2012 Mercedes F1 car hits 309.9km/h on airport runway
10 Sep 2014|1,744 views
A Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W03 Formula One car made its debut at the annual Race the Runway event, held at an auxiliary runway on the Edinburgh Airport, Scotland. The single seater went on to record a top speed of 309.9km/h.
Davidson accelerated from a standstill to 100km/h in 2.9 seconds, 200km/h in 5.7 seconds and 300km/h in 14.9 seconds before reaching the top speed in a lightning quick 20 seconds.
The chassis used for the event was from the 2012 season and raced in the German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and Singapore rounds of the Formula One World Championship - powered by a naturally breathing V8 engine created by the engineers at Mercedes High Peformance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, U.K.
Race the Runway is run by and benefits the Prince and Princes of Wales Hospice in Glasgow. The event invites owners of high-performance cars other than Formula One machines to participate in a series of drag races in return for a donation to the Hospice.
For the second year Mercedes-Benz sponsored the event with examples of the A 45 AMG, C 63 AMG Black Series, the E 63 AMG S Estate, the GLA 45 AMG, the new S 63 AMG Coupe and the SLS AMG Black Series - all taking part along with privately owned cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Nissan and Tesla.
A 631bhp rated SLS AMG Black Series achieved the highest top speed, amongst the Mercedes branded road cars, hitting 259km/h.
A Mercedes AMG Petronas F1W03 Formula One car made its debut at the annual Race the Runway event, held at an auxiliary runway on the Edinburgh Airport, Scotland. The single seater went on to record a top speed of 309.9km/h.
Driven by former Formula One and Le Mans race driver Anthony Davidson, the F1W03 chassis lined up on the start line as commercial airliners taxied nearby.
Davidson accelerated from a standstill to 100km/h in 2.9 seconds, 200km/h in 5.7 seconds and 300km/h in 14.9 seconds before reaching the top speed in a lightning quick 20 seconds.
The chassis used for the event was from the 2012 season and raced in the German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and Singapore rounds of the Formula One World Championship - powered by a naturally breathing V8 engine created by the engineers at Mercedes High Peformance Powertrains, based in Brixworth, U.K.
Race the Runway is run by and benefits the Prince and Princes of Wales Hospice in Glasgow. The event invites owners of high-performance cars other than Formula One machines to participate in a series of drag races in return for a donation to the Hospice.
For the second year Mercedes-Benz sponsored the event with examples of the A 45 AMG, C 63 AMG Black Series, the E 63 AMG S Estate, the GLA 45 AMG, the new S 63 AMG Coupe and the SLS AMG Black Series - all taking part along with privately owned cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Nissan and Tesla.
A 631bhp rated SLS AMG Black Series achieved the highest top speed, amongst the Mercedes branded road cars, hitting 259km/h.
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