Is The FORMULA E Gen3 Faster Than A FORMULA 3 Car?

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @THEWINDTUNNEL
    @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад +16

    Which series has better racing?

    • @KluchaDJL
      @KluchaDJL Год назад +2

      F3

    • @bert1981
      @bert1981 Год назад +9

      Formula e hands down

    • @lewis8552
      @lewis8552 Год назад

      ​@@L3gion965wouldn't need DRS as already produces minimal drag

    • @raddishone92
      @raddishone92 Год назад

      @@lewis8552 Where would it even reduce drag in the first place?

    • @AERONOOB
      @AERONOOB Год назад

      FE is good but they really need to unlock the batteries. FIA limits it to much. The races could be really intense.

  • @skojuzija
    @skojuzija Год назад +61

    Impressive from FE. And also that is with grooved tyres

    • @OscarZheng50
      @OscarZheng50 Год назад +8

      well its monza so the grooved tyres are mitigated

    • @bensharpe64
      @bensharpe64 Месяц назад +2

      And basically no downforce

  • @swingAE86
    @swingAE86 Год назад +61

    FE has come a long way. Sad that the NYC race is no more.

    • @24editcc
      @24editcc Год назад +1

      Damn how you know that NYC doesn't race anymore?

    • @myersmyers1803
      @myersmyers1803 Год назад +3

      ​@@24editccfloodings and crimes

    • @趙祖睿
      @趙祖睿 Год назад +2

      And the fact FE is getting faster,that didn't help either

    • @briannam1082
      @briannam1082 Год назад +1

      @@myersmyers1803it’s nyc

    • @swingAE86
      @swingAE86 Год назад +1

      @@24editcc they moved the race to Portland

  • @jobian1279
    @jobian1279 Год назад +11

    Fe has such low grip compared to like other single seaters. It's entirely different kind of racecar.

  • @cjflash99
    @cjflash99 Год назад +48

    Formula E great on the straights
    Formula 3 great in the corners,
    I hope formula E gets some serious cornering speed in the future

    • @ZedNinetySix_
      @ZedNinetySix_ Год назад +12

      Aerodynamic grip would ruin the racing = dirty air

    • @Starfire_Storm
      @Starfire_Storm Год назад +16

      @@ZedNinetySix_ They really just need some better tires and that's it

    • @danielgraebin242
      @danielgraebin242 Год назад +2

      ​@@ZedNinetySix_they cant have much aero because the car needs to have low drag, else they wouldnt be able to finish the races

    • @ZedNinetySix_
      @ZedNinetySix_ Год назад +1

      @@danielgraebin242 that makes almost no sense,
      In a straight line yes, but around twisty tracks this is 99% irrelevant

    • @ZedNinetySix_
      @ZedNinetySix_ Год назад +1

      @@Starfire_Storm amen brother

  • @VW-Gaming18
    @VW-Gaming18 Год назад +24

    Could you make a multi formula class race. So f1, f2, f3, f3, fe, super formula and formula ford

    • @xnotasweatx
      @xnotasweatx Год назад +3

      He’s done this a lot already

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад +3

      I plan to do a video with every current single-seater in motorsport

  • @theblackshadow511
    @theblackshadow511 Год назад +8

    Idea for a nice comparison. 2 Laps around Barcelona:
    Ariel Atom V8 vs BAC Mono vs Caparo T1 vs 2023 F3 vs 2008 A1 GP vs 2017 Formula Renault 3.5 vs Lotus T125 vs 2017 F2 vs 2014 GP2/11

  • @Volt-riot
    @Volt-riot Год назад +6

    Feels awesome to watch a great video

  • @AloneRacecar
    @AloneRacecar Год назад +16

    I know this has nothing to do with the race, but that’s the Formula E logo on the thumbnail?? That’s quite a downgrade to what they originally had.

    • @izzdin6228
      @izzdin6228 Год назад +3

      My reaction the first time i saw the new logo was "somebody really loved the Nestle letter font huh?".

