Can an F1 car go 400 km/h?
The 400km/h figure is also interesting because it is faster than even current cars can achieve. The accepted highest speed recorded at a modern F1 event was at the 2016 European Grand Prix in Baku, where Valtteri Bottas hit 378km/h (234. Top-level stock cars are capable of impressive speeds, but the fastest ever recorded at an official event was 212. This was set by Bill Elliott in his #9 Coord Ford Thunderbird during the qualifying for the Winston 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway.