Camaro ZL1 Nurburgring Lap Time

m4a1mustang · 10-07-2011, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theDreamer

The 'rumor' on time has not been confirmed but someone who is on the team said (after the ZL1 time was posted) they are already below the time and still have some more room.

An interesting thing that we need to note about Nurburging times is that, well, they don't really tell us all that much.

Think about it.

One lap of the Nurburgring is LONG. There are a lot of places to make mistakes, so even for the best drivers it's very difficult to get the "perfect" lap. I would say it is probably fair to assume that a great driver leaves at least a few seconds on the table even on their best lap. So if we are looking at a car that runs 7:40 and another that runds 7:35... they are in effect the same thing.

Still pretty damn cool to see what numbers they can put down, though.

theDreamer · 10-07-2011, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

An interesting thing that we need to note about Nurburging times is that, well, they don't really tell us all that much.

Think about it.

One lap of the Nurburgring is LONG. There are a lot of places to make mistakes, so even for the best drivers it's very difficult to get the "perfect" lap. I would say it is probably fair to assume that a great driver leaves at least a few seconds on the table even on their best lap. So if we are looking at a car that runs 7:40 and another that runds 7:35... they are in effect the same thing.

Still pretty damn cool to see what numbers they can put down, though.

Exactly and there is no 'rules' to these times, no official start point or anything.
I think it is a great tool to compare cars but we all saw the Nissan/Porsche debate back when the R35 GT-R first launched.

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