During F1 practice at Malaysia today, my dad and I were talking about how fast they could get an F1 car to lap the Malaysian circuit if they weren't any regulations. For instance, they could run turbos, as big of engines they wanted (V12s without rev limiters), whatever tires they wanted, whatever fuel they wanted (rocket fuel for example), whatever aerodynamics they wanted, ground effects, no weight restrictions, basically whatever the engineers could come up with.
The fastest time in practice in Malaysia was a 1:35.707 set by Kimi Raikkonen, which is an average of 126.98 mph. Now, my dad says that they would be able to run 1:00, an average speed of 202.56 mph. That's ridiculous, there is no way they could AVERAGE 202mph. I said that they would be able to do around 1:15, which is 162.05 mph. No doubt, they would be able to scream at probably 200+ around the fast sweepers at Sepang and 240+ down the long straights, but they have to slow down to go around all of the hairpins. That's why I think that a 1:15 is a solid estimate, they might be able to go faster than that.
However, the thing is, you need some crazy person to drive it. I have faith that Kimi would be willing to drive such a fast car, but would his body be able to take it? Drivers might not be able to survive such high g-forces in the corners and could pass out.
How fast do you think an F1 car could go without restrictions?
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