This is by far the best possible advertisement for the company. They went from being basically unknown a couple days back to now everyone wanting a ride on their car
I love when people point out little nuisances like this in videos, adds replay value cause I damn sure misses that "wuttheheck" shrug in the beginning, thanks for giving me another reason to watch the clip again and great catch
I saw this live today and have never seen anything move so fast, the way everyone in the crowd reacted too you just knew you were watching something really special
Pretty intense wasn't it ... 200,000 people all captivated in awe, willing Max on to break the record ... that run really electrified the whole atmosphere of the place. My first time at Goodwood and a day I'll never forget!
@@MotoGoato won’t be your last mate, you’ll be pulled in again and again. What an event. We saw history being made yesterday, very lucky to see that for real, still tingling.
I saw it in person yesterday and lemme tell you, the video does not do it justice to just how fast this machine is irl. It literally blitzed the entire circuit and everything else. Awesome machinery
@@Goxilla it’s very protected. Large gaps until the hay bails that take a lot of impact. Also, from the bails to the spectators, there is at least a 6-10ft gap so it’s very safe, plus accidents are rare
I noticed that as well. It gives the impression at times that it's smoking or something, but the thing is basically a giant street sweeper. I wonder if they have intakes in front of the front wheels to essentially clean the track in real time ahead of the tires?!
@@TexRobNC They could put hoover bags on it. Can you imagine the insides of that downforce system after a run up the hill with the grit and bits being sucked through it at ridiculous speeds - I wonder how long it lasts before it's shot-blasted to smithereens.
Looks nothing like the 60`s Batmobile, that had two glass domes as screens, targa top, cannons coming out of the trunk etc. If anything its like the 90's Batmobile.
@@eyesodd He's talking about the way it handles through turns, bumps, and the rapid suspension travel -- it looks like the batmobile footage from the 1960s where it's comically sped-up to make it look like it's driving faster than it actually can. I think it's because the look of the car is quite understated (lacking the extreme aero one would associate with such downforce) that the handling looks uncanny.
Have no words, absolutely ridiculous and breathtaking! But to drive it that fast on such a narrow track is as impressive as the car itself, unbelievable drive by Max Chilton!
@@rdfox76 You are absolutely right, I was there at 0:22. There was a genuinely jaw-dropping moment where you gasped before anything else, even though we’d spend all day watching some very fast cars this quite literally took your breath away.
The engineering behind that car is extraordinary!! Must be a proud moment to set a new record at goodwood. 10 years from now electric vehicle's are going to be mind-blowingly fast the way those fans create that downforce even at a standstill is extreme!! Congratulations 🎉
Its sooooo easy to make a very fast electric car.its very very hard to make fast electric car cover miles. Batteries are way way off from capacity to do the miles and charge rate too slow. fast charging degrades batteries faster than normal charging. Electric cars are not the future,for one thing far too many people do not have and will not have the facilty to charge at home or work.
@@garymurphy5133 The current advancements we have achieved over the past 50 years just give it time. I think longevity of batteries will become realistic wether that's creating Motors that use or require as much output or other ways as I said in my comment 10 years! you'll be surprised what can be achieved in 10 years.
I was stood right by the track, next to the Main Bridge by the Future Lab area, when this took place. It went past so quickly I honestly didn’t see it. In fact it sounded like one of the Red Arrows had flown by us! Such an astonishing run by Max Chilton after he had just 1hr sleep the night before. This car is pushing the limits of not just performance but driver capability
This is such an EPIC time. It looks sped up, it ain't. The commentators on live stream COULD NOT KEEP UP! Wow, just wow, just like I thought the VW ID.R was going to set a record that stood for 20 years, then here we are. I wonder if this thing has a battery that can last for ... say 7 mins and 56 sec, in say, Colorado, maybe next year? *hint* *wink* *nudge*
That is an interesting question, because the ID.R has to carry heavier batteries and extra aero (inefficient at sea level), compared to a machine that, say, was made specifically to smash a Goodwood shoutout (I don't know if the fan car was, I'm just saying).
I was lucky enough to be stood right at the 0:22 point. There was a gasp first as it took a moment for our minds to believe our eyes, then came some laughter, some cheers, but in the seconds after it had bulleted past most of us turned to the person next to us with a confused stare, as if to say, “did that really just happen?” Can only feel absolutely blessed to have witnessed that. Incredible.
@@tfdtfdtfd you can do no more than put your trust in the risk assessment carried out by the organisers. They are far from a bunch of cowboys. That said, it did cross my mind that the straw bales are in fact quite low, ‘if’ a vehicle flipped and went into a barrel roll it could potentially get up and over them and into the crowd. You can use your imagination as to the carnage if that happened.
That was my first thought when I saw this video - "Did I just see that right?". I can see the day when we will think about how we used to make racecars with gasoline engines and wings, and how we thought they were really fast.
@@tfdtfdtfd ...ah, pretty much any car could go off course. An old F1 car with 50 year old alloy suspension components certainly have fatigue concern- plus you have flammable fuel on board if it's ICE.
@@rockydesign3303 As a bonafide petrol-head struggling somewhat with the transition from ICE to EV, seeing that on Sunday made everything clear. There were numerous wonderful cars throughout the day that were appreciated for all of their different qualities, but the McMurty was so far removed it was astonishing. Like moving from coal power to the nuclear age. The future is already here my friend.
Watched this do a 7.97 1/4 mile and that was when it was still in this Goodwood gearing setup, so it hit it's 150mph limiter after 5 seconds. Bonkers car, even if of limited use in everyday or even on the track.
This came up on TH-cam and I wasn't expecting it. I haven't stopped watching it! I have literally replayed and replayed and replayed it over nonstop it's so amazing!!!
