Porsche 918 Spyder v Red Bull MotoGP Bike - DRAG RACE

The Art of Drag Racing: A Thrilling Matchup Between a Car and a Motorcycle

As we watched the videos play out, it was clear that this was going to be an exciting matchup between a car and a motorcycle. The car, with its powerful engine, seemed to have an initial advantage, spinning its wheel all the way up the track and covering over 200 meters in first gear. Meanwhile, the motorcycle, despite Danny's struggles, managed to complete the quarter mile in impressive 9.5 seconds.

The Porsche, on the other hand, finished in a respectable 10.1 seconds, proving that even high-performance cars can struggle with drag racing. Our own car, however, was struggling to keep up with the pace of the motorcycle. We were rolling along at a steady 50 miles per hour in third gear, but as soon as we hit the straightaway, our speed began to drop off. Despite this, we managed to maintain second place for most of the race.

However, things took a turn for the worse when we struggled to maintain traction in fifth gear. Our speed dropped significantly, and we found ourselves struggling to keep up with the motorcycle's pace. But just when it seemed like all was lost, our driver made a daring move, shifting into sixth gear and recovering from a slow stretch of the track.

The real excitement came when we reached 100 miles per hour and prepared for an emergency stop at the finish line. The motorcycle driver expertly slammed on the brakes, coming to a stop in record time. Unfortunately, our car was not quite so lucky, struggling to come to a stop in what seemed like an eternity. Despite this, our driver remained optimistic, vowing to return with a better setup next time.

As we reflected on the performance of both vehicles, it became clear that the motorcycle had emerged as the clear winner of this matchup. Its powerful engine and expert handling allowed it to complete the quarter mile in impressive 9.5 seconds, while our car struggled to keep up with its pace. Despite this, our driver showed remarkable skill and determination, managing to hold onto second place for most of the race.

One aspect that stood out during this matchup was the difference in braking performance between the two vehicles. The motorcycle seemed to brake consistently, coming to a stop with relative ease. Meanwhile, our car struggled to slow down, its weight and speed making it harder to control. As we watched the video footage, it became clear that this difference in braking ability had a significant impact on the outcome of the race.

Despite the outcome of this matchup, one thing was certain - both vehicles had given it their all, and the competition had been fierce. Our driver showed remarkable skill and determination, while the motorcycle rider proved to be a formidable opponent. As we looked forward to the next matchup, it became clear that there would be plenty more opportunities for these two vehicles to face off against each other.

As we watched the video footage of the race, we couldn't help but feel impressed by the speed and agility of both vehicles. The motorcycle, in particular, had given a stunning performance, completing the quarter mile in an impressive 9.5 seconds. Its powerful engine and expert handling made it clear that this was no ordinary motorcycle - it was a high-performance machine capable of delivering truly breathtaking performances.

The Porsche, on the other hand, had shown itself to be a formidable opponent despite its relatively slow speed. Finishing in 10.1 seconds, it proved that even high-performance cars can struggle with drag racing. However, our own car had given it a run for its money, struggling to keep up with the pace of the motorcycle but managing to hold onto second place for most of the race.