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад +1

      It's awful isn't it? It does a terrible job representing what Formula E is. It's like an 80s diesel station wagon racing series 😂

  • @BenBayliss-j1v
    @BenBayliss-j1v Год назад +1

    Thank you for using my idea

  • @john.s
    @john.s 10 месяцев назад

    they adapted the FE sounds well. other video games dont show electric vehicle sounds well

  • @vRipply
    @vRipply Год назад +12

    « Faster » is missing in your title

  • @vivos71
    @vivos71 8 месяцев назад

    I’d love to see which years of F1 each Formula E generation is faster than, especially with the FE gen 3 evo coming soon

  • @趙祖睿
    @趙祖睿 Год назад +1

    I think Formula e might going more on traditional racing circuits and street (Wide) circuits like 50/50 on the calendar. Cause the car might gonna go faster after introduce new cars like Gen 3 evo and Gen 4

    • @lewis8552
      @lewis8552 Год назад +2

      That seems to be the direction. Already for next season they will have Portland, Shanghai (shortened version), Mexico and currently series is chosing between Misano or Imola for their Italian round.
      Gen 4 will be necessary to start moving away from the narrow circuits because they will have 800hp, a proper aero package and AWD.

    • @AERONOOB
      @AERONOOB Год назад

      ​@@lewis8552Misano it is.

  • @lewis8552
    @lewis8552 Год назад +1

    All power no grip. I think 2025 when they bring softer tyres, AWD and some better aero the lapime will be far better than F3, even at more typical circuits. Probably missing a good 3 to 5 seconds a lap with the current car.

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад +1

      Yeah tou could make this car a lot faster relatively easily

  • @Communistthurso
    @Communistthurso Год назад

    Formula 3 car had a huge moment, i wouldnt really consider that fair.

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад

      Well, there's always the qualifying times at the end of the video to see how fast they could go

    • @Communistthurso
      @Communistthurso Год назад

      @@THEWINDTUNNEL ah ok sorry

  • @KlayNg-sr2jj
    @KlayNg-sr2jj 8 месяцев назад

    Allthough f3 could keep up with the fe gen 3 now in 2025 They announced the gen 3 evo which makes around 500-600 hp. Accel is in 1.8 secs and they improved the aero a bit so it could actually be faster than f2 and around same performance with f1.

    • @AERONOOB
      @AERONOOB 8 месяцев назад

      F1 performance is still a long way to go. F2 level will come in the next few years. But as they need more energy, they will need some serious pitstops for charging. And the challenge is to give that many cars 600kW of charging power at the same time. At least one car per team needs to be able to charge whenever. So that's 11 x 600kW.

  • @sushi_enthusiast
    @sushi_enthusiast Год назад +1

    keep in mind that fe cars have little to no downforce...

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад

      Ideed! That's why I picked Monza instead of Silverstone. It wouldn't be this close, that's for sure

  • @OscarZheng50
    @OscarZheng50 Год назад +2

    weird seeing a FE car faster in a straight than a petrol car

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад +3

      More power, more torque, no gear changes, less drag!

    • @Communistthurso
      @Communistthurso Год назад

      @@THEWINDTUNNELcan you re run the test? The formula 3 car had a dogshit lap wheras the Formula E car was decently clean. Just doesnt seem a very good test

  • @ID.SuperFan-tq8xi
    @ID.SuperFan-tq8xi 8 месяцев назад

    The FE must be like 10x cheaper to operate.

  • @BubbaBearGames
    @BubbaBearGames Год назад +3

    Proof that you don't always need a gas powered engine to go fast. That's one of the main reasons I love electric racing cars. I still love your conventional gas-powered racing cars, but I love electric cars just the same.

    • @ihsanjayadi88
      @ihsanjayadi88 Год назад

      I'm all support for electric race cars, but this is just plain slow. It's embarassing and doesn't show case the full potential of full electric drivetrain.

