I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters
As you've probably noticed, I love my motorsport and watched every F1 race in 2021. Formula E's a little harder to come by but in my opinion, it's more exciting than the F1 with the extra contact that's "allowed". The World Rally Championship isn't as exciting for me but with my steering wheel and bucket seat set up in my garage, I can see the appeal.
So yesterday, the-mrs-gorilla sees a drag race between the 3 motorsports pop up on my YouTube which I hadn't noticed and she insisted that we watch it but before I share the video with you, what are your thoughts on which will be fastest?
My prediction was the Formula E. It's instant deployment of power should see it out accelerate a Formula 1 car and easily beat the rally car that'll be more suited to off-road. In a race (on a track), the F1 car would win all day long and off-road, only 1 car would finish. But this is neither of those things. It's 1/4 mile, less than 10 seconds in a straight line...
Well, the F1 car absolutely smashed it. I was surprised by the lack of speed in the Formula E car which goes to show how far the technology has to go to compete with the petrol heads.
If you enjoyed this and want to see more - Top Gear has a page dedicated to its drag races - https://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-drag-races