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      05-11-2021, 12:42 PM   #32
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These reviews tend to be supported by the factory, so have a team of technical bods on hand to ensure car performs as it should, new tyres, brake pads, pressures, fuel type, etc.

The driver probably gets a few sessions of practice as well as one or two quali style timed runs. For reference. The driver being a racing driver and a Hockenheim circuit veteran means a pretty accurate account of a single timed run.

Whilst the times are very impressive, what is unknown is how consistently the car would lap a 5-10 lap stint. Important for Track day drivers, and how good it feels at that pace. The 6MT lap looked not much fun at all, but hopefully at 8/10ths the car feels more connected than it looked on the wild 10/10ths lap we saw.
Why do you say "not much fun?"
This is the G82 6MT Hockenheim lap I'm referencing.

It looks like an effort to get that lap time out of it. From a viewers perspective I would say that lap is overdriven, too hot. Both excessive over steer and under steer.
But it is a pro driver so he must have arrived at that driving style being the quickest way around. Whilst HKH GP has got a 'torturous on the front tyres' last corner, it looked like they had completely overheated by that point.



Compare how busy the lap was to the M2CS running similar lap times.

Having driven my M2 on track with both Cup2s and PS4S it's a very different experience..

I am not surprised at all by the driving I see here.
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