AF1 ....................Damn it was fast on the video ,and the people new they saw a glimpse of whats to come !!!!!!..........if this makes it to Lemans, Sebring, Daytona , you will need 6 or 8 man teams for each car ?????
Did it look as comically fast (or even more so) in person as it does on this video? I legitimately thought this was sped up, and watched the crowd reaction/movements with an eagle eye to help determine whether this was normal speed footage
@@JezzaN1 It absolutely did. I've never seen something move so fast in my life, bar maybe a low passing fighter jet. It makes it more dramatic seeing the dust being blown up behind it because of the fan creating downforce. Its mental the way it just sticks to the track like a slotcar
@@dannycalley7777 It will never make it to real racing. The fan technology it uses has been around for 50 years and it's banned from racing because of debrees it picks up from the road and any fan car outperforms other cars without the fan. Check out Chaparral 2J or Brabham BT46. Otherwise, making an electric car go fast is nothing new and impressive. It just doesn't have a competition, because 99% of car are just cruising around the track rather than goung for a record, and there are no other fan cars.
@@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes yes but they don’t drive on reactions. they drive on instruct, feel, and trust in the car. reactions are just to correct a slide or avoid a crash.
@@hamdanali2036 a reaction is just a response to stimuli, they're all just reacting to their environment. doesn't take away from the fact that it's special, you don't need to split hairs over words to recognize the feat
@@oldfag_adventures I'll be that guy then that goes further :) it's down to muscle memory more than anything else, then you react when things don't go as predicted. "Do this steering angle at this point at this speed... oh, getting bit of understeer this time round, a slight lift off the throttle fixes that"
The marshall at the start line is very surprised! Also this was the one car that even avid petrol heads were super impressed by, the comment section all weekend was slating the slower "boring" whisper quiet EV cars but when this one rocked up everyone took note. Amazing.
Nothing impressing about that sound though, the time Heck yeah! The fly by's look crazy! But just like the stripped out tesla's at the drag strip: yeah it's kinda cool because its fast, but not really that cool because it sounds like a scaleletric toy. Sure is quick though!
@Waldel Martell Which is understandable. F1 was reluctant to even bring back Ground Effect, imagine if a Fan Car is doing 250kmh+ in a corner and all of a sudden the fan fails, the car immediately loses literal tonnes of downforce and that's gonna cause insane accidents.
@@PaddyMcMe to be fair its quite clever how they have done it on this car. The area affected by the fan is really small so inconsistencies in the road affect it less. I'm no engineer so can't explain it very well but there are some interesting videos knocking around from the guys that built it
My eldest son and I were there on the Saturday this year. The run then was extraordinary, the Sunday run was off the scale! The Goodwood FOS is a wonderful event. This is the 3rd time for me and family. It is something we look forward to for months. Get there if you can.
I was at McMurtry the other day, all I can say is it’s an incredible car! I wish I could say more but I signed an nda just to look at it, seeing as it was in pieces. Amazing bit of engineering🤟😊
Somewhere in Texas, Jim Hall is probably having a quiet chuckle at seeing a fan car take to the track again, fifty years since his Chaparral 2J's debut.
Still in my heart have to say Nick in the f1 V10 will be the best memories ever That sound and commitment, and as Nick said he could have put a bit more in
I was at the FOS in 1999 to watch Nick Heidfelds record time in the F1 car & I thought that time would never be beaten, then this comes along, street registered & just absolutely kills it. What a car & hats off to all involved to build such an incredible piece of technology, simple stunning!!!
they barred another car to make the same in name of safety and they were absolutely right. I see no real protection for the crowd. this record run can just potentially turn into a tragedy imho. luckily it didn't.
@@AaaBbb-ff1pn They seriously put up Hay Bales as impact protectors... Race Tracks stopped doing that back in the 1950's because if a car crashed into even a hot exhaust tip can easily cause a major fire let alone litres of fuel, metal, oil, wiring, etc, etc.
at first i thought it looked weird and quirky, but one absolutely mind blowing record breaking physics bending run later, I must say I am a big fan of this car Ba Dum Ts
@@simon8089 Has wotton-under-edge moved from it's traditional home in Gloucestershire? Ok their founders are indeed Irish but there are many non Irish people who have made major contributions. If this matters to you?
Awesome!! Congratulations to all at McMurtry - I had a feeling after watching the previous runs (courtesy of TH-cam) that the Speirling had a record time in it! This is a staggering bit of kit and the company deserves its success! I'd absolutely love to see this thing in person... Well done to your drivers too - superb skill and put in some immense runs over the weekend.
It generates 2 tonnes of downforce stationary, the only way that thing hits a wall is if the driver drives into one. Heidfeld's record back in the 90's in an F1 car is way more impressive.
Yes, we watched from Molecomb in 2013, and nothing even remotely compared to the speed of the McMurtry through the corner. On a narrow course like this, its narrow track width gives it an advantage over wider cars like the ID.S. Brilliant achievement for a remarkable little car.
Agreed, although there’s definitely more time to make up as he didn’t use all the track. That makes it that bit more impressive. Must be terrifying to drive… I mean *pilot!
Get bigger, better batteries and shorten the duration of the race. F1 teams spend MILLIONS of dollars on R&D, why can't there be a similar investment in battery technology for FE?If you can get FE close to this pace, then you have a class of racing worthy of competing with F1 for viewership and sponsorship money. People would probably prefer shorter races anyway, what with attention spans dwindling in the social media age.
@@tehsingh1 could create a swapable battery system where a battery can be dropped out the bottom and quickly slotted in seconds like and electric drill and alow for one cell swap pit stop.
Yes but doesn't do VROOM VROOM... like apparently the car guys only like about cars, the noise... This is the best performance car of the moment and the one it will beat it it will be electric, GET OVER IT Vroom vroom hooligans
@@JP-xd6fm deny what that its fast? no. its just boring af. im not a nascar viewer but lets be honest the sound alone does its job there, if that would be all electric...
