@@Technotranceism The great thing about EVs is that they only use as much power as you put down. So that 35% of 1000hp (350hp?) is only if you floor it. The battery size is only about 8% smaller than in my car (Chevy Bolt ev), but the Spéirling is much more aerodynamic (especially if you removed the wing), and weighs a full 1400lbs less at only 2200lbs! So imagine it could get well into the 300 range and possibly even 400. (Really, I am just flabbergasted at how little this car weighs. The thing is an EV that weighs less than a Miata, and even an Aston Martin Valkyrie!)
They had a Sebring car of formula 1 car that did this back in the '80s this is old tech old news just another gimmick that works but yeah old shit nothing new
@@themrjones Yeah everyone knows that they even said it in the video. Just because someone's done it before doesn't make it a gimmick. The car is fast and this has not been done with an electric hyper car built for consumers ever. Just because F1 did it once doesn't make it not revolutionary for the private market. There's literally not a single production car in the world that can match this.
So basically the car is as fast as a driver is fearless at this point. Imagine an entire field of these daring each other into corners and drafting off of each other up the straights
That's exactly what i thought the moment i first saw it. The limit of the car has now, once again, become the limit of the driver themselves - because extracting full performance requires SO much bravery and sheer physical will.
Its incredible that because this thing has the fan, it actually sounds good for an EV. Sounds like a mini jet engine when its approaching lol. I love it
@@cephasmakuzva Good question. Answer is: we're midway though a test programme with this car. Currently testing the 75% modes at different venues. You will get to see full performance later in the year :)
@@cephasmakuzva probably similar reasons to why Lotus had a track day with the Evija limited to "only" 1400 horsepower or so. Shaking out the thermal and durability issues with running the batteries, motors, and power management when a megawatt is coursing through them. The Rimac Nevera seems capable of running at its max 1,900 (!!) horsepower, but it's a big heavy, arguably over-engineered car.
@@tbay1959 I mean all lap records are a single lap? This was no different than running quali laps. And not all cars are built for the same purpose, I don't really think it matters that it can't run a 10 lap race. And I think Formula E proves that BEV's can be spec racecars if they are designed for that objective.
This is the first electric car that has hit the "disruptive technology" mark. Fan cars have been done many times before with good results but it's a first on an electric car, and that is where that engineering shines. To most of us, battery powered cars signify a dark agenda used to take away what we love. This car avoids that bit entirely, it was made for pure speed, and a battery is the best tool for the job here. Any car guy can get behind this, regardless of the muscle car they have in their garage. When you peer below the surface it isn't leading us towards 15 minute cities, it's just taking a person around a track as fast as humanly possible. It's honest, it's purpose built like an F40. It's an engineering marvel driven by passion and I am so proud of the men who built it.
@@tbay1959 tbh they can just dial back the power to last ~100km (30 laps @ Monaco) to make it last, the constant overtaking will make it interesting, unlike the past years at Monaco, F1 Monaco 2023: 22 overtakes 2024: 4 overtakes FE Monaco 2023: 116 overtakes 2024: 197 overtakes with fe being slightly smaller than f1 the overtakes significantly increases, now imagine a car that's half the size of the current f1 cars
@@wow-sham1300 so 30 laps then a 20 min recharge and at 20% Power they would not be as fast as F1 car. To get that much range they would also have to cut power to the fans so down force would not be as good so handling advantage would lessen.
Those who mentioned that it is 13 seconds slower than the all time record, a pole lap set by Sebastian Vettel in a Ferrari F1 car in 2018, don't forget- this is at 75% performance... : O I don't know how a driver does it- I'm pretty good at driving a powerful car at the limit of the tire's mechanical grip, but this- it's just an act of faith with that much downforce to nail it and just slingshot around corners like that!! Insane...
The F1 cars were doing around 210mph in qualifying, which is around 35mph faster, which would be around 2-3 seconds or so time lost just on the straight. There's still around 30 percent more downforce on an F1 car in the high speed sections, which is again around 3 seconds. That can still be made up in time. This thing is already around the same time as a Lmp car with 100 percent power, which is ridiculous
@@mikesturgess2676 Cornering speed is exactly what it has. The fans are a gamechanger for that, that's why Gordon Murray put them in the Brabham BT46B and that's why Adrian Newey is putting them in the RB17.
how long does the battery last at full power though? the Nureberg ring most electric high performance cars can only last 1 lap funnily a Hyundai Ionq N50 which is insanely fast lap time is 1300hp managed to get 2 laps and thats a breakthru Teslas cant do that
@@zukacs, it would definitely win around Monaco, but that's more size, power, and wheelbase than the downforce. It would lose around a track like COTA, SPA, or Road America however.
