Watch Formula One,WRC, and Formula E Cars drag race on wet runway

The World Rally Championship, Formula One, and Formula E are among the top forms of motorsport in the world. Top Gear was able to collect a vehicle from each of these series for a drag race to see which one was the quickest in a drag race. 

Specifically, the WRC machine is a Ford Fiesta. The Formula E car is from the DS squad. Finally, the F1 racer comes from Mercedes-AMG, so this isn’t a vehicle that would be running at the back of the pack in a grand prix.

The runway is wet for this drag race so the Ford Fiesta WRC’s all-wheel-drive system has a distinct advantage in these conditions. 

The DS Formula E machine finishes last. The EV is never a real challenger in the drag race. It sort of looks like the vehicle is gaining on the Fiesta WRC, but there would need to be a lot more track to make the pass. 

On a dry track, we’d expect the results to be very similar. The F1 car might win by a larger margin, but the all-wheel-drive WRC machine would still probably beat the Formula E racer.

Read more here: https://www.motor1.com/news/557675/wrc-formula-one-ev-race/

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