@@azeQify I'd rather see something that looked that quick on track with the whine of an electric motor than listen to 40 v8's go round in circles for 5 hours. It's the speed and the race craft that's the exiting bit of racing imo.
I found the EV's so boring, but this was absolutely brilliant, very theatrical. When I first watched it I swore the footage had been sped up, or it was an RC car, it's got that crazy look about it like physics are on hold for a few minutes. I wish there were a few seconds more at the start of this when you can hear the fan spooling up
@Luca Goodoer sorry to break it to you but it's got 4 wheels, a seat and steering wheel. It's a car. Might not be practical in any other setting but I think this time should stand
I'm working trackside on this event and every time this thing went past it felt like I was living in slow motion and everything else in double speed. It has 2000 pounds of down force created by serious onboard fans just to keep it on the track.
That thing is just a fighter jet on wheels! Incredible engineering. So fast and so stuck to the road it makes the footage look speeded up...reminded me of when Kitt was driving fast in Night Rider!
@@RantingBrummie formula e already kind of looks pathetic, but if they made the cars this fast it would also do the same to the battery, it would make the races much much shorter
This was amazing to watch. Glad I was there with my daughter to see it in person. The film looks as though it is being fast forwarded not played at normal speed.
The chorus of 'Woah!' from the stands tells all the story you need to know about what it's like in person. Coupled with the marshalls simply shrugging as it leapt off the line, it's clear this thing is in a league of its own!
I mean. im a Mechanic. or atlest i was. And i did get into this With all the Smell and Sounds and i loved it!! but oh Boi Electric is just the Future ^^ no regulare engine can ever compare to electic. not even the New AMG 1. and i totlay love the AMG 1. thats a beast ^^
That's just knuts!!!! Looks like Batman on a track day powered by a Whitney and Pratt SR71 ramjet engine...Im not a huge fan of electric cars , never have never will but I absolutely adore that thing
Congratulations to McMurtry Automotive and Sir David McMurtry on their record breaking. Your new car, the McMurtry Spéirling, is wonderful, surprisingly ultra fast, demonstrating the technological capacity of your company in the development of new electrical technologies, combining the best and most advanced current technologies with those of the past, such as the fan car Brabham Bt46B self-contained fan, designed by Gordon Murray, winner of the 1978 Formula 1 Swedish GP, when the great Niki Lauda won that race at Anderstorp. With the reasonable dimensions of a Formula 1 car from the 1960s, evidencing that size is part of McMurtry's virtuous circle philosophy. A small car is a light car, while modest frontal area limits drag. The slick aerodynamics are helpful for forward motion and speed, which is aided by the low mass. The fan increases the downforce. Carbon fiber gives it rigidity, lightness and at the same time safety. Now, Max Chilton (former Formula 1 driver and current IndyCar driver) made Goodwood history by shattering the circuit record at Goodwood Road & Racing's infamous Festival of Speed. He did it aboard his McMurtry Spéirling electric car, with a time of 39 "08 for the 1,800 meters of said circuit, breaking the official record set by Nick Heidfield with a Formula 1 McLaren MP4 / 13. This electric car could also break all existing records, in all the circuits in which it is presented. The future is electric.
One word to describe this run please
nuts.
quiet
Batmobil
Voooooooooooooooooooom
Wow
This is absolutely bonkers. Takes off like a Top Fuel Dragster, corners like an F1 car and looks like a squished batmobile. I love it!
Best description I've read about the car.
Almost like a sports car it's disguised 🥸 😅
And sounds like a jet
Little short of a Top Fuel Dragster (0-330mph in 3.7 seconds). However, very impressive. I am not sure how many laps it will go before recharging.
@@williamsheridan7450 one likely
This is by far the best possible advertisement for the company. They went from being basically unknown a couple days back to now everyone wanting a ride on their car
Isn't it a 1 seater tho
@@joshuathomas512 Think it was just an analogy for everyone wanting a shot behind the wheel
this wont be a production model...
They came here last year too, but didn't even try a fast run. Guess they wanted to be certain they beat the record
They tried breaking the record last year but the car was brand new and untuned
The tiny size of the car really emphasises the speed. If f1 cars got smaller again they would look amazing too
Yes, and Monaco can be a race again!
Dude, I've been saying that for ages. If only we could get the 70s style back.
They said they tried to replicate the footprint of f1 cars from 60s
@@PozzaPizz how about full 20 grid
It's so tough these days to do that because of safety reasons though :/
Trust the steward's reaction when the car launched off the start. He's seen plenty of fast cars but this is on a whole other level.
to a whole new level...
He had that reaction because Chilton took off before he was given the signal to go.
@@racerfink it was too late. By then he was probably going 100mph
He had that reaction because he took off before he was given the signal.
I love when people point out little nuisances like this in videos, adds replay value cause I damn sure misses that "wuttheheck" shrug in the beginning, thanks for giving me another reason to watch the clip again and great catch
I saw this live today and have never seen anything move so fast, the way everyone in the crowd reacted too you just knew you were watching something really special
Pretty intense wasn't it ... 200,000 people all captivated in awe, willing Max on to break the record ... that run really electrified the whole atmosphere of the place. My first time at Goodwood and a day I'll never forget!
@@MotoGoato won’t be your last mate, you’ll be pulled in again and again. What an event. We saw history being made yesterday, very lucky to see that for real, still tingling.
Same it was rapid
I was at the track too, video doesn't do justice to what this thing looks like zipping up the hill. Makes a noise too
It looks like the video is being sped up but that's just how fast it is! Insane speed!
