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Originally Posted by DGthe3
You lost me. It was pro drivers on the ring (or close enough), but magazine guys who are a bit better than average at car and driver. What I was trying to say was that if the LL at car and driver had pros in the seat, the GTR may have gotten down to say 2:53, . . . and the Z06 from last year would be about the same. The other thing to consider is environmental conditions, namely temperature and humidity. So if one car did it when it was hot and muggy while the other had cool clear air that could cost them a couple seconds per lap.
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I understood what you were saying. You're claiming that the GTR with a pro driver would be at best able to lop 2 seconds off its' time. And the Z06 would magically knock off 5 seconds on a 3 minute lap. The cars lapping within a few seconds of eachother is pretty indicative of their performance in the hands of one driver. So given equal drivers I would still believe the GTR would beat the Z06 by a comparable time. I can't believe I'm arguing in favor of the GTR against the Z06 because it's not my type of car. But I just feel compelled to call out the inconsistency in your logic. While I understand that rear wheel drive is harder to manage, and I bet a pro driver would be able to do better. But road and track had pro drivers drive these cars around 4 different types of tracks and the GTR beat the Z06 by quite a bit. Z06 wasn't even near the top. Pro drivers on 4 tracks.
What I was getting at with my nurburgring comment was that given that you admit the Nissan is easy to drive fast.... Let's assume for a second that with comparable tires to the Dunlops the GTR comes with were used. In Vette sizes of course. And the Vette went again. The argument is that the Vette would be able to go faster because everyone complains about the stock tires of the Vette. Lets say grippier tires knock off 5 or 6 seconds off it's lap. If you consider the GTR has a bunch of electronic gadgetry and AWD grip at it's disposal, is it terribly hard to believe that it could compete?
I'm just saying that you're giving this edge to the Corvette. Clearly after all this testing the GTR is the easier car to drive fast. I dunno about 13 seconds a lap faster, but faster nonetheless.
My theory though, is that the GTR they used to set that time had a bit more power than 480hp. Which wouldn't be hard to pull off.