F1 has incredible acceleration because it weighs only 1150 kg and has a power of 620 hp or 545 hp / t. The modern Porsche 918 has a power ratio of 520 hp / t. F1 is a very light supercar with a powerful engine, all modern supercars weigh more than 1600 kg

McLaren F1 specs
Car type | Coupe |
Curb weight | 1140-1169 kg (2513-2577 lbs) |
Dimensions | 4.29 m (169 in) long, 1.82 m (72 in) wide, 1.14 m (45 in) high |
Wheelbase | 2.72 m (107 in) |
Power / weight | 543 ps (535 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 560 Nm (413 lb-ft) / t |
Introduced | 1993 |
Origin country | United Kingdom |
Views | 113.8k |
Performance
Top speed | 386 kph (240 mph) |
0 - 50 kph | 1.8 s |
0 - 80 kph | 2.7 s |
0 - 100 kph | 3.2 s |
0 - 180 kph | 7.8 s |
0 - 200 kph | 9.4 s |
0 - 300 kph | 22.0 s |
0 - 60 mph | 3.2 s |
0 - 70 mph | 3.9 s |
0 - 80 mph | 4.5 s |
0 - 90 mph | 5.6 s |
0 - 100 mph | 6.3 s |
0 - 110 mph | 7.2 s |
0 - 120 mph | 9.2 s |
0 - 130 mph | 10.4 s |
0 - 140 mph | 11.2 s |
0 - 150 mph | 12.8 s |
0 - 160 mph | 14.6 s |
0 - 170 mph | 17.2 s |
0 - 180 mph | 20.3 s |
0 - 200 mph | 28.0 s |
Est. 1/8 mile | 7.2 s @ 107.5 mph |
1/4 mile | 11.0 s |
Est. 1/2 mile | 17.2 s @ 164.0 mph |
1000 m | 19.5 s @ 276.4 kph |
Est. 100 - 200 kph | 6.2 s |
Est. 200 - 300 kph | 12.6 s |
Est. max acceleration | 0.95 g (9 m/s²) |
70 mph - 0 | 49 m (162 ft) |
More acceleration times

Powertrain
Engine type | BMW V12 |
Displacement | 6.1 l (372 ci) |
Power | 627 ps (618 bhp / 461 kw) |
Torque | 647 Nm (477 lb-ft) |
Power / liter | 103 ps (101 hp) |
Transmission | 6 speed |
Layout | middle engine, rear wheel drive |
Laptimes
Track | Time |
---|---|
Bedford Autodrome West Circuit (2004 - 06/2008) | 1:21.20 |
Estoril | 1:55.90 |
Tsukuba | 1:04.62 |
Nürburgring Nordschleife | 7:23.00 est |
Laguna Seca (post 1988) | 1:30.00 est |
Hockenheim Short | 1:07.00 est |
Willow Springs | 1:25.00 est |
Sachsenring | 1:30.00 est |


hostboy 2y ago
Looking back to this page, I don't think the F1 that did 10.8 was stock. Maybe it had a tune. 0-300kph in 20sec is ridiculous for anything less than 700 hp with a 0.32*19.2 drag area

Good Gamer 2y ago
Nice so its fastest quarter mile time is 10.8s it even beats Enzo and Carrera GT in that test.



Inline 6 rules 2y ago
3,2 s is 0-60 mph not 0-100 km/h.
0-100 km/h is 3,4 s
http://www.einszweidrei.de/ezdold/index.html
0-120 km/h: 4,3 s
0-140: 5,1 s
0-180: 7,3 s
0-200: 8,8 s
0-220: 10,1 s
0-240: 12,2 s
0-260: 14,1 s
0-280: 16,9 s
0-300: 20,3 s
1/4 mile:10,8 s
1000 m: 19 s
http://www.germancarforum.com/attachments/image-jpg.375962/


FastestLaps 2y ago
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motoring/news/article.cfm?c_id=9&objectid=11760145
I find this funny. I wonder who decided how much $$ would be too much to pay photographer for not releasing pictures of crashed F1... How do you calculate something like that... I guess they don't want the bad imagine for the brand, but it's not like other supercars don't crash or that there aren't plenty of pictures with crashed McLaren's, Ferraris etc around anyway.