I saw it in person yesterday and lemme tell you, the video does not do it justice to just how fast this machine is irl. It literally blitzed the entire circuit and everything else. Awesome machinery
Does it look tiny IRL?
@@mikejohnson5900 ye it is very small, thin and flat
I thought the video clip was fast forwarded tbh xD I´m actually surprised that they allow spectators
@@Goxilla it’s very protected. Large gaps until the hay bails that take a lot of impact. Also, from the bails to the spectators, there is at least a 6-10ft gap so it’s very safe, plus accidents are rare
i bet that was absolutely intense to see IRL. insane
The dust coming off the fan really gives off the impression that it's contstantly breaking the sound barrier. Sounds like it too!
I noticed that as well. It gives the impression at times that it's smoking or something, but the thing is basically a giant street sweeper. I wonder if they have intakes in front of the front wheels to essentially clean the track in real time ahead of the tires?!
@@TexRobNC They could put hoover bags on it. Can you imagine the insides of that downforce system after a run up the hill with the grit and bits being sucked through it at ridiculous speeds - I wonder how long it lasts before it's shot-blasted to smithereens.
The track is clean now.
Batmobile ESC...
50 year old technology be like ^^'
This literally looks like the 60s batmobile, like when they sped up the tape to make it look jet-car-fast. His thing is unreal. Absolutely fantastic
after 60 years a proper follow up if its predecessor
Looks nothing like the 60`s Batmobile, that had two glass domes as screens, targa top, cannons coming out of the trunk etc. If anything its like the 90's Batmobile.
of course i see, in the 80's iwatcht the 60 's bat series , yeh looks more like a muscle car pontiac gto
1989 Batmobile
@@eyesodd He's talking about the way it handles through turns, bumps, and the rapid suspension travel -- it looks like the batmobile footage from the 1960s where it's comically sped-up to make it look like it's driving faster than it actually can. I think it's because the look of the car is quite understated (lacking the extreme aero one would associate with such downforce) that the handling looks uncanny.
The gasps, applause and gleeful laughter from the crowd as this tiny batmobile whooshes by tells the entire story
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@bofooit gojo calm down 😂
That start official's reaction when the car moves off says it all. That fast and that quiet. Remarkable piece of kit.
Its not quiet at all. The vids don't really capture it, but its very loud, like a jet engine.
@@vandalsgarage Comparatively quiet more than actual quiet. It's definitely not quiet but it's also no Mazda 767B :D
@@vandalsgarage read that the fans produce around 120db. That's a lot.
@@vandalsgarage Yeah, that fan pushes 2000 kg worth of air constantly so it must be literally match 20 kN jet engine all the time.
@@simonburkeisable Quite possibly.
Oh man I hope McMurtry will be racing at Pike's Peak, seeing this run for almost 8 minutes would be absolutely epic
They plan to
8? Probably less, by the looks of it
@@StevanNomeaud that car is probably getting the equivalent of about 0.4mpg under hard acceleration 😭😂
@Kris Nicholson I don't think there's any section of gravel nowadays
@Kris Nicholson Pikes Peak has been fully paved for years now, sadly.
Have no words, absolutely ridiculous and breathtaking! But to drive it that fast on such a narrow track is as impressive as the car itself, unbelievable drive by Max Chilton!
The cheering at 0:22 really sells it all. Its extremely rare for any car at Goodwood to get that kind of reaction.
The *gasp* immediately before the cheering, in particular...
I was in that crowd, right at the 23 second point. Utterly incredible to see it in the flesh.
@@rdfox76 You are absolutely right, I was there at 0:22. There was a genuinely jaw-dropping moment where you gasped before anything else, even though we’d spend all day watching some very fast cars this quite literally took your breath away.
@@camwat5193 Same here, we were in the same crowd ... the atmosphere was so intense during that run ... awesome to experience!!
The fact is you could hear the gasp before the cheers, something you could never have heard with an internal combustion engined car!
The engineering behind that car is extraordinary!!
Must be a proud moment to set a new record at goodwood.
10 years from now electric vehicle's are going to be mind-blowingly fast the way those fans create that downforce even at a standstill is extreme!!
Congratulations 🎉
Lol have you heard of the Brabham BT46? This is nothing new
Porsche: Hold my Heinekken!!
Its sooooo easy to make a very fast electric car.its very very hard to make fast electric car cover miles. Batteries are way way off from capacity to do the miles and charge rate too slow. fast charging degrades batteries faster than normal charging. Electric cars are not the future,for one thing far too many people do not have and will not have the facilty to charge at home or work.
@@garymurphy5133 Fuel Cells could with some technological advancements.
@@garymurphy5133 The current advancements we have achieved over the past 50 years just give it time.
I think longevity of batteries will become realistic wether that's creating Motors that use or require as much output or other ways as I said in my comment 10 years! you'll be surprised what can be achieved in 10 years.
I was stood right by the track, next to the Main Bridge by the Future Lab area, when this took place. It went past so quickly I honestly didn’t see it. In fact it sounded like one of the Red Arrows had flown by us! Such an astonishing run by Max Chilton after he had just 1hr sleep the night before. This car is pushing the limits of not just performance but driver capability
I've never seen anything like it before, what a machine! I'll bet you were equally gutted/amazed that you didn't catch it going by!
I could do this no problems
A modern F1 car on cheater slicks could beat it. The record was over 20 years old.
@@Deuuuce Aaaah, nope.
@@marcryvon lol you don’t think a modern F1 car can improve on a 24 year old time by less than 2 seconds? 😂
I would love to se the race telemetry from this run, the lateral g's must be incredible.
Fan cars are absolutely amazing this run is incredible and I've seen the previous record, I never imagined someone could have beaten it
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iirc one article said it can hit a peak of 6 gs in the corners.
This is such an EPIC time. It looks sped up, it ain't. The commentators on live stream COULD NOT KEEP UP!
Wow, just wow, just like I thought the VW ID.R was going to set a record that stood for 20 years, then here we are.
I wonder if this thing has a battery that can last for ... say 7 mins and 56 sec, in say, Colorado, maybe next year? *hint* *wink* *nudge*
OMG - would LOVE to see that! "Paging Randy Pobst"
That is an interesting question, because the ID.R has to carry heavier batteries and extra aero (inefficient at sea level), compared to a machine that, say, was made specifically to smash a Goodwood shoutout (I don't know if the fan car was, I'm just saying).
It won't. The ID was built for pikes peak and this thing can't fit a large enough battery to run the distance
@@HipsterNgariman The McMurtry has a bigger battery than the IDR (60kwh vs 45kwh)
Would the fan be affected by the altitude like a turbo does?
I was lucky enough to be stood right at the 0:22 point. There was a gasp first as it took a moment for our minds to believe our eyes, then came some laughter, some cheers, but in the seconds after it had bulleted past most of us turned to the person next to us with a confused stare, as if to say, “did that really just happen?” Can only feel absolutely blessed to have witnessed that. Incredible.
you realize you were one tire burst away from not being able to post this comment, right?
@@tfdtfdtfd you can do no more than put your trust in the risk assessment carried out by the organisers. They are far from a bunch of cowboys. That said, it did cross my mind that the straw bales are in fact quite low, ‘if’ a vehicle flipped and went into a barrel roll it could potentially get up and over them and into the crowd. You can use your imagination as to the carnage if that happened.
That was my first thought when I saw this video - "Did I just see that right?". I can see the day when we will think about how we used to make racecars with gasoline engines and wings, and how we thought they were really fast.
@@tfdtfdtfd ...ah, pretty much any car could go off course. An old F1 car with 50 year old alloy suspension components certainly have fatigue concern- plus you have flammable fuel on board if it's ICE.
@@rockydesign3303 As a bonafide petrol-head struggling somewhat with the transition from ICE to EV, seeing that on Sunday made everything clear. There were numerous wonderful cars throughout the day that were appreciated for all of their different qualities, but the McMurty was so far removed it was astonishing. Like moving from coal power to the nuclear age. The future is already here my friend.
I genuinely thought that nothing could beat the VW ID.R, this is something else.
yep...take that VW.......oh...did they "cheat"...again......??😀
It didn't beat it tho
@@lemonmuffin4990 it did lol by almost a second
@@lemonmuffin4990 Explain
@@night3094 Whatever the new car is it has the time
Watched this do a 7.97 1/4 mile and that was when it was still in this Goodwood gearing setup, so it hit it's 150mph limiter after 5 seconds. Bonkers car, even if of limited use in everyday or even on the track.
This came up on TH-cam and I wasn't expecting it. I haven't stopped watching it! I have literally replayed and replayed and replayed it over nonstop it's so amazing!!!
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Just saw this live. Nothing wow'd the crowd more than this as it flew past. Absolutely astonishing performance.
AF1 ....................Damn it was fast on the video ,and the people new they saw a glimpse of whats to come !!!!!!..........if this makes it to Lemans, Sebring, Daytona , you will need 6 or 8 man teams for each car ?????
Did it look as comically fast (or even more so) in person as it does on this video? I legitimately thought this was sped up, and watched the crowd reaction/movements with an eagle eye to help determine whether this was normal speed footage
@@JezzaN1 It absolutely did. I've never seen something move so fast in my life, bar maybe a low passing fighter jet. It makes it more dramatic seeing the dust being blown up behind it because of the fan creating downforce. Its mental the way it just sticks to the track like a slotcar
Sounded amazing at the start with the fan speeding up
@@dannycalley7777 It will never make it to real racing. The fan technology it uses has been around for 50 years and it's banned from racing because of debrees it picks up from the road and any fan car outperforms other cars without the fan. Check out Chaparral 2J or Brabham BT46. Otherwise, making an electric car go fast is nothing new and impressive. It just doesn't have a competition, because 99% of car are just cruising around the track rather than goung for a record, and there are no other fan cars.
an absolute rocket 🚀
Hi youtube, Reduce unnecessary updates
Surprised to see a random rare official TH-cam comment lol.
Yeah but it's much slower than the actual dislike ratio you made it from your TH-cam rewind videos.
true true.
@TH-cam get outta here dude,no one asked for you to chip in
McMurtry have my respect, clearly know what they're doing.
Am I the only one more impressed with the driver being able to actually react fast enough to control this thing, than the car itself?
drivers don’t drive on reactions. they drive on instinct and trust
@@hamdanali2036 F1 drivers do reaction tests though
@@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes yes but they don’t drive on reactions. they drive on instruct, feel, and trust in the car. reactions are just to correct a slide or avoid a crash.
@@hamdanali2036 a reaction is just a response to stimuli, they're all just reacting to their environment. doesn't take away from the fact that it's special, you don't need to split hairs over words to recognize the feat
@@oldfag_adventures I'll be that guy then that goes further :) it's down to muscle memory more than anything else, then you react when things don't go as predicted. "Do this steering angle at this point at this speed... oh, getting bit of understeer this time round, a slight lift off the throttle fixes that"
0:01 his reaction tho
"He already gone?"
Thank you 🙏
And these guys have seen it all at goodwood.
Should be the thumbnail
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The marshall at the start line is very surprised! Also this was the one car that even avid petrol heads were super impressed by, the comment section all weekend was slating the slower "boring" whisper quiet EV cars but when this one rocked up everyone took note. Amazing.
I couldn't expect less than this from the legendary Solid Snake.
Kept you waiting huh?
Nothing impressing about that sound though, the time Heck yeah! The fly by's look crazy! But just like the stripped out tesla's at the drag strip: yeah it's kinda cool because its fast, but not really that cool because it sounds like a scaleletric toy. Sure is quick though!
Creates its own down force even sitting still. Insanely clever and obviously extremely effective. Well done guys!
Clever? Fan cars are ancient.
@Waldel Martell Which is understandable. F1 was reluctant to even bring back Ground Effect, imagine if a Fan Car is doing 250kmh+ in a corner and all of a sudden the fan fails, the car immediately loses literal tonnes of downforce and that's gonna cause insane accidents.
@@PaddyMcMe Also the debris
@Waldel Martell you are incorrect. paddy is correct. that is all.
@@PaddyMcMe to be fair its quite clever how they have done it on this car. The area affected by the fan is really small so inconsistencies in the road affect it less. I'm no engineer so can't explain it very well but there are some interesting videos knocking around from the guys that built it
My eldest son and I were there on the Saturday this year. The run then was extraordinary, the Sunday run was off the scale! The Goodwood FOS is a wonderful event. This is the 3rd time for me and family. It is something we look forward to for months. Get there if you can.
The Marshall at the beginning got such a fright 😂😂
I don’t think they’d given him the go ahead to actually leave.
Silent instant torque can occur when you least expect it.
Doesn't look that frighten to me
Yeah the front guy definitely jumped lol , I think as others have said he just wasn't expecting him to set of when he did.
He was so confused
I was at McMurtry the other day, all I can say is it’s an incredible car! I wish I could say more but I signed an nda just to look at it, seeing as it was in pieces. Amazing bit of engineering🤟😊
Great reaction from everyone
Except you. Awful.
cool
@@LUISMANUEL-hx5ce very cool huh?
Coz you can't hear the exhaust. When a real mans car hammers that track you can't hear the crowd.
The best reaction is the marshall standing beside it as it launches off.
Incredible!
Hi
Pikes Peak Hybrid rotary Insight when?
That’s cool and all but I’d like to see your take a jab at this track
It would be awesome to see what you could do with some electric motors.
Ikr
Somewhere in Texas, Jim Hall is probably having a quiet chuckle at seeing a fan car take to the track again, fifty years since his Chaparral 2J's debut.
Indeed. A lot of people think it started with the Brabham, but Jim got there first.
Yes, Jim Hall made decent use of that CalTech education!
Now there's something I never knew - I thought the Brabham was the first! Thanks.
Didn't some anonymous fan made the drawings for the chaparral and sent them to Hall?
@@persezyra That's a tale I've never heard before - got any references?
Still in my heart have to say
Nick in the f1 V10 will be the best memories ever
That sound and commitment, and as Nick said he could have put a bit more in
Thats my heart 2nd place, the first one is Rod Millen with his Toyota Tacoma ❤️
0:01 The reaction of the start marshall on the sudden, near-silent acceleration is priceless!
Thanks for pointing that out. Hilarious!
HAHA never noticed that
That was my reaction throughout the entire run. This straight up looks sped up.
It actually looks like the sped-up batmobile from batman. It's almost comical how fast it looks....!! 😂 Amazing
It was probably a 2G+ standing start and the fastest 0-60 he ever saw.
Literally found out about this car 10 mins ago from previous runs, and now this, unreal
Me too ! I was watching previous records just before
I was at the FOS in 1999 to watch Nick Heidfelds record time in the F1 car & I thought that time would never be beaten, then this comes along, street registered & just absolutely kills it.
What a car & hats off to all involved to build such an incredible piece of technology, simple stunning!!!
they barred another car to make the same in name of safety and they were absolutely right. I see no real protection for the crowd. this record run can just potentially turn into a tragedy imho. luckily it didn't.
@@AaaBbb-ff1pn no different to any other Motorsport event so let them run at full noise.
Yeah, that 1999 record has been beaten countless times
@@AaaBbb-ff1pn They seriously put up Hay Bales as impact protectors... Race Tracks stopped doing that back in the 1950's because if a car crashed into even a hot exhaust tip can easily cause a major fire let alone litres of fuel, metal, oil, wiring, etc, etc.
@@robertsas9001 it’s only been beaten twice, firstly by the VW ID R 2019 & then this year.
I have never seen anything move that fast, outside or inside a track. Genuinely astonished.
I love the huge collective “WOAH” from the crowd as the car flies past them
That thing shifts! The crowd reaction said it all.
Actually... It doesn't
@@MasterThimself BRUH hahha
This fan makes 120dB
@@Tacet137
That's you???
What about the car?
Ok
at first i thought it looked weird and quirky, but one absolutely mind blowing record breaking physics bending run later, I must say
I am a big fan of this car
Ba Dum Ts
Awesome car
I see what you did there
I loved it last year already, and I’d still love it even if all it had posted were a 45 time.
Super cool and crazy fast from all aspects !! Thanks for the clip now I will do further research on this creation,the evening saved‼️
That final shot of the front LED's barely seen amidst the dust is so intimidating and awesome.
Congratulations to the whole team! 🍾
Please can we somehow get a view of the speedometer or telemetry? This is an insane machine and an insane drive by Max Chilton!
No camera could get a glimpse of the speedometer as it drove by.
@@gteaz cockpit cam you can see a gopro that might have a view of the instruments
@@kaiserruhsam Speedometer says LIGHT SPEED. RIDICULOUS SPEED. LUDICROUS SPEED. PLAID.
this is so insanely fast; it makes me wonder if those hay bails would protect any of the spectators if it crashed.
Probably.
It is a very light weight vehicld
@@typhoon1575 I mean.. so is a bullet.
Was there to witness this and I was utterly shocked! Incredible speed
I bet a lot of gentry at Goodwood are pleased. Brought it home lads, enjoy the moment x Brilliant, just brilliant x
Spéirling is Irish for thunderstorm ☘️ McMurtry is also Irish
@@simon8089 Has wotton-under-edge moved from it's traditional home in Gloucestershire? Ok their founders are indeed Irish but there are many non Irish people who have made major contributions. If this matters to you?
@@colinhare4722 you can relax there pal. I fully appreciate that, but a little nod to the founder and it’s name doesn’t hurt right?
Awesome!! Congratulations to all at McMurtry - I had a feeling after watching the previous runs (courtesy of TH-cam) that the Speirling had a record time in it!
This is a staggering bit of kit and the company deserves its success! I'd absolutely love to see this thing in person...
Well done to your drivers too - superb skill and put in some immense runs over the weekend.
HOLY SMOKES BATMAN.
Everyone knows you have the coolest toys but DAMN!
Now *THIS* is pod racing!!!
It was amazing to be in the crowd for this car’s run. Great reaction from everyone.
I'm more impressed by Max Chilton's humongous balls to drive this car up the hill than the car itself, which is already insanely impressive.
It generates 2 tonnes of downforce stationary, the only way that thing hits a wall is if the driver drives into one.
Heidfeld's record back in the 90's in an F1 car is way more impressive.
@@PaddyMcMe Is that the one in which he slides all over the place? If so, I've seen that one, and that was crazy, indeed.
Is Max of relation to Tom Chilton from the BTCC?
@@TheLoamCourierMTB I just looked it up. Max is Tom's younger brother.
Same
Watched it live. Still gives me goosebumps! Engineering marvel. Well done everyone involved. Thats a ev id drive.
It spent literally no time at all at Molcomb Corner, there's not enough words that describe how incredible this car is
*Molecomb
*Figuratively
But yes - rapid!
Yes, we watched from Molecomb in 2013, and nothing even remotely compared to the speed of the McMurtry through the corner. On a narrow course like this, its narrow track width gives it an advantage over wider cars like the ID.S.
Brilliant achievement for a remarkable little car.
Agreed, although there’s definitely more time to make up as he didn’t use all the track. That makes it that bit more impressive. Must be terrifying to drive… I mean *pilot!
If Formula E would feature speed and cars like this I‘d pretty damn sure watch the whole season
FIA doesn't want it. Need to keep that sweet petrol money flowing towards F1.
This car is fast, but the battery probably dies faster
This car probably only has enough battery to do one lap.
Get bigger, better batteries and shorten the duration of the race. F1 teams spend MILLIONS of dollars on R&D, why can't there be a similar investment in battery technology for FE?If you can get FE close to this pace, then you have a class of racing worthy of competing with F1 for viewership and sponsorship money. People would probably prefer shorter races anyway, what with attention spans dwindling in the social media age.
@@tehsingh1 could create a swapable battery system where a battery can be dropped out the bottom and quickly slotted in seconds like and electric drill and alow for one cell swap pit stop.
What an utterly mental machine, you can’t deny that this is insane
Yes but doesn't do VROOM VROOM... like apparently the car guys only like about cars, the noise...
This is the best performance car of the moment and the one it will beat it it will be electric, GET OVER IT Vroom vroom hooligans
@@JP-xd6fm No need to be a d-bag about it.
@@JP-xd6fm deny what that its fast? no. its just boring af. im not a nascar viewer but lets be honest the sound alone does its job there, if that would be all electric...
@@JP-xd6fm Can you show us on the doll where the combustion engine touched you?
@@azeQify I'd rather see something that looked that quick on track with the whine of an electric motor than listen to 40 v8's go round in circles for 5 hours. It's the speed and the race craft that's the exiting bit of racing imo.
Reminds me of the Volkswagen IDR run up Pikes Peak! Phenomenal run 👏
Absolutely _insane_ Well done, McMurtry Enginnering and Max Chilton!
Absolutely bonkers. Congratulations to all who made this happen.
Years ago, people said cars would be flying in 2020.
2022 we're vacuuming them to the ground.
I found the EV's so boring, but this was absolutely brilliant, very theatrical. When I first watched it I swore the footage had been sped up, or it was an RC car, it's got that crazy look about it like physics are on hold for a few minutes. I wish there were a few seconds more at the start of this when you can hear the fan spooling up
It was insane to see this in person go up the hill, I was incredibly lucky to see this in person
Fan cars are absolutely amazing this run is incredible and I've seen the previous record, I never imagined someone could have beaten it 😯
That thing totally justifies why Gordon Murray's F1 fan car got the ban back then.
This is insane. No matter if you hate electric cars, you have to admit this is impressive
the sound is just so dissapointing. i swear electric cars can be set up to make noise?
@Luca Goodoer sorry to break it to you but it's got 4 wheels, a seat and steering wheel. It's a car.
Might not be practical in any other setting but I think this time should stand
Man, a traditional combustion F1 car with the fan would be too fast to be driven by humans around corners probably
Koenigsegg makes a 30 pound electric motor that gets 500hp.
@@R9naldo yep you can. They've got that as a live feature in the Taycan and Model S Plaid I believe
I'm working trackside on this event and every time this thing went past it felt like I was living in slow motion and everything else in double speed.
It has 2000 pounds of down force created by serious onboard fans just to keep it on the track.
2000 kilograms, not pounds...
Over 4400lbs, at standstill. Unbelievable bit of kit.
@@ryanfoleye So this thing could race upside down?
@@RestFunction
Haven't you seen Men in Black...?
This whole concept came from the future...and the past...
@@RestFunction this could race upside down with a tonne weight hanging off of it. It weighs a tonne and has 2 tonnes of downforce
Beautiful track. And the car wow.
I've watched this run at least 10 times and it still looks incredible
Congrats to Max Chilton and the whole McMurty Automotive Team! What a breathtaking machine!
