15 Gifs That Show Off The Mind-Blowing Speed Of FIA WEC Prototypes

LMP1 prototypes are the pinnacle of endurance racing, with hybrid technology boosting the cars to amazing top speeds and quick laps in the FIA World Endurance Championship

Jack Leslie

Updated: 27 Mar 2016

15 Gifs That Show Off The Mind-Blowing Speed Of FIA WEC Prototypes

1. Side-by-side battle

2. Battling for position

3. Hot lap of Monza

4. Running in close proximity

5. Kerb shot

6. Toyota power!

7. Getting the elbows out

8. Audi vs Porsche

9. Overtaking at Eau Rouge

10. Through the traffic

11. Flying around COTA

12. In the rain

13. "Get out of the way"

14. Under the lights

15. Dat camera angle tho

Comments

I wonder how they would compare on a head to head race with F1

I think F1 would brake after 5 hours of racing

Top Gear had an interesting article in one of there recent magazines about it http://www.topgear.com/car-news/formula-one/showdown-porsches-wec-racer-vs-mercs-w06-f1-car#1

Mark Webber said it would be closer than you think, but still around 5-10 seconds per lap slower depending on track. I think a 919 would be close to a Manor car from last year.

F1 would win.

I looked it up once and I think 2015 F1 cars lapped Spa a few seconds faster than 2015 LPM1 cars

I got a chance to see them in person a couple years back, and the speed difference between the GTs and the LMP1s is ridiculous. Sorry for the bad quality, but it’s what I have.
https://www.instagram.com/p/pTRDEXPhNZ/?taken-by=mesder13

ya’ll got any more of them frames per second?

read that “get out of my way” in jeremy clarkson voice

*the

#15 remember me of a certain airfield

we need 60 fps gifs

I love WEC and Blancpain series, the races are so intense !

#7 it’s always those bloddy Ferraris crashing/almost crashing the prototypes.

If you really want to see how fast they are, have a look at this clip of a TS040, demolishing LMP2 and GTE cars (quite speedy machines in their own right), at Spa in 2014.