780 HP. Shocking...

The sound of the V12 is still unbeatable.

 

800 metric horsepower vs 720 to be precise. But it's the weight (and aero) that makes the difference. The 812 is some 320 kilos heavier, wet.

 

In real life ( dyno ) 720S makes about 800bhp.

 

You mean on a rolling road, not a dyno. The only way to be precise is a bench dynamometre. It doesn't really matter though, the end result matters. The 720 is nearly hypercar quick and a lot of that is down to its low weight, thanks to the carbon tub.

 

Seems like a myth to me. The video above, all with customer cars, and from a YouTuber who doesn’t own the 812 or 720, places the SV, Performante, 812 and 720 in exactly the order you would expect with the increments you would expect given factory declared weights, power and engine location. Some of the drag videos showing the 720 killing everything else and suggesting much higher hp seem a bit loaded somehow, at least to me.