Good Gamer 3y ago
WOW!Braking from 160 to 0 takes only 162 ft,that would put it only 11ft more than Enzo's braking which is the only thing superior it has to F1(not including steering).And as for handling auto car also praised it by saying it has phenomenal handling.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mclaren/f1-1992-1998/ride
Even R&T praised its handling by saying it achieves cornering speeds greater than any road car and drives like a car on slick in 2002 issue of F1 vs F40 vs 959.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/reviews/a5339/performance-tests-first-drives-flashback-1994-mclaren-f1/
But I am full aware that handling and not to mention brakes and tires have come a long way since then so F1 can't cope up with modern cars.
As for F1 being faster than CGT,Rowan Atkinson said it in 2004 issue of Evo,Martin Brundle said F1 was the best in his 2002 car test.I still find it amazing that it is still considered a good benchmark.Its Millbrook and MIRA record still remains unbroken.
Its Estoril lap is even now one of the fastest just surpassed by 991 GT3,GTR 550PS and 991 Turbo S.The cars it lapped faster than includes ZR1,458 Italia,SLS AMG and 991 Carrera 4S.

good gamer 3y ago
If you want a comparison, heres a 175hp 2009 road legal caterham setting a time of 1:53.4
And a guy who sets a time of 1:56.25 from a honda s2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrZrr8Qskjk
Actually R300 laptime was set on slicks on R300 Championship.Their laptimes are comparable to a 458 Italia.
http://uk.caterhamcars.com/sites/default/files/content/lap_records_-_2016_2.pdf
As for S2000 lap time,I highly doubt it is stock and streetlegal as at braking stock S2000 will not pull 2g's.And no roadcar has broken 1:50 barrier according to autofoco magazine.Besides S2000 is slower than Civic Type r which again only did 2:04.


R8 LMS Ultra 3y ago
Mclaren F1 braking distances
30-0mph 9.7m
50-0mph 25.2m
70-0mph 49.5m
138-0mph 189m
Reference Autocar
Scan link found from wikipedia
https://web.archive.org/web/20071114030711/http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/news/Autocar_December_F1.pdf

R8 LMS Ultra 3y ago
I just wished that F1 had more laps at tsukuba like other supercars rather than 1 lap,I hope that it improves by at least 1s.Its estoril laptime is very impressive only 2s slower than 991 gt3 on a technical track.
But the thing I hate about F1 is that it had soft suspension and too many body rolls through corners.Not having an anti roll bar at rear is fine because Jonathan Palmer said that it would make the handling unpredictable but still,I wanted it to be a track car rather than road car.

saxy 3y ago
276*
The F1 was always fast in a straight line. Above 150mph, it accelerated faster than F1 cars. It had very very little weight. Built at the time where there were no crash regulations to meet, airbags, heavy dual clutches. And importantly, the curb weight, was the curb weight. So that's huge power to weight. Bonus is that this car is low and has practically no aero drag. And it'll always be a legend because it'll always hold the world record for top speed in a N/A car, a car that won Le Mans, and the only supercar to seat 3 people.


R8 LMS Ultra 3y ago
Found faster drag time for Mclaren F1
1/4mile 11.045s
1km 19.548s
Reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzqVQ1RULs

abcdeghi 4y ago
if mclaren admitted that it would be beaten by mp4-12c then show me the link.
autocar said f1 is better than mp4-12c,tiff needle said it,evo said it,only bad review i heard is by tg.
on very ,tight track it might be true but on long track i doubt it.
they may have said that it is as fast as f1(at professionals hand ofcourse) like ferrari did with 430 scedura



