This helps it achieve the top speed despite a comparatively high drag coefficient of 0.35 Cd, making it more brick-like than the second fastest production car in the world, the SSC Tuatara (0.279 Cd).

A Pontiac became one of the world's fastest cars in 1989 - almost ... Recording a time of 12 seconds, the Porsche 959 was only the second-fastest car over the quarter mile after the F40.

The second fastest is just two one-hundredths of a second ... Drivers like Max Verstappen of Red Bull, a four-time F1 World Drivers’ Champion with Newey, obviously play a key role in a team ...