https://www.thedrive.com/news/32199/modded-tesla-model-3-almost-matches-mclaren-f1s-tsukuba-circuit-lap-time Modded Tesla Model 3 Almost Matches McLaren F1's Tsukuba Circuit Lap Time February 13, 2020 James Gilboy
[image https://api.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Model-3-Lap-Time-Hero.jpg videos https://youtu.be/p3OC8kteMiw Tesla Model 3 Vs McLaren F1 at Tsukuba in Japan! (dated) https://youtu.be/RHI8LRFzmSU Best MOTORing 1994 12 McLaren F1 tested Oct 29, 2017 - Uploaded by Dyvax Logan 45:14 ] The track-spec Tesla is just a tenth of a second slower—despite a light drizzle and an amateur driver. It's a great achievement for a car to be in any way comparable to the vaunted McLaren F1, arguably still the greatest road car ever made some two decades later. That's why it's important that the F1's time recorded around Tsukuba Circuit in Japan was almost equaled by a car from the 21st century, one that cost less than a hundredth what you'd pay for an F1 today and runs on pure electricity. That car? A heavily modified Tesla Model 3. Said Tesla is the property of American YouTuber Erik Strait, who posts under the name DÆrik. Strait tossed practically the entire catalog of Tesla specialist Unplugged Performance at his Model 3. It features fully adjustable suspension, carbon-ceramic brakes, functional carbon fiber aero elements, and 20-inch forged wheels wrapped in 305-section Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires—factory equipment on the Porsche 918 Spyder. Eager to pit his Model 3 against some of the world's premier racetracks, Strait collaborated with a Japanese Tesla club [ https://www.google.com/search?q=Japanese+Tesla+club ] to send his car to Tsukuba Circuit, where the Tesla ran about 20 laps on Jan. 22. On that date, a non-pro driver familiar with Tsukuba braved slick conditions to clock a lap time of 1:04.730 in the modified EV. As Strait points out, that's scarcely a tenth off the 1:04.62 recorded by a McLaren F1 in a December 1994 episode of Best Motoring. Said lap can be found at 15:30 into the video ... [© thedrive.com] + https://www.thethings.com/pics-that-paint-tesla-and-other-electric-cars-in-a-different-light/ 18 Pics That Paint Tesla (And Other Electric Cars) In A Different Light Feb 11, 2020 ... S3XY, etron=turd, wood-fire Easter-egg, Bolt RV, My Little Pony painted Leaf, farting Tesla, +more https://static3.thethingsimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_0101-e1520286064525-768x1024-e1581438984971.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ https://mail-archive.com/ev@lists.evdl.org/maillist.html {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
