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Formula Rossa at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi holds the Guinness World Record for highest speed achieved by a rollercoaster launch, reaching 0-240 km/h (149.12 mph) in just 4.9 seconds. The hydraulic-launched coaster, designed to resemble a Formula 1 car, also holds records for fastest steel rollercoaster and overall fastest rollercoaster since its 2010 opening.
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Formula Rossa at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi holds the Guinness World Record for highest speed achieved by a rollercoaster launch, reaching 0-240 km/h (149.12 mph) in just 4.9 seconds. The hydraulic-launched coaster, designed to resemble a Formula 1 car, also holds records for fastest steel rollercoaster and overall fastest rollercoaster since its 2010 opening.
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rollercoaster · formula-rossa · guinness-world-records · ferrari-world · speed-record · abu-dhabi · theme-park
Key entities
Formula Rossa (technology, 0.99) · Guinness World Records (organization, 0.98) · Ferrari World (location, 0.97) · Abu Dhabi (location, 0.97) · UAE (location, 0.9) · Autodromo Nazionale Monza (location, 0.92) · Formula 1 (concept, 0.88) · highest speed achieved by a rollercoaster launch (event, 0.95)
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reference · language en · status final
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claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026