Which group is the fastest in Dakar
Group settings
To illustrate, the main difference between T3 and T4 is that T4 is a mass production car converted to compete, while T3 is a prototype racing car, similar to the difference between WSBK and MotoGP. The T2 group not shown in the picture is the original off-road vehicle group. A total of three vehicles participated in the race, two Rand Cooluze and one Nissan Toule. These three vehicles pulled their crotch from the first stage, and all of them withdrew from the race, let alone mention it. The route of the classic group is different from that of other groups, so there is no comparison. Then we will compare the stage time of the two-wheel motorcycle, four-wheel motorcycle, T1, T3, T4 and T5 groups later.
Maximum speed limit
For different groups, the rules also have different maximum speed requirements:
Two-wheel motorcycle: 160km/h
Four-wheel motorcycle: 130km/h
T1：170km/h
T3：135km/h
T4：125km/h
T5：140km/h
The speed limit is to ensure the safety of bikers, but at the same time, it also makes the car unable to exert its maximum performance potential. So who runs faster depends on who gets better results on the premise of conforming to the rules of the game
T1 keeps abreast of motorcycles
Group T1 is the fastest in almost all stages, and only the 10th and 13th stages were overtaken by the motorcycle group. However, in addition to the large gap between the first and third stages, the time gap between the T1 group and the motorcycle group in other stages is less than 20 minutes. If the motorcycle group takes the lead in starting every day, the T1 group can follow the motorcycle group's rut, in fact, the motorcycle group and the T1 group are almost equal.
T5 and motorcycle
To illustrate, the main difference between T3 and T4 is that T4 is a mass production car converted to compete, while T3 is a prototype racing car, similar to the difference between WSBK and MotoGP. The T2 group not shown in the picture is the original off-road vehicle group. A total of three vehicles participated in the race, two Rand Cooluze and one Nissan Toule. These three vehicles pulled their crotch from the first stage, and all of them withdrew from the race, let alone mention it. The route of the classic group is different from that of other groups, so there is no comparison. Then we will compare the stage time of the two-wheel motorcycle, four-wheel motorcycle, T1, T3, T4 and T5 groups later.
Maximum speed limit
For different groups, the rules also have different maximum speed requirements:
Two-wheel motorcycle: 160km/h
Four-wheel motorcycle: 130km/h
T1：170km/h
T3：135km/h
T4：125km/h
T5：140km/h
The speed limit is to ensure the safety of bikers, but at the same time, it also makes the car unable to exert its maximum performance potential. So who runs faster depends on who gets better results on the premise of conforming to the rules of the game
T1 keeps abreast of motorcycles
Group T1 is the fastest in almost all stages, and only the 10th and 13th stages were overtaken by the motorcycle group. However, in addition to the large gap between the first and third stages, the time gap between the T1 group and the motorcycle group in other stages is less than 20 minutes. If the motorcycle group takes the lead in starting every day, the T1 group can follow the motorcycle group's rut, in fact, the motorcycle group and the T1 group are almost equal.
T5 and motorcycle
The four-wheel motorcycle group was the slowest in almost all stages, and only the 10th and 13th stages were taken away by the truck group. The displacement of the four-wheel motorcycle is twice as large as that of the two-wheel motorcycle (700cc vs 450cc), and it is more stable. I didn't expect it to run so slowly. Maybe it is affected by the maximum speed limit
The slowest four-wheel motorcycle
According to the total time of all stages, the ranking from fast to slow is as follows:
T1>two-wheel motorcycle>T3>T5>T4>four-wheel motorcycle.