Land speed record set for F1 car

The Honda F1 team set the fastest straight line speed for a Formula One at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah this week. The race-legal car hit 220 mph over two runs of a measured mile. The fastest unofficial F1 speed ever recorded was by Juan Pablo Montoya, who reached 232 mph in testing for the 2005 Italian Grand Prix. The Honda attempt is the first using criteria established for an official land speed record. Honda hopes to reach 250 mph in future tests. Amazingly, the street-legal Bugatti Veyron has already hit such speeds on public highways.