The British automotive media channel Carwow recently organised a 1/4-mile straight-line acceleration race in which they invited former F1 driver David Coothard to drive a Red Bull F1 car (RB7), the blogger's own Honda NSX sports car and a £1,600 remote control car.
In everyone's impression, whether in straight lines or corners, F1 racing is always synonymous with "speed". The Red Bull RB7 F1 car driven by Kuthard is powered by a 2.4-liter V8 engine that can deliver 750 horsepower and weigh only 640 kilograms. In previous straight-line acceleration races, this F1 car is invincible.
But this time it will encounter a strong opponent, that is, an electric remote control car that is much lighter than an F1 car. What's more, the car is quite cheap compared to its rivals, at just £1400.
Of course, there is another competitor in this straight-line acceleration race - Honda NSX, this "Japanese national treasure supercar" is driven by a 3.0-liter V6 twin-turbo engine and two motors, with 581 horsepower, 645 Nm of peak torque, 100 km/h acceleration of only 3.3 seconds, but its weight is 1760 kg, much heavier than the other two, but the main role of the Honda NSX is to ride on the "player" who controls the remote control car to ensure that it is always within the control range of the remote control car.
After two rounds of tuning and adaptation, the linear acceleration race officially began, and although the NSX's four-wheel drive won it some starting advantages, it was immediately surpassed by F1 cars. So where is the remote control car at this time? Let's take a look at this video to find out.
The final 1/4 mile result was surprising, with the RC car doing a staggering 8.6 seconds, compared to an F1 car with a 9.5 seconds and the Honda NSX with an 11.3 seconds.