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by clouddrover 1724 days ago
> You compared an ID.4 to a LeMans car.

Nope, I never mentioned the ID.4.

> They can only compete on a very restricted space

Supercars are a very restricted space. That's why they're so expensive and produced in such low numbers. People don't buy them to do grocery shopping.

> Linear fit? Really?

Yes. You should check the circuit layout between 1975 and now.

> F1 rules, for almost 100 years, have been about slowing the cars down.

False. F1 lap times have increased at historic circuits. In 1991 Aryton Senna qualified at Monaco with a time of 1:20.344. In 2021 Lewis Hamilton qualified at Monaco with a time of 1:10.346.

In 2020 Lewis Hamilton set a new record for the highest average speed around Monza:

https://www.racefans.net/2020/09/05/264-362kph-the-stats-of-...