View Single Post
Old 09-11-2004, 01:19 AM   #33
HoboPie
Regular User
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada.
Posts: 385
Default

The Dauer was a race that happened to fit street legal specifications. Even though it does fit road legal standards in some places even the major mags that actually tested don't really discuss it.

On top of that the Mclaren doesn't outhandle the F50 and probably not the F40. There was actually an article done by French Sport Auto where they tested the F50, F40 and Mclaren at Suzuka.

The Enzo most certainly beats it around a track. The Mclaren is an easier car to drive, but the Enzo is nearly as quick in a track situation, handles better and brakes insanely better.

Mclaren F1 Enzo
0-60 3.2 3.3
0-100 6.3 6.6
0-125 9.4 9.4
0-150 12.8 13.1
1/4 11.0 11.0

Jeremy Clarkson way back when talked about the F50 handling better than the Mclaren, but it was too scary. In a comparison in the top gear mag Tiff Needel(ex F1 driver) said that the Mclaren F1 was probably more fun because of the body roll, but he would post a faster time on a track with the F50.

The Enzo is almost 5 seconds quicker at Fiorano over the F50 and that is all on very short course that doesn't reward the Enzo's huge power advantage over the Mclaren.

In the big supercar video Martin Brundle(also an ex F1 driver) picked the Mclaren F1 over the Enzo for several reasons including finish, but said the Enzo was definitely the track star of the bunch of cars being tested.

Here is a little hint as to why the Enzo is quicker.

The Mclaren F1 (LM) does the 0-100-0 in 11.5 seconds. That is pretty impressive ahead of cars like the Pagani Zonda which did it in 11.7

However, the Enzo did that same test in 10.8 seconds which is a huge huge advantage. The Enzo also didn't post quite as good acceleration times in that test as it is capable of. That was against the track oriented LM. The Enzo will crush a standard F1 on a track.
__________________
Formerly known as SG Blade.
HoboPie is offline   Reply With Quote