Yeah, 2020 Spec DTM cars are quick, but they aren't Formula 1 quick. Looking at lap times, a '20 DTM sits somewhere around F3 speeds. So, a few seconds quicker per lap would put Max's run around F2 speeds.
lol. It wouldn’t lose to any F1 car on any track on earth. F1 cars on COTA would get smashed by at least a second. Even with DRS on straights, this thing would make up WAY more time in corners. Probably wouldn’t even be a fair race.
I’m not sure there’s a human that could drive it flat out on The Ring. Need a fighter jet pilot who is trained and used to the G-forces. But even then, after 6 trillion corners for 13 miles that may be too much for anyone alive lol.
@@BAND-MAID-USA Completely incorrect assessment. You need a race car driver who has the upper body muscles as well as the neck muscles. A car does not and will never exert G forces on the body like a plane will. A formula one driver will be perfectly capable of driving this car. The two most important things will be the muscles for the neck and the muscles in the left leg.
So at 50% power and downforce it is still only good for 6 or 7 laps. Then needs 20 mins to recharge. I think a gas powered car would easily beat it in a 10 lap race lol.
You won't last six or seven laps. What if you do 12 laps? The gas car has to fuel up? The McMurty will win on a technical track because it will be charged and will be faster around the bends. Silly logic to try and come up with a hypothetical about an abnormal number of laps to dig on this car.
@@freddybell8328 You are totally missing my point. I fyou were paying attention to the video it said that at 50% power the car was good for about 6 or 7 laps of a shorter track. to go ten laps it would have to stop for 20 mins to trecharge. A gas powered F1 car can easi;y do 10 laps and will easily catch up in 20 mins for the E car to recharge. When the F1 car runs low on fuel it only takes less than a min to refuel. Wake up and smell the coffee. also at 50 % power it loses downforce due to lower fan speed. These E cars are good for setting lap records and that is about it.
3:00 Impressive and awesome car but a runtime of 20 minutes or on full power not even 2 minutes is defenitely an issue to break some lap records in the future. I would like to see the very same car with a high powered petrol engine (like the tiny new one from Koenigsegg) and see it go around the Nordschleife with F1 car pace.
Is that the f1 circuit? If so kimi Raikkonen did it in 1.13! So not really anywhere near f1 pace no matter what button you press 🙄 Still a very fast car 👍
I’m sorry, but you should need a FIA super license to buy that. Exaggerating a little bit, but I’d probably kill myself in that thing if I tried to push it anywhere near what it can do. It’s awesome and amazing engineering was required to make this beast. I’ve seen the Goodwood run, but this seemed even faster since it could stretch its legs (and not have people standing on the other side of hay bundles).
Yup one of the guys from hagerty made himself sick from the gs it puts on the driver just running it around a skid pad. 😀 Like the 919 evo nurburgring run I bet this car would also be limited by the drivers physical limits when pushed hard.
I would LOVE to see this thing blast up the Pikes Peak Hillclimb cause I could DEFINITELY see a new record from that car that would be ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT. Possibly a time under 7.5 minutes or even 7 minutes with how fast that thing is. I mean it blasted up the Goodwood Hillclimb in like 30 seconds or so? So I could see a high 6-minute time up the Pikes Peak hillclimb. I dunno what you think but I can see a high 6-minute time which would be an INSANE time due to how long the course is as most cars take AT LEAST 9 minutes or more depending on how it is set up for the course and how much power it has under the hood. I would love to hear your thoughts on this.
@@MikeKayK They could put a cooling system in for the batteries. like put some additional lightweight fans or liquid cool the batteries to where they would stay in check temperature-wise. Hell there has been multiple EVs that have done the climb so it wouldn't be difficult to make it to where it would be able to do that long run up the mountain. There are ways to make it happen.
@@alecday3775 Perhaps, but for whatever reason they haven't done it. And additional cooling would require a lot more design and R&D, would take up additional space that might not be there, add weight, drain the battery quicker, etc. It's not that simple.
@@MikeKayK But it has the potential of breaking the 7-minute barrier on the Pikes Peak Hllclimb course if it could bomb Goodwood in a little over 30 seconds and i am not saying that it has to be a production car either, i m saying it could be one that is purpose-built for Pikes peak with a professional race driver behind the wheel. I still think a purpose-built one of those could still post a time that would be VERY HARD TO BEAT up Pikes Peak.
The fan downforce tech isn't revolutionary technology, it's decades old tech. I don't know who this presenter is but he really seems to have zero knowledge and even less personality.
