Top Speeds Of F1, IndyCar, MotoGP And More

Formula 1

Top speed: 360km/h / 223mph

Acceleration: 0-60mph - approximately 2.6s

While 372.5km/h (231.4mph) is the fastest speed seen during a race, Honda's RA106 set a 397.36km/h (246.9mph) top speed during one of the speed runs.

IndyCar

Top speed: 380km/h / 236mph

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in approximately 3s 

MotoGP

Top speed: 362.4km/h / 225.5mph

Acceleration: 0-100 km/h in approximately 2.6s

NASCAR

Top speed: Just over 321km/h / 199mph

Acceleration: 0-96km/h in 3.4s

NASCAR actively restricts the top speeds of its cars as a safety measure after numerous incidents. The cars' weight work against them in terms of outright top speed.

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Formula 2

Top speed: 335km/h / 208mph

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 2.9s

F2 cars are designed to be less sophisticated than F1's; thus, they often lap 10 to 15 seconds slower.

Formula 3

Top speed: 300km/h / 186mph

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 3.1s

Formula E

Top speed: 280km/h / 174mph

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 2.8s

The core concept behind Formula E is to welcome sustainable electric racing into cities, which gives the series a different priority beyond just the speed.

DTM

Top speed: 300km/h / 186mph approx.

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 3s approx.

WTCR

Top speed: 260km/h / 161mph approx.

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 4.5s

WRC

Top speed: 200km/h / 124mph approx.

Acceleration: surface dependent

Though these speeds don't seem challenging, driving the same circuit lap after lap is an altogether different story than having a co-driver describe every turn at speed with only a few moments' warning. Besides, rally drivers get very less grip to drive on.

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V8 Supercars

Top speed: 300km/h / 186mph approx.

The Bathurst 1000, the apex event of the Supercars Championship season, saw Scott McLaughlin set a new lap record of 2m03.378s in 2019, with an average speed of 181.29km/h (112.65mph) across the 6.213km circuit.

WEC

Top speed: 345km/h / 214mph approx. (LMP1)

Super Trofeo

Top speed: 325km/h / 201mph

Acceleration: 0-100km/h in 3.2s

Super Trofeo is a single-make series in which competitors compete in identical Lamborghini Huracans. It takes 3.2s to cover 0-62mph and 9.9s for 0-124mph en route to a top speed of 202mph.

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Isle of Man TT

Top speed: 322km/h / 200mph approx.

In 2015 James Hillier briefly clocked 206mph (331.5km/h) on his Ninja HR2, but the overall lap record is held by Peter Hickman, who averaged 135.452mph (217.989km/h) around the 37.73-mile course.

Top Fuel

Top speed: 530km/h / 329mph approx.

Acceleration: 0-530km/h in 3.7s

Consuming 15 gallons of nitromethane fuel in a jiffy. Top Fuel dragsters can hit speeds over 330mph (531km/h) and cover a 1,000ft drag strip in under 3.7 seconds from a standing start. In 2019, Brittany Force established a record time of 3.569 seconds and a top speed of 338.17mph (544.23km/h).