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Video: F1, FE and WRC cars face-off in all-star drag race

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So which would be fastest over a straight line: a Formula 1 Grand Prix car, a Formula E all-electric car, or a World Rally Championship challenger?

It sounds like one of those conversations that you have on Friday night while out for a night on the town with your mates, the equivalent of who would win a fight between a bear, a lion and an alligator.

But that's just the sort of thing that BBC car show Top Gear delights in tackling.

In its recent Christmas special, the show lined up a recent title-winning Mercedes F1 car next to of DS TECHEETAH's Formula E cars, where they were joined by a Ford Fiesta WRC contender.

The latter is predictably quick off the mark from a standing start in wet conditions, as you might expect. But can it hold on to the early advantage against such impressive fire power from the opposition?

Place your bets, and then watch the outcome of this all-star challenge to see which of them comes out on top.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.