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Originally Posted by L99CAMA2011
Yes but Eric don't you think there was quite a bit of traffic for a clean run. His time could've been faster. And yes that wasn't the full course. How slippery is the ring from your experience.
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Oh for sure, I am sure he could have cut around 10-15sec with less traffic! He was definitely hauling the mail! But at least the sections where there was traffic were not the most important ones for lap times. My fastest lap time ever was in traffic, but I passed them at the right place and didn't really need to slow down. For me they helped by me wanting to push it a little harder and show them what's up
Slippery? Depends mostly on the weather, you can have sunshine on one side, rain on another and fog on yet another. The Ring is one of few tracks that can have all 4 seasons in one lap. Last time I was there it started to snow coming down the F1 straight on the GP track...no bs! Check out the photo below lol... and I was running on R-comps. Needles to say I swapped to standard street tires right after this photo was taken haha.
But when dry it offers a lot of traction, you learn where the slippery spots are with the old vs new tarmac that has been recently changed or repaved.
Those white dots are actual snow flakes, crazy!
