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Originally Posted by Trevorr
Ring times are a legit benchmark for performance IMO. I would say that margin of error is +/- 3 or 4 seconds.
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The Ring is a great place for manufacturers to test their cars during development, but it's overrated as a benchmark for claiming one car is better or faster than another (unless the difference in times is huge). I never hear pro drivers make such comparisons, when they race at the Ring their laptimes often vary by multiple seconds. Any car's ring time could be improved by renting out the track for a week and using pro drivers to constantly run laps and burn through tires until the track conditions are perfect and the driver has a mostly error free lap so they get a phenomenal laptime.