As we looked forward to the next matchup between these two vehicles, one thing was certain - there would be plenty more opportunities for them to face off against each other. And as we watched the video footage of this thrilling competition, it became clear that both vehicles had given it their all, and the outcome had been far from predictable.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi how are you matt watson here from car wire together with tony he's brought along his rather lovely 918 spider oh yeah we're gonna have a drag race again today moto gp bike first of all let me tell you about this 918 spider in fact tony's your car you tell them 4.6 liter v8 yeah turbo extra aspirated is naturally aspirated that's correct and it also runs two electric motors which combined we're looking at 887 brake horsepower i think it's approximately 900 foot pound of torque i do it in new money so i've got 1 280 newton meters oh thank you okay so what's the gearbox seven speed pdk yeah door clutches and it drives just four wheels four wheels you know weight i think it's around 16 40. oh do you know the number i got i got 16 74 but close enough how much are these when they came out i believe they were six eight five okay and how much did you pay for this one this one i paid 1.27 million okay wow and what do you reckon it's valued at now i'd say uh probably 1.3 now 1.35 all right so we better not crash it no definitely not anyway should we move on to the moto gp so i know the stats on that or do you do you know the stats on that as well i think so no way i think it's running 270 breakouts that is correct the engine is a v4 just under a thousand cc yeah i was going to say a thousand why am i even here i'm not even bloody driving there's no point me even being here i'm just along for the ride i've actually never been in a 918 spider before this is my first ever time anyway back to the bike the weight of the bike did another weight 150 kilos yes do you know the weight of the rider not a lot no about yeah that's correct yeah all in there about 200 kilos he's a tiny guy he's danny petrosa moto gpe he came second in the 2007 2010 and 2012 championships basically he's the best rider to never win a championship mainly because of bad luck anyway i'm hoping you could have some bad luck today danny cause i really want to beat you in this car well i think it's going to be a little difficult now i'm in a good luck mood so what do you think is going to happen the car looks stunning so i'm not so sure what is going to happen i try my best anyway bit more information on that bike it's actually the red bull ktm factory racing rc16 from the 2021 season so it's pretty blooming news we're gonna be up against it's tony and hopefully win one for the car guys yeah give it our best shot now if you like these kind of crazy insane unusual drag race videos with amazing vehicles make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single upload let's do it let's race buy sell car wow now before we erase tony there's something that we have to do do you know what it is seat belts no no we've got the seat belts on oh yeah it's the customer's car wow sound check oh yes yeah yeah turn on your car okay let's um you can press some buttons get out of hybrid mode get it into sport mode otherwise yeah there we go when it rev higher no software what really try pulling up on both pedals together now do it no i don't mean to be rude but that's a bit crap in it it's quite like 1.2 million you paid for this and you can't even rip it up what a joke okay so that wasn't great from our end danny so let's have a listen to your moto gp bike i bet it sounds better go and rev it up yeah his bike sounds better than this it does quite a bit better do you know what tony if you want to buy another car you probably need to sell your current car so if you want to sell this or maybe just your normal car that you drive around he drives around as a daily in a vw tig one big one right so if you're thinking about getting rid of your tiguan because you need to pay for a service on this you should sell your tig one through car wow all you have to do is upload some photos or you give a brief description then i'll do this will be on your car it means that you can get a great price but you can just pick the best offer they'll come to your house tell the car away put the money in your account there it works yeah it's dead simple man like you time's money don't have to mess around with idiots coming around to buy your carpet yeah there we go thank you okay just better don't mind now if you want to do that just click on the pop-out bar up there or follow the link in the description and if you or you totally want to do a later date you just simply google help me car wow and we will help you okay do you know how much that's worth a million well actually the season's like 30 million and have two bikes running to take part with all like the engineering and all that kind of stuff so that makes up like 15 million wow it doesn't but you know what i mean let's do this let's race great start come on come on oh my god do you know what as well he took the piss then because he actually started breaking before the quarter mile he just didn't care that's humiliating it was a good start actually i thought that we would smash you off the line but it was neck and neck he was nick and nick you got a really good launch and then you buggered off you backed out of it before the quarter mile but did you back out of it just to go to us right okay we're gonna do it again but this time don't look back you've got to keep going past those cones because i want to time your bike all right oh nice start come on it's waiting it's backed out again but he's still one right we're gonna make him do it properly and you know what tony you've had two goes you haven't quite done it even with him backing out i reckon i could get an extra second out of this car this is an excuse to drive your car really you backed out again no no no no you did i think you're confused see that team there that's not the finish line i know yeah i thought that was definitely can you see beyond that camera crew there is actually yeah you can just about see a cone yes yes yes that's that's it i always got on the camera right now i know and you still win right now yeah i've been swapping drivers as well now so you're gonna be racing against me and i'm a lot quicker so be warned honestly i'm so quick don't start before the hands go down no i never do he's been watching the videos clearly come on come on i made a full spin are you still one i don't know but i thought i lost it this time no no no no no you didn't it was good look at this oh my god look this line until where it goes look how long that line is yeah watch this come on come on come on let's go lizzy look at this it's all the way up here eventually but it's fading now and so am i that is nuts and i'm out of breath okay danny so it's did you see how far i like i'm out of breath i ran yeah