    • @BubbaBearGames
      @BubbaBearGames Год назад +1

      @@ihsanjayadi88 Exactly. Would be nice if they could actually run this kind of in real life.

    • @raddishone92
      @raddishone92 Год назад +1

      ​@@ihsanjayadi88I mean, F1 fans are complaining at every possible opportunity about how boring F1 is this season, letting people go bollocks on the cars wouldn't necessarily make a better series

    • @lewis8552
      @lewis8552 Год назад

      ​@@ihsanjayadi88It's not too bad for a power circuit. Plus a lot of the performance that's missing here isn't from the electric motor and more so from the tyres and lack of aero. If they had slicks and proper aero you're probably looking at 3 to 5 seconds off the laptime (especially if they were AWD as they will be in 25)

  • @Liam94Smith
    @Liam94Smith Год назад

    In reality no, this video was a bit of a desperate stretch to me.
    The formula 3 car was driven poorly and was lifting mid corner as you could hear so not using the performance it had. Also the circuit selection was very much: “more straights so higher horsepower will win!”

    • @ID.SuperFan-tq8xi
      @ID.SuperFan-tq8xi 8 месяцев назад

      Last year (2023) F3 was around 5 secs faster than FE in Monaco so this is perfectly reasonable. FE was faster in the tunnel section and main straight. However, the upcoming FE Gen 3 EVO will destroy F3.

  • @GirllieTibus
    @GirllieTibus 7 месяцев назад

    Gen3 evo💀

  • @JMRICK_CN95
    @JMRICK_CN95 Год назад +1

    FE series should ditch street circuits already except monaco if they are faster than F3 on some real tracks.

    • @mArvAlcao71
      @mArvAlcao71 8 месяцев назад

      Well in 2024 4 of 10 tracks FE has/will visit are permanent tracks (Mexico, Misano, Shanghai, Portland)

    • @AERONOOB
      @AERONOOB 8 месяцев назад

      @@mArvAlcao71 And I was at the Misano event for 2 days. The races are too slow on that kind of track. They do not have the energy yet to make some decent fast racing laps. Only way is to make it 25min races but that would suck as well.

  • @kanaznazwa8616
    @kanaznazwa8616 10 месяцев назад

    You made a mistake in video. Formula E top speed i actually 322km/h

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  10 месяцев назад +1

      I know it's the oficial number but I highly doubt that, specially when you see the telemetry of the current cars. I'm sure they thought: 200 mph is a pretty good number huh?

  • @danielgraebin242
    @danielgraebin242 Год назад

    On Silverstone the story would be different

    • @raddishone92
      @raddishone92 Год назад

      Yeah, that's why they chose Monza, which is a track that suits the Formula E car. The point is to showcase how it competes against a car it couldn't beat before in its strengths, there's no point in showing them around a high speed track because everyone knows Formula E cars don't generate a lot of downforce

    • @THEWINDTUNNEL
      @THEWINDTUNNEL  Год назад

      Absolutely, not even a race

  • @checocrackserrano8608
    @checocrackserrano8608 Год назад

    FE vs IndyNXT or Indycar
    You know, I cant believe the FE car is faster than a F3 car, but after watching this I can see FE cars are faster
    But, why FE dont race in a full race track??

    • @raddishone92
      @raddishone92 Год назад

      They do in Portland International Raceway. They have to lap 10 seconds off the pole pace while going five wide along the straights to make it to the end, while Portland is still shorter than Monaco and just less than half the length of Monza

    • @lewis8552
      @lewis8552 Год назад

      They'd run out of battery too quick. Probably around 7 laps at Monza, maybe less than that.
      Not that they can't do typical tracks, its just a matter of length and braking zones. Next season will see them at Portland, Shanghai F1 track(shortened layout) and either Imola or Misano (likely also modified/shortened). So they're starting to go that way as the cars evolve.

  • @RubenCastro-h2p
    @RubenCastro-h2p Год назад

    Mamá mia