Drag race: McLaren MP4-12C vs. Ferrari 458 and Porsche 997 Turbo

SpeedLimit? · 2011-02-16 15:33:17

2nd race used the Ferrari press car. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5457432151_6599dd9077_z.jpg

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Feb 19, 2011 | 11:08 AM

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2nd race used the Ferrari press car.

Feb 19, 2011 | 11:16 AM

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^ Is that for real?

Feb 19, 2011 | 01:29 PM

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I was going to post this last week, but the race was terrible.

Feb 19, 2011 | 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ljg

^ Is that for real?

eh please, this picture is proof enough.

Feb 21, 2011 | 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Peloton25

I believe that particular 458 belongs to McLaren, as would the Porsche most likely.

McLaren got their hands on the Ferrari very shortly after they were released in the UK, much to the displeasure of Ferrari of course.

Luckily theirs did not catch fire.

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Yeah, that 458 was safe, you couldn`t say the same thing about this one though...

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Feb 21, 2011 | 05:08 AM

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Were they all using launch control in the start? It took so long until they were off so the start happened very quickly

Kind of a crappy vid. Why couldn't they've bothered with some better cameras when they have three of the best sports cars in the world? That's beyond me at least..

Feb 21, 2011 | 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by commendatore

Yeah, that 458 was safe, you couldn`t say the same thing about this one though...

One McLaren F1 catching fire in 15+ years hardly deserves mentioning when 7 (or more) 458 Italias caught fire in a span of two months.

But whatever...

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Feb 21, 2011 | 06:11 AM

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Feb 21, 2011 | 06:11 AM

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Hardly, that was a McLaren made test, and off line the Porsche is faster than Italia..... you draw the conclusion about that test.....but since is McLaren they have the tendency to use PP`s or XP`s to establish the reputation.....and they talk about Ferrari