it's getting great it's almost like it all this still is first gear really so it doesn't watch this i think when i shift to second then i got traction back and yeah because it does what 190 kilometers an hour in first gear yes yeah so this is what that's more than half the distance so about 200 meters spinning the wheel up that's nut so it's not an excuse and you still won brother looked awesome did look awesome i bet it did so then what exactly happened well the ktm one completing the standing quarter mile in 9.5 seconds despite the fact that danny was spinning his wheel all the way up the track the porsche meanwhile finished in 10.1 seconds right now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour with this car in third gear and that bike in third gear but because of how his gears are stacked that's not ideal for him anyway let's do it here we go he's in third three two one go tony maybe we're making going fifth so you five plus two here we go three two one go tony keep going watch out birds look at that go we'll get it like not quite 50 more like 40. you won't know we'll still think we're doing it we'll do it yeah if we don't win this time what i'm gonna do next time is i'll have a stick and i'll put it through his front spokes and then we might win that way he'll probably still beat us so danny you six us whatever okay so we'll do 40 then three two one go come on it comes out body's coming now come on come on finally we got there us in second from 40. almost beat a moto gp bike when it's just like almost stalling out in sixth go us yay that was that was really good and i i i lied a little bit as well because we stayed in second gear i i dropped the speed to 40 miles an hour i was like come on even yeah we're at 14 so but still i saw you struggling i was like oh no at fifth i the bike was still was going very well but at six i was struggling i started drop back drop back yeah yeah then all of a sudden yes i could recover and it was just it was close on the left he was so on the line yeah yeah well done though damn it we're gonna win the next thing though you better get back on your bike right now we're gonna do a break test from 100 miles an hour when we reach the line full emergency stop we'll see who stops in the shortest distance this could be a win for the car come on tony we've got to win this one that's uh here comes the line tonight they get ready for they must have stopped no no no no come on come on stop yes yes yes i don't think he's happy with that he's just kind of riding he wants another go okay let's go here comes the line break oh that was so close do you know what that was so impressive i thought you were going to beat us because you always had it but then it started to lock up yeah yes i had to adjust yeah and then i lost it there and look the distance is what what's that a meter i don't know yeah yeah he were so close i mean thank you very much it's been really fun and this bike is so impressive i didn't expect to be that close either on the drag race yes and also in this one the braking for for the car is like consistent yeah and for us maybe this one can be this here yeah and next time can be five meters you know why i think you're braking with about that much tyre whereas we've got like four or that much tire haven't we and a load of weight pushing down as well brilliant listen thank you very much i really really enjoyed it i hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know some other crazy matchups you'd like to see in the comments below click on the click on somewhere on danny right to watch some of the videos on that box there to get a call out how much you can sell your car for thanks for watchinghi how are you matt watson here from car wire together with tony he's brought along his rather lovely 918 spider oh yeah we're gonna have a drag race again today moto gp bike first of all let me tell you about this 918 spider in fact tony's your car you tell them 4.6 liter v8 yeah turbo extra aspirated is naturally aspirated that's correct and it also runs two electric motors which combined we're looking at 887 brake horsepower i think it's approximately 900 foot pound of torque i do it in new money so i've got 1 280 newton meters oh thank you okay so what's the gearbox seven speed pdk yeah door clutches and it drives just four wheels four wheels you know weight i think it's around 16 40. oh do you know the number i got i got 16 74 but close enough how much are these when they came out i believe they were six eight five okay and how much did you pay for this one this one i paid 1.27 million okay wow and what do you reckon it's valued at now i'd say uh probably 1.3 now 1.35 all right so we better not crash it no definitely not anyway should we move on to the moto gp so i know the stats on that or do you do you know the stats on that as well i think so no way i think it's running 270 breakouts that is correct the engine is a v4 just under a thousand cc yeah i was going to say a thousand why am i even here i'm not even bloody driving there's no point me even being here i'm just along for the ride i've actually never been in a 918 spider before this is my first ever time anyway back to the bike the weight of the bike did another weight 150 kilos yes do you know the weight of the rider not a lot no about yeah that's correct yeah all in there about 200 kilos he's a tiny guy he's danny petrosa moto gpe he came second in the 2007 2010 and 2012 championships basically he's the best rider to never win a championship mainly because of bad luck anyway i'm hoping you could have some bad luck today danny cause i really want to beat you in this car well i think it's going to be a little difficult now i'm in a good luck mood so what do you think is going to happen the car looks stunning so i'm not so sure what is going to happen i try my best anyway bit more information on that bike it's actually the red bull ktm factory racing rc16 from the 2021 season so it's pretty blooming news we're gonna be up against it's tony and hopefully win one for the car guys yeah give it our best shot now if you like these kind of crazy insane unusual drag race videos with amazing vehicles make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you won't miss a single upload let's do it let's race buy sell car wow now before we erase tony there's something that we have to do do you know what it is seat belts no no we've got the seat belts on oh yeah it's the customer's car wow sound check oh yes yeah yeah turn on your car okay let's um you can press some buttons get out of hybrid mode get it into sport mode otherwise yeah there we go when it rev higher no software what really try pulling up on both pedals together now do it no i don't mean to be rude but that's a bit crap in it it's quite like 1.2 million you paid for this and you can't even rip it up what a joke okay so that wasn't great from our end danny so let's have a listen to your moto gp bike i bet it sounds better go and rev it up yeah his bike sounds