British electric hypercar company McMurtry has a somewhat unfair advantage over the rest of the car world, and it’s used it to achieve a pair of astonishing acceleration records: 0-60 mph in 1.4 seconds, and a 7.97-second quarter mile.

This miniature, single-seat batmobile of a thing weighs less than 1,000 kg (2,204 lb) and makes 1,000 horsepower, with a super-low drag frontal profile. But there are other cars out there with ludicrous numbers attached; that’s not what gives the Spéirling its unfair advantage. Indeed, since most of the field use all-wheel-drive systems and the Spéirling’s entire power output has to get to the ground through just the back two 240-section tires, you’d expect it to run at a disadvantage purely from having less grip.

But you’d be wrong; this thing has a set of fans underneath it that can suck it to the ground with an insane 2,000 kg (4,409 lb) of downforce at a standstill. So when you turn those fans on, it grips the road like a 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) clingfish, but accelerates forward like the featherweight it is. This overcomes the chief problem holding back electric hypercars from accelerating faster; pure tire adhesion, and the results are, well, pretty frightening by the looks of things.