![]() Crucial to the Porsche's performance is its low-speed advantage, both accelerating and stopping. If the graph departs from 0, it means one has an advantage - upward for Porsche, downward for the McLaren. Under acceleration, the P1 has the edge while the German trumps the Brit when braking. For this duel, we've created an additional analysis: the two cars' speed difference. Around the slow climbs and quick drops of the circuit's 2.21 miles, the P1 grabbed a brief edge through Turn 1 but instantly lost it to the 918 while braking in Turn 2, though the Porsche certainly never stopped feeling the McLaren's hot breath on its neck. Among the Porsche's arsenal are all-wheel drive, fatter tires, and bigger brakes in the McLaren's quiver are greater horsepower and lower weight. Which is the greater superpower: leaping tall buildings in a single bound or having Hulk-like strength? The Porsche 918 and McLaren P1 are basically the superheroes of hyper-performance, and their individual automotive superpowers were on spectacular display at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was evident from our view at Turn 11, watching Pobst focusing hard on keeping the car straight power oversteer looks fantastic, but it's not the fast way around a corner. ![]() He adds that the 918 is looser than the P1 on entry but the powered front axle allows him to pull out of corners harder and more consistently. "The McLaren could not exit the four slow corners at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca the way the 918 could, a clear and present contrast," Pobst says. This was the primary area where it can be improved, a quicker cycling, smarter, track-ready ABS control system like in real race cars." The second is that the P1 might have trouble applying 904 hp through two wheels, sticky as they may be. I kept overrunning the turn-in points in it. One: "The P1 ABS was old-school obvious in its application and felt as though it lengthened brake zones considerably. Welcome to Goodwood Elevenses, a mid-morning helping of motoring-related amusement to help break up your day.What happened? Warmer afternoon air certainly didn't inhibit the P1's engine, as it out-accelerated the 918 everywhere. ![]() McLaren did the same, but never published the time, while Ferrari never gave it a go. But Porsche being Porsche, it created a monster, and so confident of its abilities it sent four-time Le Mans 24 Hours-winner Marc Lieb flying around the Nordschleife to set a production car record. It was heavier than the cars from Woking and Maranello, and in the eyes of many it appeared to be the lesser of the three beasts. Porsche, meanwhile, went for a 4.6-litre flat-plane crank V8 with the most substantial battery of the lot, enough for 18 miles of EV driving, plus all-wheel-drive. Ferrari went for a hybrid 6.3-litre V12, McLaren a hybrid 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 with a much bigger battery than that of its Italian rival, allowing it to run on electric power alone for just over six miles. Each a limited-run electrified hypercar employing different tactics to make the fastest machine possible. It’s hard to believe that it’s now a decade since the stars aligned and Porsche launched the 918 Spyder, Ferrari the LaFerrari and McLaren the P1. ![]()
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