better than this it does quite a bit better do you know what tony if you want to buy another car you probably need to sell your current car so if you want to sell this or maybe just your normal car that you drive around he drives around as a daily in a vw tig one big one right so if you're thinking about getting rid of your tiguan because you need to pay for a service on this you should sell your tig one through car wow all you have to do is upload some photos or you give a brief description then i'll do this will be on your car it means that you can get a great price but you can just pick the best offer they'll come to your house tell the car away put the money in your account there it works yeah it's dead simple man like you time's money don't have to mess around with idiots coming around to buy your carpet yeah there we go thank you okay just better don't mind now if you want to do that just click on the pop-out bar up there or follow the link in the description and if you or you totally want to do a later date you just simply google help me car wow and we will help you okay do you know how much that's worth a million well actually the season's like 30 million and have two bikes running to take part with all like the engineering and all that kind of stuff so that makes up like 15 million wow it doesn't but you know what i mean let's do this let's race great start come on come on oh my god do you know what as well he took the piss then because he actually started breaking before the quarter mile he just didn't care that's humiliating it was a good start actually i thought that we would smash you off the line but it was neck and neck he was nick and nick you got a really good launch and then you buggered off you backed out of it before the quarter mile but did you back out of it just to go to us right okay we're gonna do it again but this time don't look back you've got to keep going past those cones because i want to time your bike all right oh nice start come on it's waiting it's backed out again but he's still one right we're gonna make him do it properly and you know what tony you've had two goes you haven't quite done it even with him backing out i reckon i could get an extra second out of this car this is an excuse to drive your car really you backed out again no no no no you did i think you're confused see that team there that's not the finish line i know yeah i thought that was definitely can you see beyond that camera crew there is actually yeah you can just about see a cone yes yes yes that's that's it i always got on the camera right now i know and you still win right now yeah i've been swapping drivers as well now so you're gonna be racing against me and i'm a lot quicker so be warned honestly i'm so quick don't start before the hands go down no i never do he's been watching the videos clearly come on come on i made a full spin are you still one i don't know but i thought i lost it this time no no no no no you didn't it was good look at this oh my god look this line until where it goes look how long that line is yeah watch this come on come on come on let's go lizzy look at this it's all the way up here eventually but it's fading now and so am i that is nuts and i'm out of breath okay danny so it's did you see how far i like i'm out of breath i ran yeah it's getting great it's almost like it all this still is first gear really so it doesn't watch this i think when i shift to second then i got traction back and yeah because it does what 190 kilometers an hour in first gear yes yeah so this is what that's more than half the distance so about 200 meters spinning the wheel up that's nut so it's not an excuse and you still won brother looked awesome did look awesome i bet it did so then what exactly happened well the ktm one completing the standing quarter mile in 9.5 seconds despite the fact that danny was spinning his wheel all the way up the track the porsche meanwhile finished in 10.1 seconds right now we have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour with this car in third gear and that bike in third gear but because of how his gears are stacked that's not ideal for him anyway let's do it here we go he's in third three two one go tony maybe we're making going fifth so you five plus two here we go three two one go tony keep going watch out birds look at that go we'll get it like not quite 50 more like 40. you won't know we'll still think we're doing it we'll do it yeah if we don't win this time what i'm gonna do next time is i'll have a stick and i'll put it through his front spokes and then we might win that way he'll probably still beat us so danny you six us whatever okay so we'll do 40 then three two one go come on it comes out body's coming now come on come on finally we got there us in second from 40. almost beat a moto gp bike when it's just like almost stalling out in sixth go us yay that was that was really good and i i i lied a little bit as well because we stayed in second gear i i dropped the speed to 40 miles an hour i was like come on even yeah we're at 14 so but still i saw you struggling i was like oh no at fifth i the bike was still was going very well but at six i was struggling i started drop back drop back yeah yeah then all of a sudden yes i could recover and it was just it was close on the left he was so on the line yeah yeah well done though damn it we're gonna win the next thing though you better get back on your bike right now we're gonna do a break test from 100 miles an hour when we reach the line full emergency stop we'll see who stops in the shortest distance this could be a win for the car come on tony we've got to win this one that's uh here comes the line tonight they get ready for they must have stopped no no no no come on come on stop yes yes yes i don't think he's happy with that he's just kind of riding he wants another go okay let's go here comes the line break oh that was so close do you know what that was so impressive i thought you were going to beat us because you always had it but then it started to lock up yeah yes i had to adjust yeah and then i lost it there and look the distance is what what's that a meter i don't know yeah yeah he were so close i mean thank you very much it's been really fun and this bike is so impressive i didn't expect to be that close either on the drag race yes and also in this one the braking for for the car is like consistent yeah and for us maybe this one can be this here yeah and next time can be five meters you know why i think you're braking with about that much tyre whereas we've got like four or that much tire haven't we and a load of weight pushing down as well brilliant listen thank you very much i really really enjoyed it i hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me know some other crazy matchups you'd like to see in the comments below click on the click on somewhere on danny right to watch some of the videos on that box there to get a call out how much you can sell your car for thanks for watching\n"