Liam Lawson Outclasses $2,800,000 Hyper-Cars as Sebastian Vettel’s “Abbey” Comes to Aid

Everyone often debates about how well a Formula 1 car will fare against cars against what we see on the roads. We’re not talking about your average road cars. We’re talking about hypercars that are one of the fastest in the world. However, now we have a video pitting road cars against an iconic F1 challenger.

Out of sight, but not out of mind, Liam Lawson was chosen to represent the circus. The Kiwi got to prove F1 cars’ mettle using the championship-winning Red Bull RB8 of Sebastian Vettel to settle this debate against one of the fastest road cars on the planet.

Liam Lawson using the “Abbey” of Sebastian Vettel to stamp F1 authority on road cars

The 21-year-old got his taste of F1 filling in at AlphaTauri. However, despite his borrowed time coming to an end the F1 hopeful got another opportunity to drive an F1 car and like his stint in the premier class, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands. In a video posted on CarWow’s YouTube page, we see a Porsche 918 Spyder, a Bugatti Veyron, and Vettel’s 2012 RB8, or Abbey, as he liked to call it, go head to head.

Bugatti Veyron has been known to be one of the fastest cars in the world, although the 918 Spyder was head and shoulders above the old guard in the drag race. However, when it came to competing with Abbey, Lawson put the combined $2.8 million hypercars to shame.

The Kiwi got the beating of both the cars on all three occasions even if his start wasn’t as good as the Porsche’s. The German team’s car did put up a close fight to the 2012 championship-winning F1 challenger. A sign of time to come in Formula 1?

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So if you’re one of those petrolheads who would like to know the specs behind the cars going head-to-head, we got you covered.

Comparison between the Sebastian Vettel’s RB8, Porsche 918 Spyder, and Bugatti Veyron

All three cars are top-of-the-line with incredibly competitive specs. Keeping in mind the Spyder beat RB8 at launch on all three attempts but lacked the pace to cross the finish line a quarter mile away before the F1 car while the Veyron was abysmal in all attempts, let’s get into the specs.

The Spyder sports a 4.6L naturally aspirated V8 engine with two electric motors one on the front and rear each. The system combined puts out 887 hp and 1280 Nm of torque. The Sypder has a 7-speed automatic gearbox and weighs 3690 pounds. The Veyron has an 8L quad-turbo W16 engine, puts out 1001 hp, and produces 1250 Nm of torque. It drives on all wheels with a 7-speed automatic gearbox and weighs about 4162 pounds.

Speaking of the RB8, it has a 2.4L naturally aspirated V8 engine with 800 hp. Apart from that, the RB8 is the lightest in a lineup with some margin as the F1 challenger weighs 1500 pounds with the driver.

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Perhaps the outcome might sound a little surprising given the specs. However, we will let you figure out where the F1 challenger pipped the hypercars.