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Originally Posted by Inge_F
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Originally Posted by Alpina_B3_Lux
The i8 is useless as a track car. The battery will be discharged after about 2 minutes of hard driving, and then you're left with a 231hp petrol engine.
It's not conceived at all for the track and one should not even try to make it fit this purpose.
Alpina_B3_Lux
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I haven't driven it yet, probably never will, but to call it useless for track days is a bit harsh don't you think? I don't know the rate its able to regenerate power during braking and partly power-demand situations, but I believe that there will always be some el. power available. And you will always have the possibility to do like one re-charge lap for every two hot-laps for example, like they do in F1 these days. Don't think Lewis H. call his car useless for that reason.. |
Hamilton also has a monstrously boosted V6 (that makes ~650hp). His KERs system is good for ~160hp; useful, but not nearly in the same proportion of electrical propulsion as on the i8.