To run the LeMans the bugatti would be parked refueling more then it would be on the track . .. .

 

^^ that makes sense... i tend to forget that the thing drinks fuel like (insert alcoholics reference here)

 

^^ that makes sense... i tend to forget that the thing drinks fuel like Lindsay Lohan

 

can't the bugatti be re engineered to not suck as much gas or is it not as self explanatory as that?

 

I'm sure they could put in a bigger fuel tank if regulations allow it? (They'd need a fuel cell for racing anyway.)

 

The tank in the veyron is incredibly specialized and there isnt much room to put it. the only possible place to put an extra tank would be the trunk and that would kill the weight distribution

 

As impressive as the Veyron is, there are so many "specialties" and restricitions to this car that it seems like the majoity of these cars are to sit parked infront of hotels in Vegas ind Dubai. The only time ive ever seen this car really but to the test has been on shows like Top Gear. The car is truly amazing for its power and feats but what makes it so amazing is basically the same reason that it is useless to many.

 

lol really? On the last L4P run I was co-driving in my buddies M5, we were doing 160mph+ and person X and Y blew by us at 200mph in a Veyron SS; coming up on traffic I knew they were going to crash, we began to brake and I watched the air brake come up and it went from 200mph to 100mph in what seemed like a few hundred feet and 2 seconds. The car handling, power, and braking is bonkers!

Bugatti's were not built for that application. It is meant to achieve top speeds while maintaining its luxurious design aesthetics.

LOL anyway...

They don't have anything to prove, no point really.

True, but why not prove it?

because no race car

because it is actually. SMH

 

Bugatti's were not built for that application. It is meant to achieve top speeds while maintaining its luxurious design aesthetics.

 

I don't know if I buy that. Lots of cars weren't built for racing, but people race them anyway.

Anyway, I think Bugatti North America is a sponsor here(?), maybe they'll chime in if they know of anyone who's raced or planning to race theirs.

 

Because: http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/B7C3D78632F25F39C1257964005BC385/$FILE/LMGTE%20%282012%29-%2812.12.11%29.pdf

Turbo motors are limited to 4000 cc in Le Mans type events

 

Now that seems like a legit reason! Still, it'd be awesome to find some event where a Veyron could compete.

 

At the alarming rate super/hyper cars are being wrecked we very well may see one. Anyone remember the Enzo that was totaled then rebuilt into a salt-flat racer?

 

The story on that is great! Twin turbo'd enzo how could u go wrong!

 

They don't have anything to prove, no point really.

 

If you're racing to prove something, you're in it for the wrong reasons.

on GR4 Bugattis were being raced on a track. So this thread has now been confirmed.

I think its funny how people think the ring is a good measure of speed, and is better than the top gear track.

How can a 300hp EvoX run better times than a 559hp CTS-V? The car is by no means faster, nicer, and any better at performance besides at the one track. Yet, evo owners love to brag about this turbo lagging, torque steering, cars that feel like the doors are off a Camary.

People who get movement in the lumber yard every time the phrase, "The Ring" is used make me LOL.

I am guessing these are the same people who think BMW produce quality cars...

You don't buy a Bugatti to race it, you buy it to experience perfection and the most confident, exhilarating, and most beast car money can put you in.

I guess everything is relative, and also subjective depending how you define quality...but BMW does produce quality cars.

 

I would think that the reason its not raced is bang for buck and the practicality of it.

 

It would be insanely expensive to race a Bugatti Veyron.

 

because no race car

 

I think it would be great to see these cars raced, I just don't know the type of venue they would partake in. I do think the fuel tank would be a cause for concern though with how much fuel they drink at wide open throttle.

 

^Quoting 1/4 mile times, and citing the Top Gear test track as being a more realistic benchmark than the ring.:lol:

Keep going dude, you're on a role.

 

Asking "Why has nobody competitively raced a Bugatti Veyron" is like asking "Why don't they have AP & Franck Muller vending machines at the food court"

 

 

Yes. it drinks hell of fuel because of its massive engine. it would be needing refueling again and again.

 

I tell you why!

Because of

"it's weight and fuel thirst"

 

It drinks like David Hasselhoff !

 

I can just hear the screams from purists if someone actually tried it... first step, gut the interior and install a cage.

 

Screw all the haters. It'd look sick to have a Bugatti out there racing. However, I don't think it'd be rational for an individual (too costly) or the manufacture (likely wouldn't get many more additional sales) to go through with it.

 

on GR4 Bugattis were being raced on a track. So this thread has now been confirmed.

I think its funny how people think the ring is a good measure of speed, and is better than the top gear track.

How can a 300hp EvoX run better times than a 559hp CTS-V? The car is by no means faster, nicer, and any better at performance besides at the one track. Yet, evo owners love to brag about this turbo lagging, torque steering, cars that feel like the doors are off a Camary.

People who get movement in the lumber yard every time the phrase, "The Ring" is used make me LOL.

I am guessing these are the same people who think BMW produce quality cars...

You don't buy a Bugatti to race it, you buy it to experience perfection and the most confident, exhilarating, and most beast car money can put you in.

 

on GR4 Bugattis were being raced on a track. So this thread has now been confirmed.

I think he's talking competitively, as in FIA GT1. Like a Bugatti that's completely gutted, with race-dash and the whole lot.

 

The same people who brag about ring times are the same people who love driving 3 pedal cars, aka the "proper gearbox".

People study these Ring Times and dyno race these cars and it makes me scratch my head. Yet, when the same car with even a GREAT driver is put head to head say in a porsche with a 6 speed vs. the same driver in a car with PDK transmission the times are going to be 15+ seconds apart with the PDK transmission lapping a better time.

Companies like Lexus with the LF-A are having to put tons and tons of computers in their cars to "take the drivers out of them". Letting a computer take care of more and more creates better times. If people would stop obsessing over these times, I honestly think more manual gear boxes would be available.

(personally I hate manual gear boxes)

 

The same people who brag about ring times are the same people who love driving 3 pedal cars, aka the "proper gearbox".
People study these Ring Times and dyno race these cars and it makes me scratch my head. Yet, when the same car with even a GREAT driver is put head to head say in a porsche with a 6 speed vs. the same driver in a car with PDK transmission the times are going to be 15+ seconds apart with the PDK transmission lapping a better time.

Sorry but I've never made the connection between people obsessing over Ring/lap times and the love of the manual gearbox.
And I'm positive that I have never read or heard anyone say that a manual gearbox is faster than a dual clutch.

What's up with all the hate for people who loves a 3-pedal car? It feels like the internet is treating us like hippies just because we prefer to shift ourselves in some cars..