let me get this straight, f1 is faster than lmp1 in cornering or high downforce tracks but slower than lmp1 in accelerating and top speed. also f1 is for just 2 hours and lmp1 is for 24 hours. no more arguements
conclusion: f1 is faster than lmp1 but in 24 hours? lmp1 will smoke em in 24 hours. change my mind (no bringing porsche 919 evo or "imagine f1 unrestricted" in my replies pls?)

Hahaha
"lmp1 cars will remain fastest accelerating race cars for years to come"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ZS1WfJ3jU&t=100s&ab_channel=EarlWheeler

frankly I think all car racing would be more exciting if they threw a deer out onto the track every third or seventh lap .

In la sarthe a f1 would lose to a lmp1 by a very huge margin

In a circuit like spa f1 beats lmp but in le mans even a lmp2 would beat a f1

LMP cars may have quicker acceleration (due to F1 sporting regulations) but they're nowhere near the fastest accelerating. Top Fuel dragsters are insanely rapid. A top fuel dragster accelerates from a standstill to 100 mph (160 km/h) in as little as 0.8 seconds, reaching speeds of 335 miles per hour (539 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (305 m) runs in 3.62 seconds.

Today’s f1 drivers would not be physically strong enough to drive late 80s early 90s cars

F1 were 13 seconds faster around Spa in 2018... is a pretty good indication.

i remember the good old days in f1 dirty smoke oily hands real men ,today is rubish the mechanics wearing sissy gloves and dinner shirts.

What some narrow-minded people here cannot understand is the Fact that LMP cars are pushing it to the limit always trying to set new records for their bigot fans(919 Nur lap as example).

On the other hand F1 cars, that doesn't need to proof nothing. They just race for delight and fame. And their fastest lap times come from actual races with traffic but LMP cars records were special held runs without traffic and with other preparations....
But in the end, A Lion(F1) doesn't concern himself with the opinion of a sheep...
F1 is still the queen of motorsport!

Brake comparison between F1 and LMP1

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(there seems to be only a german version of this text)

Two years on and that link to Bottas' speed-trap is still wrong: it should say 373kph, not 372.

Sorry... I love LMP1 cars but even with 0-60 the F1 is a match and these "estimates" that we see all over the internet are not needed... Hard data is available. Top tier F1 = 0-60mph in approx. 1.7 seconds: The RB11 was clocked at 1.7 and current (top) F1 cars are comparable. The information on the following page is outdated and low compared to this year's cars which are also pulling over 6 lateral Gs in the corners. Wish we could petition FIA to not cripple the cars next year... It's not going to make a huge difference in the "racing" and it will be less satisfying for the drivers who deserve to be smiling at the limits of what their bodies can handle (they are in F1 after-all). https://www.zeroto60times.com/formula-one-f1-0-60-times/

Raikkonen is still fast. Ricciardo is closest Italy has to a star driver and he's Australian lol. Williams reminds me of Manor and Minardi.LMP cars sound faster.

I don’t think people realise that LMP1 cars are purely based of off endurance racing, so they require more mechanics inside the cockpit to make the driver last hours while he drives inside the car, where as an F1 car is based on track laps and being the fastest round a track, and to last about 40 Minutes to an Hour due to their delicacy.

Both are great track cars but are used for completely different reason in racing.

Are kidding me ?

And you are race cars guys ?

Look at this
COTA Circuit 2017

LMP1 pole position Porsche 919. 1:44:471

F1- Mercedes- Lewis hamilton. 1:33:108

Is 11 seconds Ena ugh for you guys ?

That stupid article above could be good for a kids website, but not here

Formula 1 are by far the fastest car on earth , racing is not about going in rocket in a straight line

In responding to this I want to respond to both the article, and some of the points other reviewer's make below. In the article you stayed simply straight line speed, 0 to 100 and 0 to 200. That's nice but road racing, and that's what makes both Formula One and LMP racing so exciting, is about breaking and cornering. Can you find some stats on lateral G forces 100/200 to 0 times and distance.

It seems we as humans are always searching for God. Some penultimate power that is 'the best'. As Dr Duke lists below, at the end of the day, it's all about lap time. Same can be said when Indy and F1 ran at Montreal. The slowest F1 was still 3 seconds faster than the pole for Indycar. A quarter-mile run does nothing if you have to make the return trip, and the numbers don't lie. Watching LMP, unfortunately, is almost as bad as F1. The same guys win over and over and very little battling over than keeping one guy behind you. The sheer fact of the track times dictates that if I'm .10 seconds faster than you, by the end of 10 laps I'm a second ahead of you. Watching Hamilton go from last to 2nd is a matter of pure math and not as much driving skill. Passing GT cars on track can add some excitement, but F1 needs about 8 more cars and a more relative supply of engines to keep things tighter and more fun to watch.

I think the 2017 F1 cars are faster in a dragrace than the 2016 cars because of the (much) wider tyres that provides plenty of more grip :)

Best lap times in race
LMP1
Silverstone:
2016: 1:40.303 Porsche
2017: 1:38.656 Toyota
Spa:
2016: 1:58.431 Porsche
2017: 1:57.772 Toyota

Formula 1
Silverstone:
2016: 1:35.548 Mercedes
Spa:
2016: 1:51.583 Mercedes

It must be noted the tires that they use in F1 and Le Mans, the Michelins that the LMP1 cars use are proper tires, that can be triple stinted in some conditions but are nonetheless a great tires.
The Pirellis in F1 however are just for show, so maybe there could be a comparison a qualifying times but during the race F1 drivers cannot push at all!