This is the new dream🎉 amazing tech amazing speed. Wonder if they reverse the fans can it go into hover mode like the back to the future 2 DeLorean 🎉. Or if you jump it reverse fans to extend the jump😊. So many questions and special abilities, this is exciting. Definitely should get one in the Barn
I had always speculated whether in the future you could buy an electric car that could simulate different engines and gearing setups digitally, cool to see that idea sort of realized with the different driving modes.
Ive always dug this little thing. Looks neat and is basically banned racing tech stuffed into a crazy light EV, tho a PHEV version or something with a gas backup generator would be even cooler. May screw up the weight tho, god knows the engineering is next level. Plus, looks like a Mini Batmobile lol
Unfortunately they don't want people to show see the car because they closed the entire track (Hockenheimring) for it even those grandstands which are open to the public every day and even the hills where you can stand for free.
What has happened to the Ford GT and the Mustang Dark Horse on your USA road trip because I haven’t seen a video mentioning what has happened to the cars.
Not exatly the Nürburgring - where once upon a time manufacturers were all going to see how they all measured up to one another. Laguna Seca, Willow Springs, Circuit of The Americas, Hockenheimring... so far in 2024, a year of fast tech advancement, each manufacturer has handpicked a different track to go by themselves and set the "world record" at. Kind of leaves a lot of us with apples and oranges to compare; not complaining tho I luv it =-)
And ran a 7.9@150mph in the 1/4mile. When it was limited to just 150mph! I bet it runs mid 7s or even faster in production trim with 200mph limit when at max power. 👍🏻😀
British engineering and ingenuity. Love to see it. Good for you McMurty Automotive. Keep smashing those records. 75% of the performance and 4 seconds faster... astonishing.
1:25 & 1:24 is nothing to be bragging about for turning a few buttons. Why don't you have the car just drive itself? Make it self driving or put an AI robot driver in it! 😂😂
Snap my neighbour laughs at me for driving my Renault 5 gt turbo and he drives an evil mustang the amount of times he brags but 8x ive driven past him and hes broken down or ran 9ut 9f juice ya my little pocket rocket shes not the fastest but sounds and feels better then any ev. Line f1 racing people who are saying ev f1 is better have lost my respect
This guy needs to learn the terminology. It's not the fastest car there. Not even in the running. It's the quickest. (Fast = Top End, Quick = Acceleration.)
Great video Tim! Good to see you yesterday at Silverstone, shame this didn’t get to run on track, but we were spoilt with plenty of very special cars, look forward to seeing your video from the day.
So Crazy Fast! 16 seconds FASTER than the Mercedes Project One @ 75% power!!! Looks like it is going to best ANY F1 car! Can't wait to have it added to a SIM, as I am a SIM Racer. To old and poor for any of the real things. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
fans creating downforce is not new "In 1970 the Chaparral 2J "sucker car" had proved significantly faster than its opposition in the North American Can-Am sportscar series. The 2J had two fans at the rear of the car driven by a dedicated two-stroke engine to draw large amounts of air from under the chassis, reducing pressure and creating downforce."
Wait and see, an AI track driving app/device will eventually pop up that will GPS record the track and aid with braking, turn in, suggested line etc and update with more laps, squeezing all the potential out and even full AI driving/racing. The pursuit of speed will probably grow to no longer be done by humans or be in a separate class..
OK OK OK... HEAR ME OUT... -Make these things remote control and FPV... you eliminate the risk of driver fatalities BAM! -The weigh reduction of having no driver means bigger batteries and motors! -Bigger batteries means more sustained power and more Downforce! -Im talking like stick to the wall/ceiling down force...
Just to compare : F1 race lap record is 1:13.780 ( Kimi Räikkönen, McLaren MP4-19B, 2004), so 1:24.430 is not far behind, the limit is obviously the top speed. (F1 cars basically reach higher top speeds).
Can I plz get a recording of the McMurty setting a track record. It would most definitely help me fall asleep. The greatest draw automobile racing has always been the sound of it's finely tuned power unit, for shits and giggles let's say from a single cylinder Go Kart to a Blown Fuel Dragster. It's the sound of an Environment Destroying, Ice Age creating, Petrol chugging I.C.E. It sure as hell isn't the sound of a Huge-MunGus........ Slot Car...... LOL
Please ask the Koenigsegg for their proprietary AirCore™ tech for Carbon Wheels, and if they refuse, then at least ask the Carbon Revolution from Australia for custom Carbon Wheels. If everything else fails, please go for the Magnesium Alloy Wheels. Please!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 Reduce the unsprung weight even further. Achieve 0-100 in 1.5 or something. 😢
