Formula 1: Summer Holiday Top Trumps – How does F1 compare?

Right, before we jump in let me warn you, THIS IS A LONG ONE! Please get comfortable, get a drink, go to the toilet, take the phone off the hook, lock the doors and settle in, this could take up 5 maybe 10 minutes of your time but in my opinion will be TOTALLY worth it, hope you enjoy...

Now if you have followed all of the above instructions you should be pretty much good to go now so let’s jump on in... ENJOY!

Come on, surely we have all played it at one time or another, Top Trumps... That classic game played by children and adults of all ages, still not sure, check out the website – http://www.toptrumps.com.

I was sat watching Top Gear, for those who live in a box or another country most would say that Top Gear is one of the greatest programs the BBC manage to show every year, check it out on the BBC iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer.

Links time is over now, on with the article:

I was watching the episode of Top Gear where Richard Hammond races a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon, for those who haven’t seen this episode, the Hamster races the Bugatti Veyron 1 mile down a runway and then 1 mile back, at the same time the Eurofighter has to fly 1 mile up into the air and then 1 mile down and whoever crosses the line first is the winner.

Instantly I start to think of other unlikely races that have been race and can be found on You Tube, then I thought... Let’s have a Top Trumps style comparison where I find out just how our modern day F1 cars measure up.

Let’s stick some ground rules in here so that this article doesn’t get the haters queuing up to take a shot at the big guy.

Disclaimer

First things first, I am fully aware that in the real world there are WAY too many factors in the different vehicles performances to make this a fair fight including, weight, friction (Land, Sea or Air), the amount of engines and aerodynamics, I could go on but you get the point.

I am also aware that there are some gaps in my stats... Well I am not a human encyclopaedia and the internet isn’t as reliable as one may think, so honestly, guys, if you can help me out with any of my gaps then throw some figures at me and make this article consistent, I don’t think I have done that bad, and it did take 2 days on and off to get what I have.

Finally, this is just a bit of “Fill in the gap” fun for our bored brains during the 3 week summer break, something to have a look at and think, wow, I didn’t know that. So hopefully you guys get a bit of a laugh from it, read on:

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