His top speed is 220 miles per hour (354 kilometers per hour), making him faster than Jackson Storm. However the Cars 2 essential guide claims his top speed is 185 mph/300 km/h which is significantly slower compared to an F1 car at the time of Cars 2.
Francesco's top speed is 220 miles per hour, making him faster than Jackson Storm. Francesco is the only racer in Cars 2 who has been safe from Miles Axlerod.
Although Storm is the fastest Piston Cup racer, he is not actually the fastest car in the franchise; the record is held by Francesco Bernoulli (Lightning's rival in Cars 2), with a top speed of 220 mph.
Is Lightning McQueen faster than Francesco Bernoulli?
In cars 2, when mcqueen was in his prime time he beat Francesco Bernoulli with a top speed of 220 mph which makes him faster than Jackson storm with a top speed of 214 mph.
"Number 95 Lightning McQueen top speed was 230 and he is still a hotshot racecar, but his rookie days are past him. Now a permanent resident of Radiator Springs, Lightning has become a bona fide worldwide celebrity as winner of four Piston Cups.
In the movie, he's younger, fitter, and faster than the lead. He's called a 2017 Custom-built “Next-Gen” Piston Cup Racer. In real life, he most resembles the 2002 Cadillac Cien supercar concept.
Ultimately, on the final lap, McQueen closes up to Francesco, and they go side-by-side as they head toward the finish line. To Francesco's dismay, McQueen wins the race just a couple of seconds ahead of him.
Lightning even started to slow down because of the Next-Gens arriving and ended the season horribly with a near career-ending crash. Months later, McQueen recovered from the crash and was ready to race again.
Even though Storm is the fastest Piston Cup racer in the franchise, with a top speed of 214 mph, he is not the fastest car in the franchise: the record is held by Francesco Bernoulli (Lightning's main racing rival in Cars 2), with a top speed of 220 mph.
Between the events of Cars: Race-O-Rama and Cars 3, Chick retired, and his sponsor did not return in Cars 3. Along with Lightning McQueen and The King, his top speed is in the area of 200 MPH.
Because during the off-season at Radiator Springs he realized that Storm still saw him as a threat and that was reason why Storm went out of his way to irritate McQueen. Speed wise, McQueen could never hope to be a fast as Storm.
Doc is as fast as Lightning, although in real life, the speed of the Hudson Hornet is only 91 MPH. This is because if the cast did have speeds based on their basis' real speeds, the game would be broken due to certain cars being completely overpowered compared to most others.
Her high-performance DOHC 5.0 Supercharged V8 engine correlates with her ability to go from 0-60 in only 3.8 seconds, as well as her top speed of 210 miles per hour.
In Cars 3, it is revealed that Mater and Holley's relationship is still going very strong and at the end of Cars 3, Mater distracts Sterling by mentioning that he has church flaps, hinting that he's someday getting married to Holley Shiftwell. He still loves her unconditionally and she still loves him unconditionally.
To Francesco's dismay, McQueen wins the race just a couple of deciseconds ahead of him. Frustrated, Francesco begins to wonder how come he is beaten, but their argument is cut short as ambulances rush past.
Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game, Roger Craig Smith in Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure and Disney Infinity) serves as Lightning's primary racing rival in the World Grand Prix. He is based on modern Formula One cars and is painted in the colors of the Italian flag.
Anticipation for Cars 4 is high, but Disney has not addressed any details for the movie. Producers have shown openness to expanding the franchise, with potential for a new lightning McQueen narrative. Story details remain a mystery, focusing on potential Cruz Ramirez involvement and moving away from McQueen.