That thing is just a fighter jet on wheels! Incredible engineering. So fast and so stuck to the road it makes the footage look speeded up...reminded me of when Kitt was driving fast in Night Rider!
That would be the Porsche 919 which is basically a Ground Effect vehicle. This is the opposite being a Fan Suction car.
@@Neojhun What would be the Porsche 919? Your comment makes no sense to me (in response to mine). Can you explain??
That thing is unbelievably fast! Absolute rocket ship.
Smashed the old record by almost a second, what a car
Old record was 41.3
@@R4M_Tommy old record was 39.9 set by the VW ID R
@@Aadilf1 The IDR's time was set on Saturday, official run times are Sunday's only.
@@davidb6576 Doesn't really matter.
@@davidb6576 the IDR still was the fastest "overall" timed car
Now THAT is a launch 👀👀😳😳
In another video the driver said they we're seeing 1.4s 0-60mph runs and thought it had more left in it. 😁
Vacuum fan, light car, big power
Epic launch!
That is an insane piece of kit
Slot car performance finally scaled up to reality. Absolutely bonkers
Damn these kind of electric cars need their own racing series. This looks so much more fun that Formula E.
Completely agree but it would require some extremely skilled driver
This makes Formula E look absolutely pathetic...
Indeed, imagine these rocketships blasting up Eau Rouge or blistering through Silverstone
This isn't made for racing, that's the difference with FE..
FE could go bonkers with power as well if they were meant to last 1 km
@@RantingBrummie formula e already kind of looks pathetic, but if they made the cars this fast it would also do the same to the battery, it would make the races much much shorter
Extreme commitment for every turn with this car
Amazing machine, amazing driver. Everyone involved should be very very proud. Looked incredibly stable as well. Well done.
I remember being blown away by the IDR. This thing is a beast!
This was amazing to watch. Glad I was there with my daughter to see it in person. The film looks as though it is being fast forwarded not played at normal speed.
The crowd saw fast cars all day, but you could still hear their reaction when this fan car came past! I want to see/hear one now!! 🏎💨
That slingshot launch was unreal. I had to play it again to catch it!
crazy thing is that it’s only RWD.
@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm wait actually?
I saw it from the grandstand unbelievable! smashed the competition, even the 2000 hp ford EV by 6 seconds!!
The chorus of 'Woah!' from the stands tells all the story you need to know about what it's like in person. Coupled with the marshalls simply shrugging as it leapt off the line, it's clear this thing is in a league of its own!
I mean. im a Mechanic. or atlest i was. And i did get into this With all the Smell and Sounds and i loved it!! but oh Boi Electric is just the Future ^^ no regulare engine can ever compare to electic. not even the New AMG 1. and i totlay love the AMG 1. thats a beast ^^
Just as reference, this is a standing start and the car AVERAGED over 107mph for the run.
Any idea on peak speed ?
@@callumcurtis15 previous run crossed the line at 150mph I believe
@@jonathanbeattie3410 Max said the car was restricted to 150mph top speed.
I was at fos yesterday and can honestly say, i have never seen anything so quick.. it was frightening.
It really goes 'Woosh' when it goes past! It's incredible.
How this driver managed keep focused control, is truly the amazing part 😳
Formula E take notes
What notes? I'm not knocking the McMurtry, but it probably needed to be recharged after this run. Would it be able to do 25 laps ?
Holy crap. We always knew the Batmobile could move, but this new version is fast.
Absolutely ballistic, it's like literally watching a missile.
This is truly spectacular! What a feat of engineering! Bringing it back to the UK 🇬🇧
That's just knuts!!!! Looks like Batman on a track day powered by a Whitney and Pratt SR71 ramjet engine...Im not a huge fan of electric cars , never have never will but I absolutely adore that thing
Would love to see this amazing piece of engineering at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb!
I think the Pikes surface would be a problem it looks pretty rough in places and this car probably needs to be near the ground for down force to work.
Yea idk how well fan cars would work there to uneven of a surface. Maybe with flexible skirts?
Batteries wouldn’t last long enough.
We need a racing series with these things 🤯
The battery wouldn't last long enough to generate a race of any proper distance. It would be a race of about 3 miles per race.
@@williammactavish3913 at GT3 speeds 30-60 minutes, so normal sprint races are no problem
@@williammactavish3913 wrong
Congratulations to McMurtry Automotive and Sir David McMurtry on their record breaking.
Your new car, the McMurtry Spéirling, is wonderful, surprisingly ultra fast, demonstrating the technological capacity of your company in the development of new electrical technologies, combining the best and most advanced current technologies with those of the past, such as the fan car Brabham Bt46B self-contained fan, designed by Gordon Murray, winner of the 1978 Formula 1 Swedish GP, when the great Niki Lauda won that race at Anderstorp. With the reasonable dimensions of a Formula 1 car from the 1960s, evidencing that size is part of McMurtry's virtuous circle philosophy. A small car is a light car, while modest frontal area limits drag. The slick aerodynamics are helpful for forward motion and speed, which is aided by the low mass. The fan increases the downforce. Carbon fiber gives it rigidity, lightness and at the same time safety.
Now, Max Chilton (former Formula 1 driver and current IndyCar driver) made Goodwood history by shattering the circuit record at Goodwood Road & Racing's infamous Festival of Speed. He did it aboard his McMurtry Spéirling electric car, with a time of 39 "08 for the 1,800 meters of said circuit, breaking the official record set by Nick Heidfield with a Formula 1 McLaren MP4 / 13.
This electric car could also break all existing records, in all the circuits in which it is presented.
The future is electric.
I swear I thought it was a game on tv first. Jeeezzzz I have never ever seen anything like that in my life. Fassstttt
I thought 'acceleration' was a rule, but this thing went 0 to infinity in just a moment. Crazy.