abcdeghi 4y ago
this is comparision of f1 to f1 xp5
test f1 vs xp5 vs ameritech
0-100mph 6.3 vs 6s vs 7.7s
skidpad n/a vs 1.2(claim) vs0.86g
0-200kph 9.4s vs 7.6s vs 10.5+s
1/4 mile 11.1vs10.2s(est)vs11.6s
topspeed 231-240mph vs 243vs217mph
now concerning 7:11 lap time,if you are speaking of ameritech, standard f1, it can do it in about 7:30 at best,but xp5 can do much better than that it even requires 2010 upgrade package by mclaren for standard f1 to perform as good as xp5.
THE 20.832KM LAP TIMES ARE ABOUT 7S SLOWER THAN 20.6KM LAPS AS STATED BY NURBURGRING SITE


BR2+ 4y ago
GTRs have always had good cornering speed in every generation they have been in from the late 60s to know, Hell i should no, But that is one factor, But it isnt the most. The reason it does a 7:08 is the AMOUNT of attempts it has taken, Give every car on that Nurb list and it would look Very different today. 10 laps or 1000, Which do you think would yield a better result?...
But again, If one is gonna claim a laptime, There better be proof, Now concerning a prototype XP5, Most of the time the finish product is much faster then the unfinished version, But McLarens XPs have been known to be quite a bit faster, F1 to P1. But it just didnt do a 7:11, Look at all the cars that havent even come close to that.

uptownfunker 4y ago
I registered on August 3rd, you registered on the 31st. Lol Welcome boy!
I've written comments and added cars here even a couple years before I registered.

abcdeghi 4y ago
that may be because you have registered earlier,ijust registered 2 days before.
and reputation!=knowledge.
and 7:11 is not only from wiki but also from
http://www.sps-automotive.com/en_sps/track/07Nt_zonda.html
and circuit breaker just proves that f1 has lapped nurburgring but you said it has not lapped there.
it also proved that i was right about f1's 7:11.
calculate its average and it comes out to be around 169km/h.

uptownfunker 4y ago
Wikipedia* is not a source. We all have a higher reputation than ya! Older, too! (Click on the profile names to find out.)
Btw, there is an [edit] option. Just click that, select the entire post, erase it, and then click the submit button; therefore your comment will be erased.

abcdeghi 4y ago
nismo got 7:08 due to its good cornering speed.
if you are tracking the source,you should see the old formula one videos with matti kyllonen.
mclaren can hide this fact for many reasons like for not affecting their sales of new car.
which will tell that its old car is better than new.
autocar has stated several times that f1 is faster than mp4-12c around track in most conditions.
and lastly p1 has not shown any laptime for ring but they released its average speed as 111mph
if you know mika hakkinen you can ask about the laptime of mclaren f1 and confirm whether it is for xp5 or lm.
back then nobody cared about laptimes and its classical example is xj220 which was record holder for laptime for 3 yrs and nobody cared to buy it
sorry for posting 2 times.

BR2+ 4y ago
Really though, None of those are a source, Its just a gathered sum of laptimes bunched together in databases that look for numbers rather then evidence, There is NO ACTUAL proof of the 7:11 time other then hearsay, I have never seen McLaren admitting to that time.
You also forget, OTHER laptimes from cars, How many manufakturs have claimed the lap record and not a SINGLE one has ever said anything about the 7:11 or aimed for it UNTIL the Apollo Speed?....
But hell maybe they did do it, McLaren has said for the past 2 years there P1 lapped The Ring in Under 7Mins....And still AFTER ALL this time no video or anything....
We all know the F1 is fast, But its not doing a 7:11, Hell a Carrera GT with Rohl behind the wheel ONLY did a 7:28, And you think an F1 is almost 20s faster? lol Know we should all understand a few things when regarding a Ring lap, Driver, Conditions, Traffic, Options, But ONE of THE most important things to have, Is number of laps, WHy do you think a Nismo got a 7:08 and NONE of its other laptimes reflect a siiliar outcome?...

abcdeghi 4y ago
these are some more references for 7:11 lap time
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71595&page=2
http://nostalgic-gti.forumactif.org/t4-nurburgring-time-attack